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In Israel John Demjanjuk is sentenced to death for war crimes committed in World War II, although the verdict is later overturned.

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John Demjanjuk

Ukrainian guard at Nazi death camps (1920–2012)

John Demjanjuk, born Ivan Mykolaiovych Demjanjuk, was a Trawniki and Nazi camp guard at Sobibor extermination camp, Majdanek, and Flossenbürg. Demjanjuk became the center of global media attention in the 1980s, when he was tried and convicted in Israel after being identified as…
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War crime

Individual act constituting a violation of the laws of war

A war crime is a violation of the laws of war that gives rise to individual criminal responsibility for actions by combatants in action, such as intentionally killing civilians or intentionally killing prisoners of war, torture, taking hostages, unnecessarily destroying civilian…
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April 18

Day of the year

April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 257 days remain until the end of the year.
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