Anton Zavanyuk

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Anton Sawanjuk ( Belarusian Антон Саванюк, Андрэй Саванюк ) (born March 7, 1921 in Domaczewo , eastern Poland , today Damachava , Russian: Domatschewo, in Belarus ; † November 6, 2005 in Norwich , England ) was a Belarusian war criminal .

Zavanyuk, who had lived in England since 1946, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1999 for killing 18 Jews in Belarus under Nazi rule in 1942 . He died in Norwich Prison at the age of 84 . Sawanyuk was the only Nazi criminal ever to be brought before a British court.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nazi criminal Sawoniuk dies in jail
personal data
SURNAME Zavanyuk, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian war criminal
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Domaczewo , Eastern Poland , Poland (now Damatschawa , Belarus )
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 2005
Place of death Norwich , England