What was John Demjanjuk's nationality throughout his life?

Demjanjuk was born in the Soviet Union in 1920 and later became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Following the revocation of his US citizenship due to his wartime service, he eventually became stateless before his death in 2012.

What was the outcome of his legal trials?

He was initially convicted in Israel in 1988 for crimes at Treblinka, but that conviction was overturned on appeal due to doubts about his identity as "Ivan the Terrible." Later, he was convicted in Germany in 2011 as an accessory to murder for his service at Sobibor, a verdict that was pending appeal at the time of his death.

What was his occupation before and during the war?

Before the war, Demjanjuk worked as a mechanic. During World War II, he was conscripted and served as a guard at Nazi death camps, a role that defined his later legal battles.

Where did John Demjanjuk live after the war?

After the war, he emigrated to the United States, where he lived for several decades as a naturalized citizen and mechanic before his citizenship was stripped and he was deported to Germany.

John Demjanjuk

Ukrainian guard at Nazi death camps (1920–2012)

Person human Q152672

Facts

26 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[17]
Date of birth: April 3, 1920
Date of death: March 17, 2012
Place of birth: Dubovi Makharyntsi
Place of death: Bad Feilnbach
Country of citizenship: Soviet Union, United States, statelessness^[10]^[11]^[12]
Occupation: torturer, military personnel, concentration camp guard, mechanic, soldier
Employer: Sobibór Extermination Camp, Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp, Flossenbürg concentration camp^[13]^[14]^[15]
Educated at: Trawniki concentration camp^[16]
Part of: list of last surviving people suspected of participation in Nazi war crimes^[20]
Cause of death: disease^[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed: Ukrainian^[34]
Allegiance: Soviet Union, Nazi Germany^[27]^[28]
Convicted of: crime against humanity, murder^[32]^[33]
Described by source: Lentapedia (full versions), Lentapedia^[30]^[31]
Given name: Ivan, Ivan, John^[24]^[25]
Manner of death: natural causes^[29]
Military branch: Red Army, Schutzstaffel^[18]^[19]
Military unit: Russian Liberation Army^[38]
Military, police or special rank: soldier^[21]
Name in native language: Іван Миколайович Дем'янюк^[35]
Number of children: +3^[36]
Participated in conflict: World War II^[23]

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Place of detention: Munich Prison^[37]
Significant event: accused as national socialist^[26]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 41

ISNI: 0000000102643681
VIAF cluster ID: 93986530
Library of Congress authority ID: n87853113
GND ID: 118833650
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Trial of John Demjanjuk in Jerusalem, 1986 Dan Hadani Archive.jpg ↗
Archives at Yale agent ID: people/77823
BIBSYS ID: 90390453
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID: 12304396m
Canadiana Name Authority ID: ncf11015862
DDB person (GND) ID: 118833650
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 118833650
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: biography/John-Demjanjuk

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FAST ID: 202111
FactGrid item ID: Wikidata item
Freebase ID: /m/01ft2_
GTAA ID: 92761
Harper's tag: john-demjanjuk
IdRef ID: 031918085
Jewish Virtual Library ID: john-demjanjuk
Libraries Australia ID: 35979520
Libris-URI: dbqt2lbx58n4m0t
NE.se ID: john-demjanjuk
NL CR AUT ID: js2010605548
NLA Trove people ID: 1171762
NLP ID: a0000002432631
NSK (VIAF) ID: 000041541
NSK ID: 981005672295609366
National Library of Israel ID (old): 000038459
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007260314005171
National Library of Lithuania ID: LNB:CdcW;=Bx
National Library of Poland MMS ID: 9810576749705606
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID: 073864714
Notable Names Database ID: 327/000045192
PM20 folder ID: pe/003878
Rodovid ID: 718396
SELIBR ID: 396388
SNAC ARK ID: w6cv6cn6
Topic's main category: Category:John Demjanjuk
Wellcome Collection concept ID: z7vqs4u6
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJB4hKB7P74dY3hV8GttKd
Yale LUX ID: person/8befa385-7517-4b2f-ae2f-15b6ab954e97

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🔗 Connections

Country of citizenship 3

United States, Soviet Union, statelessness

Convicted of 2

murder, crime against humanity

Given name 2

John, Ivan

Military branch 2

Red Army, Schutzstaffel

Occupation 2

military personnel, mechanic

Place of birth 2

Berdychiv, Dubovi Makharyntsi

Allegiance 1

Nazi Germany

Cause of death 1

disease

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

Ukrainian

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Military, police or special rank 1

soldier

Participated in conflict 1

World War II

Place of death 1

Bad Feilnbach

Place of detention 1

Munich Prison

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

John Demjanjuk was born on April 3, 1920^[1], in Dubovi Makharyntsi^[2]. He died on March 17, 2012^[3], in Bad Feilnbach^[4]. He worked as a torturer^[5], military personnel^[6], concentration camp guard^[7], mechanic^[8], and soldier^[9].

FAQs

Where was John Demjanjuk born?

John Demjanjuk was born in Dubovi Makharyntsi^[2].

Where did John Demjanjuk die?

John Demjanjuk died in Bad Feilnbach^[4].

What did John Demjanjuk do for work?

John Demjanjuk worked as a torturer^[5], military personnel^[6], concentration camp guard^[7], mechanic^[8], and soldier^[9].

Where did John Demjanjuk go to school?

John Demjanjuk was educated at Trawniki concentration camp^[16].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ John Demjanjuk — place of birth (P19): Dubovi Makharyntsi. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ John Demjanjuk — place of death (P20): Bad Feilnbach. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-12-31. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ John Demjanjuk — sex or gender (P21): male. BnF authorities. Retrieved 2015-10-10. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ John Demjanjuk — country of citizenship (P27): Soviet Union. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ John Demjanjuk — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ John Demjanjuk — country of citizenship (P27): statelessness. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ John Demjanjuk — educated at (P69): Trawniki concentration camp. Retrieved 2026-06-12. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ John Demjanjuk — occupation (P106): torturer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ John Demjanjuk — occupation (P106): military personnel. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ John Demjanjuk — occupation (P106): concentration camp guard. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ John Demjanjuk — occupation (P106): mechanic. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ John Demjanjuk — occupation (P106): soldier. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ John Demjanjuk — employer (P108): Sobibór Extermination Camp. Retrieved 2026-06-12. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ John Demjanjuk — employer (P108): Lublin-Majdanek concentration camp. Retrieved 2026-06-12. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ John Demjanjuk — employer (P108): Flossenbürg concentration camp. Retrieved 2026-06-12. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ John Demjanjuk — military branch (P241): Red Army. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ John Demjanjuk — military branch (P241): Schutzstaffel. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ John Demjanjuk — part of (P361): list of last surviving people suspected of participation in Nazi war crimes. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ John Demjanjuk — military, police or special rank (P410): soldier. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ John Demjanjuk — cause of death (P509): disease. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ John Demjanjuk — date of birth (P569): April 3, 1920. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2014-04-26. historia.nationalgeographic.com.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ John Demjanjuk — date of death (P570): March 17, 2012. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2012-08-12. worldnews.msnbc.msn.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ John Demjanjuk — participated in conflict (P607): World War II. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ John Demjanjuk — given name (P735): Ivan. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ John Demjanjuk — given name (P735): John. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ John Demjanjuk — significant event (P793): accused as national socialist. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ John Demjanjuk — allegiance (P945): Soviet Union. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ John Demjanjuk — allegiance (P945): Nazi Germany. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ John Demjanjuk — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ John Demjanjuk — described by source (P1343): Lentapedia (full versions). wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ John Demjanjuk — described by source (P1343): Lentapedia. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ John Demjanjuk — convicted of (P1399): crime against humanity. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ John Demjanjuk — convicted of (P1399): murder. wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ John Demjanjuk — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): Ukrainian. wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ John Demjanjuk — name in native language (P1559): Іван Миколайович Дем'янюк. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ John Demjanjuk — number of children (P1971): 3. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ John Demjanjuk — place of detention (P2632): Munich Prison. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ John Demjanjuk — military unit (P7779): Russian Liberation Army. Retrieved 2026-06-12. wikidata.org.

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4w ago · Printstream · 2026-10-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗

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Educated at → Trawniki concentration camp

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Military unit → Russian Liberation Army

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