Wiesenthal Center: Demjanjuk most wanted
Alleged death camp guard no. 1 on most-wanted list to reflect importance of deportation efforts, director of center in Jerusalem says
The Simon Wiesenthal Center has made alleged death camp guard John Demjanjuk No. 1 on its most-wanted list of Nazi war criminals.
Efraim Zuroff, director of the center in Jerusalem, said Tuesday the move reflects the importance of efforts to deport Demjanjuk from the US to Germany so he can stand trial.
The 89-year-old suburban Cleveland man faces an arrest warrant in Germany that accuses him of working as a guard in 1943 at a death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
The Wiesenthal Center's most-wanted Nazi had been SS doctor Aribert Heim. In a February television interview, Heim's son claimed his father died in 1992 in Cairo. Zuroff said Heim has been moved into a special category while that claim is investigated.
Following the ongoing postponement of Demjanjuk's deportation, the US Justice Department recently said it was tired of delay tactics and wanted to clear the way to deport the alleged Nazi guard to Germany.
