According to this news release, 89-year old John Demjanjuk, an alleged Nazi guard, has been charged in Munich “with 27,900 counts of being an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp during World War II“. You can read the full story here, on MSNBC.
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Monday July 13, 2009 – 21st of Tamuz, 5769
I heard. Isn’t that incredible?
By: therapydoc on July 13, 2009
at 9:48 pm
TherapyDoc: Yes, quite incredible!
By: jewwishes on July 13, 2009
at 10:13 pm
Hello JewWishes, your blog is hugely interesting. I drop in from time to time – your photos are beautiful.
I was very upset when I read this – not because Demjanjuk’s (now been) formally charged of course, but because my closest friend, who I’ve known for 30 years, lost more than 50 relatives to the camps, mainly at Sobibor, where it is alleged he was a guard. She comes from a large East-Amsterdam Jewish family. As you can imagine, we’re watching the proceedings closely.
We looked her lost family up once, in the Yad Vashem records – it was heartbreaking.
There are 3 BBC articles here you might be interested in.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8147437.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8132575.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7998947.stm
By: AndreaUKA on July 14, 2009
at 10:27 am
Andrea: I’ve been following his case for over 20 years, now. It’s been quite the back and forth journey. Maybe there will be a conclusion after all of these years.
I have family members who were lost, too…
Thank you for the links.
By: jewwishes on July 14, 2009
at 12:14 pm