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Former Nazi Death Camp Guard Demjanjuk Dies


John Demjanjuk leaves the court after his verdict in Munich in May 2011.
John Demjanjuk leaves the court after his verdict in Munich in May 2011.
Former Nazi death-camp guard John Demjanjuk, sentenced to five years in prison last year, has died at the age of 91.

Bavarian state radio reported on March 17 that he died in a retirement home in southern Germany.

The Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk had been found guilty of almost 30,000 counts of accessory to murder.

He was a guard at the Sobobor camp in Poland where more than 27,000 people died during World War II.

With AFP and dpa reporting

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