Cleveland, OH – John Demjanjuk has used almost every legal means to avoid being deported from the US to Germany, where prosecutors accuse him of having been a guard at the Sobibor concentration camp, charging him of being an accessory to the murder of 29,000 people. Now his lawyer Ulrich Busch has filed suit against the German government.
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Busch sent a fax to the administrative court in Berlin with the suit: Demjanjuk, “44131 Seven Hills, Ohio, USA” versus “Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Justice Ministry.” Busch wants to ensure that the Berlin government withdraws its agreement to accept Demjanjuk in Germany.
The 89-year-old retired auto worker, who is accused of being an accessory to the murders of Jews in the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1943, lost his last appeal to keep his US citizenship, which had been removed in 2002, in May 2008.
A Cincinnati court ruled Friday to deny Demjanjuk a stay of deportation — meaning officials could soon be calling at the 89-year-old’s door again.
But Busch is playing for time. He has asked the Berlin Administrative Court judge to temporarily suspend the German government’s declaration that they would allow Demjanjuk to enter the country — until a ruling is made.
Busch is trying to move the legal tug-of-war to Germany. He accused the German authorities of “circumventing the law” in consenting to the deportation of Demjanjuk.
Whether Busch’s suit will be successful is uncertain. The administrative court might not even accept such a complaint. Busch has already appealed to Munich District Court against the warrant against Demjanjuk. The court rejected his petition two weeks ago. Busch is now appealing against that decision.
And in the U.S. If the judges of the federal appellate court decide against Demjanjuk, his only remaining option is the Supreme Court. But it could refuse to hear the case at all, without having to give reasons.
The judges should know that his lawyer is trying to misuse the legal system for his advantage. He’s amurderer and should be hanged! This will show those thugs that justice will be served.
Let him rot in hell already. Why so many postponements?
He is obviously guilty if he fights this much, if he would have been not guilty then why doesn’t he prove it in court like a man?
the hell of uncertaainty is the biggest hell of all.
“ain simcha k’hataras hasefeikos”
Do we know if this Nazi has done anything with his life since the war? Like has he been involved with neo-Nazi groups or maybe done something to actually help the Jews? It doesn’t mean he shouldn’t spend the rest of his life in prison, I’m just curious.
take him out and finish off this miserable being. Enough already
I hope this murderer nazi finally goes to jail where he belongs. He has avoided trail by pretending he is old and crippled, but there is a secret video of him getting into a car unassisted , which proves that although he is 89 years old he is still healthy enough to face trail, and he is faking being ill.