Ohio retiree charged for time as Nazi camp guard

[March 11, 2009]  BERLIN (AP) -- German authorities say they have charged retired Ohio auto worker John Demjanjuk with more than 29,000 counts of accessory to murder for his time as a guard at the Nazi's Sobibor death camp, and will seek his extradition from the U.S.

Demjanjuk is accused of participating in the murders while he was a guard at the Nazi camp in occupied Poland between March and September 1943.

The 88-year-old who lives in a Cleveland suburb denies involvement.

The Munich prosecutor's office, which is handling the case because Demjanjuk spent time at a refugee camp in the area after the war, said Wednesday it was working on the extradition request with the German government.

U.S. authorities have been seeking to deport Demjanjuk.

[Associated Press]

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