German authorities issued the warrant for Demjanjuk on March 10, accusing him of being an accessory to 29,000 counts of murder as a guard at the Sobibor death camp from March to September 1943.

The Furchner case follows a legal precedent set in 2011, when former Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk was convicted as an accessory to murder for his role as a guard at the Sobibor death camp.

At least 200,000 Jews were murdered in the gas chambers at Sobibor though some have put the number as high as 350,000. The camp was destroyed by the Germans at the end of 1943. Rosenfeld ...

Polish President Andrzej Duda pledged that Poland could be entrusted to preserve the memory of the six death camps on its ...

An exhibition dedicated to the history of the 1943 Sobibor death camp uprising will open on Monday as well. "We have prepared an exhibition dedicated to the Sobibor uprising. The history of ...

Israeli archaeologist Yoram Haimi for years has warned that a planned museum at Sobibor threatens historical artifacts from the death camp in eastern Poland. Now his warnings are gaining traction.

The groundbreaking ceremony was timed for the 75th anniversary since the rebellion of inmates the Sobibor death camp. The ceremony took place before Putin’s arrival at the museum. Participants ...

This 1943 photo shows a group of auxiliary guards at the Nazi death camp Sobibor in German-occupied Poland. Source: US Holocaust Memorial Museum ...

Jack Gold directs this powerful story of triumph during the WWII holocaust. It depicts the remarkable events that led to a mass escape from a death camp by nearly 300 Jews.