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Demjanjuk 'agreed with Nazis' says prosecutor

December 1, 2009 17:31
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ByJessica Elgot, Jessica Elgot

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The prosecutor in the trial of alleged war criminal John Demjanjuk says the defendant was a willing participant in the murder of 27,900 Jews.

The 89-year-old Ukrainian is charged of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at the Sobibor camp.
He arrived at court on a hospital stretcher, lying on his side under a hospital blanket, his face covered with a navy baseball hat.

Demjanjuk did not speak throughout the proceedings; his lawyer, Ulrich Busch, said he was exercising his right to remain silent.

Prosecutor Hans-Joachim Lutz read out a 10-page charge sheet to the court, where he accused Demjanjuk of sharing the Nazis’ racist ideology.