In May 2009, after a protracted legal battle, John Demjanjuk was
extradited to Germany, where he has been standing trial since 30
November 2009. He is charged with complicity in the murders of
27,900 Dutch Jews. 22 Dutch auxiliary prosecutors
(Nebenkläger) are involved in the trial. Auxiliary
prosecutors have the power to introduce items of evidence, question
witnesses, and to call witnesses on their own account.
Demjanjuk was born in Ukraine on 3 April 1920. During the Second
World War he was taken prisoner-of-war and decided (because of the
poor treatment meted out to prisoners-of-war) to collaborate with
the Germans. He was trained at Trawniki SS training camp in Poland.
After that he allegedly worked at several concentration and death
camps, including Sobibor. New evidence introduced at his trial
includes an identity card describing him as a camp guard at
Sobibor.
Links with relation to the Demjanjuk proces
Seven portraits of the Nebenkläger of the
Sobibor trial against Demjanjuk in the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin. The
photos are taken in the Hollandsche Schouwburg.
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