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Munich, Germany - Lawyers to Represent Twenty-Two Witnesses at Demjanjuk Trial |
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Last updated on: Jul 19, 2009 at 11:49 AM
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In this May 3, 2006 file photo, John Demjanjuk, right, is questioned by his attorney during the civil trial for claims by Jerome Brentar in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. photo Plain Dealer
Demjanjuk, who is accused of working at Sobibor death camp and is detained at a Munich jail, has already been indicted. While lawyers have been suggesting the trial may begin in September, Der Spiegel said the target was now October.
A prosecutions spokesman said no date had been set, but that forecast was 'realistic.'
Among those who have sought legal representation at the trial are Thomas Blatt, who escaped from Sobibor in 1943 and whose parents were both killed there during Demjanjuk's alleged period as an SS auxiliary.
The eight to be represented by five of their own lawyers are mainly victims' relatives living in the Netherlands, United States and Germany.
Demjanjuk, 89, is accused of helping herd 27,900 Jews - the number killed during his months of service - to the gas chambers. Prosecutors aim to bring 20 witnesses.
The indictment has been drafted to counter the likely defence argument that the Ukraine-born Soviet soldier had little choice as a prisoner of war about whether to accept the work the Nazis chose for him.
A former Ohio auto worker, Demjanjuk is now stateless. He was expelled from the United States this year.
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Jul 18, 2009 at 09:59 PM you never know Says:
maybe he was forced? ther is no proof that he did it willingly
if there is kill him now ill watch
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Jul 18, 2009 at 10:22 PM Anonymous Says:
“ maybe he was forced? ther is no proof that he did it willingly
if there is kill him now ill watch
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so if someone forces you to kill people you would? hmmm...
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Jul 19, 2009 at 08:13 AM Anonymous Says:
“ maybe he was forced? ther is no proof that he did it willingly
if there is kill him now ill watch
”
why did he have to do with such ACHZURIYES? they did not trained him how to kill. he chose it him self!!!
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Jul 20, 2009 at 01:17 AM Anonymous Says:
How foolish. This is the excuse ALL the Nazis gave. If none of them wouldn't have followed orders, Hitler would have been powerless. In the end, we are all responsible for our actions.
And that is if you believe them, most of them enjoyed killing and torturing Jews.