Stripping Citizenship of Suspected Nazi OKd

A federal appeals court in Cincinnati upheld a judge’s decision to strip retired autoworker John Demjanjuk of U.S. citizenship, saying the government had proven he was a Nazi death-camp guard.

The Justice Department said afterward it would begin what could be a years-long process to force the Ukranian-born Demjanjuk, 84, to leave the U.S.

The unanimous ruling from the three-judge panel of the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the government had provided “clear, unequivocal and convincing evidence” of Demjanjuk’s guard service. Demjanjuk has said he was the victim of mistaken identity.