IV
103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. CON. RES. 132
Concerning the case of John Demjanjuk, Sr.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 4, 1993
Mr. TRAFICANT submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Concerning the case of John Demjanjuk, Sr.
Whereas John Demjanjuk was denaturalized and extradited
to Israel to stand charges as ‘‘Ivan the Terrible’’;
Whereas the Israeli Supreme Court recently overturned the
conviction and death sentence of John Demjanjuk,
charged with being Ivan the Terrible;
Whereas Demjanjuk was denied due process when the United
States Department of Justice withheld critical evidence
from Demjanjuk’s defense during his denaturalization
trial, as was determined in the investigative report of
Special Master Judge Wiseman, appointed by the United
States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals,;
Whereas the United States Department of Justice contends
that Demjanjuk lied on his immigration application to
conceal his involvement in Nazi war crimes and should be
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denied entry to the United States and the restoration of
his citizenship;
Whereas Demjanjuk contends that he lied on his United
States immigration application to avoid repatriation to
the Soviet Union and subsequent execution, not to cover
up war crimes;
Whereas the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
stated that the United States Government must allow
Demjanjuk to enter the United States as soon as he is
free to leave Israel;
Whereas the 3-judge appeals panel serving the United States
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously denied the
Justice Department’s request to stay the ruling while the
Government is in the process of their possible appeal to
either the full 14-judge appeals court or to the United
States Supreme Court;
Whereas the United States Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals or-
dered the United States Government not to interfere with
John Demjanjuk’s return to the United States while the
court investigates the Government’s handling of his ex-
tradition to Israel; and
Whereas Demjanjuk is 73 years old and has been incarcer-
ated in solitary confinement and separated from his fam-
ily for over 71⁄2 years: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate
concurring), That it is the sense of the Congress that—
(1) the United States Attorney General should
parole John Demjanjuk back into the United States
whereby he shall be reunited with his family and
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confined with the appropriate security at the family
residence pending further process;
(2) an appropriate court of law with proper ju-
risdictional authority be convened to resolve the
United States citizenship status of John Demjanjuk
by accepting evidence and testimony to determine
whether Demjanjuk was guilty of any Nazi war
crimes;
(3) if Demjanjuk is found by such process to
have participated in Nazi war crime activities, his
citizenship should remain permanently revoked and
the matter should be subject to and open to further
judicial process;
(4) if Demjanjuk is found by such process not
to have participated in Nazi war crime activities, but
to have lied on his immigration application to avoid
repatriation under terms of the Yalta Agreement,
Demjanjuk’s citizenship should be reinstated regard-
less of the concealment of his Soviet citizenship on
his immigration papers; and
(5) the United States Justice Department
should commence an immediate investigation into
Ivan Marczenko, now identified to be ‘‘Ivan the Ter-
rible’’ of Treblinka and bring Marczenko to justice
or verify to Congress the death of Marczenko.