Ivan the Terrible (Treblinka guard)
Ivan the Terrible (possibly born 1911) is the nickname given to a notorious guard at the Treblinka extermination camp during the Holocaust, identified as Ivan Marchenko in statements made by other guards. The moniker alluded to Ivan IV, also known as Ivan the Terrible, the infamous Tsar of Russia. “Ivan the Terrible” gained international recognition following the 1986 John Demjanjuk case. By 1944, a cruel guard
