Posted on 07/13/2009 9:21:56 AM PDT by Daffynition
Prosecutors in Germany have formally charged alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk with 27,900 counts of being an accessory to murder in World War II.
The prosecutors' office in Munich said the charges had been filed on Monday.
There was no immediate word on when the trial of the 89-year-old retired car worker, who was deported from the United States in May, might begin.
Mr Demjanjuk has denied accusations that he was a guard at the Sobibor death camp and helped murder Jews.
He says he was captured by Germans in his native Ukraine while fighting for the Red Army and kept as a prisoner of war.
Deportation
The formal filing of charges on Monday came 10 days after medical experts at Munich's Stadelheim prison declared that Mr Demjanjuk was fit to stand trial, provided that his questioning in court was limited to two 90-minute sessions per day.
Mr Demjanjuk's family have said he is too frail to stand trial because he suffers from kidney disease, cancer and arthritis. In May, he was admitted to hospital for three days after developing gout.
The BBC's Steve Rosenberg in Berlin says it is unclear when the trial will begin, but it could be as early as this autumn.
Efraim Zuroff, the top Nazi-hunter at the Simon Wiesenthal Centre, which considers Mr Demjanjuk the world's most-wanted suspected Nazi war criminal, welcomed the move by German prosecutors.
"This is obviously an important step forward," he told the Associated Press. "We hope that the trial itself will be expedited so that justice will be achieved and he can be given the appropriate punishment."
"The effort to bring Demjanjuk to justice sends a very powerful message that the passage of time in no way diminishes the guilt of the perpetrator."
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Except for the different charges and the different jurisdiction and so forth.
Then why worry?
neighbor bump
Assuming facts not in evidence.
Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha!
That's a filthy slur.
A copy of Demjanjuk's alleged ID from the Sobibor camp, dated March 1943. Prosecutors in Munich are preparing a case for what could be the last big Nazi trial in Germany.
Demjanjuk was almost deported in April but the attempt to remove him from his home was aborted after he winced in pain. His family say he is dying of leukemia.
He lost his battle against deportation when the US government showed images taken days before showing him walking unaided to his car.........FWIW.
Unfortunately, this is true. Many people take sides rather than stand on principle. By that faulty logic, if you are not with Demyanuk's prosecutors, you must be with the Nazis or their collaborators. Such twisting of logic is both incorrect and wrong.
In my humble opinion, your posts are quite clear to anyone that bothers to think. Thank you for taking a principled position on this matter.
Sir, I fail to see the need of any further discussion about this. I can understand why you would want anyone accused of being a nazi tried and if convicted brought to justice. What I have questioned is the “the evidence is beyond doubt and can not be questioned†attitude that you exhibited. You can not accept that the man may not be the monster you think he must be. I wish you the best and hope to discuss other things with you in the future. Let me know if you ever make it to Nashville
SOREN KAM Danish SS Officer read the following & then ask yourself why JUST the focus on Demjanjuk???
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1570818/Former-SS-officer-sheltering-in-Germany.html
As a Danish American this is an outrage!!!
Mason Dixon
I said no such thing and implied no such thing. You can try to stuff words in my mouth but you will fail.
You can not accept that the man may not be the monster you think he must be.
Another lie.
What I want is a trial on the evidence. If he is acquitted or convicted, so be it.
Go shoot him. That’s what the Mossad would do.
And Demjanjuk is already overdue for execution, but execute him anyways.
But without Werner von Braun’s immense contributions to the U.S. space program, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins would never have stepped foot on the moon.
Operation Paperclip worked.
Maybe so.
Regardless, after use, they should have been shot.
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