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Convicted Nazi John Demjanjuk in Israeli prison, in 1993. (GPO) Demjanjuk not to be deported unless extradition is requested By Anshel Pfeffer Tags: Israel, John Demjanjuk  Despite the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review an appeal by convicted Nazi extermination camp guard John Demjanjuk, 88, against the rescinding of his citizenship, he will not be deported unless his extradition is requested. Demjanjuk's native Ukraine has not sought his extradition, reportedly because of its government's concerns that trying Demjanjuk could raise nationalist and anti-Semitic sentiments. President Viktor Yuschenko apparently wants to avoid this for the sake of his country's image in the West. In 1988, Demjanjuk was convicted in Israel of being "Ivan the Terrible," a notoriously sadistic guard at the Treblinka concentration camp. The High Court of Justice overturned his conviction after a document emerged revealing that Demjanjuk had served as a camp guard in Sobibor rather than Treblinka. Advertisement Israel is not likely to seek his extradition, in order to avoid a repeat of the trial's outcome. The head of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Israel, Dr. Ephraim Zuroff, said yesterday, "Israel and the U.S. must pressure the Ukranians not to evade their responsibility, and to demand Demjanjuk's extradition." Among those in Israel who believe Demjanjuk is "Ivan the Terrible" is Professor Shlomo Arad, former Yad Vashem chairman, who appeared as an expert witness for the prosecution in the original trial. "Even if the document says he was sent to Sobibor, he certainly could have eventually reached Treblinka," Arad said. "I continue to believe the witness who identified him at the trial." Related articles: Hungarian-born Australian says not guilty of 1944 Nazi war crimes Hallmark to produce TV movie on Holocaust heroine Irena Sendler More Jewish World news and features Bookmark to del.icio.us   Say what you want French court: Claim that Al-Dura tape doctored isn`t libelous. Peace in our time Olmert: Peace talks with Syria are a 'national duty'.   1.   US citizen Demjanjuk and the Ukraine 13:37  |  Ricardo Kolbe 21/05/08

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