51.   The conviction comes as Nazi hunters around the world race to press charges against suspected war criminals before they become too old or feeble to stand trial.

52.   The decision was applauded by Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff, who heads the Israeli branch of the Los Angeles-based Simon Wiesenthal center.

53.   The rest was shared among the Association of Sons and Daughters of Deported Jews of France, headed by Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld, and nine relatives of victims.

54.   Trial brings prominence to son of Nazi hunter.

55.   Wiesenthal has received numerous awards for his humanitarian work, but has often encountered rivalries with other Nazi hunters.

56.   Zuroff, a long-time Nazi hunter at the Simon Wiesenthal Center, said he was assured by Lithuanian officials the rehabilitation of war criminals would be overturned.

57.   The Demjanjuk case has proved a difficult case for Nazi hunters in both the United States and Israel.