Berlin – Nazi war crime suspect John Demjanjuk could be proved guilty by DNA tests on the grandchildren of a woman he allegedly raped.
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The woman, who lived near the Sobibor death camp in Poland, is said to have given birth to a son.
Prosecutors in Germany, where the 89-year-old is facing trial, say the tests could prove he was at the camp – a claim he denies..
WOW Amazing even at 89 and he got caught with his pants down:)
WOW! It’s scary the way they can track these things!
Oh an I thought the story with the 93 girls could not be true “because” Nazi were forbidden from having relations with Jews.
#1 : The story doesn’t say it was a Jewish woman. More likely a local gentile. You did know the Nazis raped and killed non-jews too, didn’t you?
It’s such an embarrassment for the grandchildren!
I wonder what is the Halachicllay status of DNA. Is it “Chazoka”, “Eid Echod”. Has any published a sefer on this subject???
DNA has no significance in halacha. ZERO. A child is not a mamzer because of it (meaning can’t prove it because of a match/mismatch), and u can’t be mattur an agunah. Its as good as any other “substantial” evidence, but nothing more.
To the first comment: The laws forbid Aryans from having relations with Jews. Demjanjuk would not have been considered an Aryan; in fact, it’s very possible that he fell under the same law.
#4 & #9 DNA
There are different opinions. I believe the halachos are different in Israel than the US.
Don’t be so sure.
It is well documented that the Ukranian guards at Sobibor and Treblinka sought out prostitutes from the surrounding area and Warsaw. They paid with money stoln from the Jewish victims.