It is good to see justice done, even over 60 years since the crimes were committed. There is no statute of limitations on mass-murder, thank G-d. The Nazi guard John Demjanjuk, after many years of legal wrangling, has finally been sentenced to prison for his involvement in the mass-extermination of Jews during the Nazi Holocaust during WWII.
Although it is very late in the game because most of the victims of the Nazis have passed away it is very good to know that eventually justice will be served.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-13381409German court has found John Demjanjuk guilty of helping to murder more than 28,000 Jews at a Nazi death camp in World War II.
He was sentenced to five years in prison, one year less than prosecutors had asked for, but will be released pending a possible appeal.
Prosecutors said the Ukraine-born Demjanjuk, 91, was a guard at Sobibor camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1943.
He denied serving as a guard, saying he was a prisoner of war and a victim too.
Vera Dejong, who lost family members at Sobibor, gave her reaction.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20062340-504083.html(CBS/AP) MUNICH - John Demjanjuk, a retired U.S. autoworker, was convicted of thousands of counts of acting as an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp and sentenced on Thursday to five years in prison, a groundbreaking verdict that closed one chapter in a legal battle that has lasted decades.
Demjanjuk was found guilty of 28,060 counts of being an accessory to murder, one for each person who died during the time he was ruled to have been a guard at the Sobibor camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
The presiding judge described the 91-year-old as the Nazis' "machinery of destruction."
Demjanjuk sat wheelchair-bound in front of the judges as they announced their verdict, but he showed no emotion. He has denied the charges, but declined the opportunity to make a final statement to the court.
Judge Ralph Alt ordered that Demjanjuk be freed during his appeal - a process that is likely to take six months or more. Such a release is not unusual in Germany and Alt said Demjanjuk did not pose a flight risk because of his age, health and the fact that he was deported from the U.S. two years ago.
There is no evidence that Demjanjuk committed a specific crime. The prosecution was based on the theory that if he was at the camp, he was participating in the killings, which is the first time such legal arguments had been made in German court.
"This case is a door opener," said Thomas Walther, who led the investigation. "It could be very soon that more are brought to the table."
Integral to the prosecutions case was a Nazi SS I.D. card that allegedly shows a picture of a young Demjanjuk. The defense maintains it is a fake produced by the Soviet KGB.
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