Judges reject Demjanjuk defense motions; more Dutch witnesses testify

The Demjanjuk trial in Munich resumed this morning after a several week break with the Judge rejecting the defense motions to end the trial based on the extradition or claims of double jepoardy.

Demjanjuk appeared in court in a wheelchair, keeping his eyes closed for much of the hearing. He reappeared later on lying on a stretcher.

The trial resumed with further testimony from Dutch witnesses whose family members had been convoyed by the Nazis and their collaborators to the Sobibor extermination camp  and murdered during the period evidence indicates that Demjanjuk was a guard there.

Demjanjuk’s defense while acknowledging the tragic deaths denied there was any personal, direct connection between them and Demjanjuk.

The lawyer also provoked one of the defendants by asking if the kapos at Westerbrook transit camp weren’t worse than the Nazis.
here’s the Y net news account:

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12.21.09, 15:29 / Israel News

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Here is the AP account of the witnesses’ testimony
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hIH0N3mJ1HhKJrBMWn3uUa8WpghAD9CNQ6N00

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