German prosecutors looking into whether Demjanjuk ran over a Jewish man in 1947

I know it sounds strange but one of my trusted correspondents sent me this Jpost.com article:

‘Demjanjuk ran over a Jew in 1947’

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Evidence that John Demjanjuk, 89, may have deliberately run over and killed a Jew while driving a truck in Germany is being studied by police, a prosecutor said Monday in a DPA report.

Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk is currently on trial in Munich over allegations that he took part in the murder of 27,900 Jews at the Sobibor Nazi death camp in 1943. He moved from Germany to the United States in 1952.

The incident allegedly occurred in 1947, near the southern German city of Ulm.

Michael Bischofberger, a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in Ulm, confirmed that a formal murder inquiry was underway, saying, “He is alleged to have deliberately run someone over.”

DPA quoted Bischofberger as saying that the roadkill inquiry had been prompted by the findings of research by private individuals.

The prosecutor did not say who had supplied the evidence.

There was no official confirmation of a claim in the mass-circulation newspaper Bild that the victim had been Jewish.

The Bild report stated that the allegations were sent to Germany’s national war-crimes investigations unit to assess whether they were plausible.

The Sobibor trial is currently adjourned till December 21 while Demjanjuk, who is in a prison sick bay, recovers from an infection.

Demjanjuk is believed to have undertaken various jobs while he lived in Germany as a displaced person in the aftermath of World War II, including driving a truck for the Allied occupation authorities.

Prosecutors in Munich might take over the additional case in the event that the evidence is corroborated.

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