John Demjanjuk seemed like any other middle-aged immigrant living the American dream in the Ohio suburbs. Until the U.S. Department of Justice accused him of being an SS guard, stripped him of his citizenship, and extradited him to Israel to stand trial for war crimes. In Israel, he stood accused of ghastly abuse. And still, doubt persisted: Could this stereotypical guy next door really have been the infamously sadistic SS guard Ivan the Terrible at Treblinka? Was this a case of mistaken identity? And what is the line between justice, vengeance, and the law?
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