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A defense attorney for accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk has asked a German court to suspend his trial after documents surfaced showing that the FBI believed a key piece of evidence was fake. (April 13)
Was Evidence Against Accused Nazi Criminal John Demjanjuk Faked?
TIME
The Nazi war crimes trial of 91-year-old John Demjanjuk — accused of being an accessory to the murder of at least 27,900 Jews at the Sobibor concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II — took a new twist on Wednesday when the defense team asked for the trial to be suspended after new revelations emerged suggesting that crucial evidence in the case had been faked.
As lawyers wrapped up their closing arguments in Munich, Demjanjuk's defense attorney drew the judges' attention to an FBI report that had been kept secret for years — and was obtained by the Associated Press on Tuesday — which appears to challenge the authenticity of Demjanjuk's alleged Nazi identity card that is central to the prosecution's case. According to the documents which date back to 1985, the FBI believed that KGB agents in the former Soviet Union "quite likely fabricated" evidence as part of a campaign to smear anti-communist émigrés. AP reporters say they discovered the FBI field office report at the National Archives in Maryland, among case files that were declassified after Demjanjuk was deported from the U.S. in May 2009 to face trial in Germany...[Full Article]
Judge won't suspend Demjanjuk plea over FBI file
Y Net News
A German court on Thursday rejected a defense request to suspend John Demjanjuk's trial over a declassified FBI report that cast doubt on the authenticity of a key piece of evidence...[Full Article]
Judge rejects Demjanjuk plea to suspend trial over new FBI file
Newly revealed FBI file shows agency believed Nazi ID card purportedly showing Demjanjuk served as death camp guard was fake; Holocaust survivor appeals to court to release Demjanjuk after convicting him.
Haaretz
A German court has rejected a defense request to suspend John Demjanjuk's trial over a declassified FBI report that cast doubt on the authenticity of key evidence.
The 1985 FBI file shows the agency believed a Nazi ID card purportedly showing Demjanjuk served as a death camp guard was fake. A defense attorney sought a postponement so he could examine the new material. Judge Ralph Alt said Thursday that a story by The Associated Press on the file does not offer any grounds for a suspension...[Full Article]
FBI report calls Demjanjuk evidence a forgery
(JTA) -- A secret FBI report from 1985 suggests a key piece of evidence in the trial of accused Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk in Munich may have been a KGB forgery.
The German court announced Thursday that it would not suspend the trial over the document, and critics say the old report reflects outdated information...[Full Article]
