Photo Gallery The Nazi Most-Wanted List

Ivan John Demjanjuk, 88, has for years been suspected of involvement in the murder of thousands of Jews during World War Two. Now German prosecutors believe they may finally be able to bring him to justice.
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Demjanjuk's military service pass: When he entered the USA in 1952, Demjanjuk did not reveal that he had worked as a guard in several death camps or that he had been a member of the SS.

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His behavior in court was often inappropriate: Here Ivan (John) Demjanjuk appears at his trial in Israel at the start of the 1990s. The trial ended with his acquittal and he today lives in the USA. The Wiesenthal Center places him at No. 2 on its list of the worst Nazi war criminals.

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Concentration camp doctor Aribert Heim: Known as "Dr. Death," he is accused of having killed hundreds of prisoners with lethal injections. Like Demjanjuk, Heim is at the top of the Nazi hunters' list.

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"We have clear evidence that Heim is currently in South America," Efraim Zuroff, the Simon Wiesenthal Center's chief Nazi hunter, told SPIEGEL ONLINE.

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At No. 4 on this list is Milivoj Asner, who is believed in his role as Croatian police chief to have been active in the persecution and deportation of hundreds of Serbs and Sinti and Roma. Repoters for Britain's "Sun" newspaper are believed to have tracked Asner in the Austrian city Klagenfurt during the summer's European Championship soccer tournament.

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Soeren Kam in a photo taken in 1945: As a former SS member, Kam is believed to have been responsible for the death of a Danish journalist. He is also believed to have stolen resident registries from the Jewish community in Denmark, thus facilitating the deportation of Jews.

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Heinrich Boere, who lives in an old people's home in the western German city of Eschweiler is accused of having killed three Dutch civilians as a member of the SS commando "Silbertanne." According to the Simon Wiesenthal Center, he has never been punished for his alleged crimes.

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Seventh Place: Karoly (Charles) Zentai us accused if having participated in the persecution and murder of jews in Budapest in 1944.

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