Word: demjanjuk
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Dates: during 1986-1986
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Furthermore, Ryan claims, Demjanjuk has changed his alibi about his wartime whereabouts three times...
...state is scheduled to call eight survivors of the Treblinka camp who are ready to identify Demjanjuk as the Nazi prison camp guard. A former guard is also reportedly prepared to identify the defendant as Ivan the Terrible. Ryan notes that the witnesses identified Demjanjuk's 1951 visa photo out of eight unmarked photographs as the Nazi guard...
Another crucial piece of evidence is an i.d. card allegedly labelling Demjanjuk as a member of an elite Ukranian POW group that was trained by the Nazi SS as prison guards for Treblinka. The card, which includes a photo and personal data, is especially important because the Germans destroyed all Treblinka records when they abandoned the site...
...Some of Demjanjuk's family and church figures have taken his case on a speaking tour to raise funds for his defense. The tour has criticized the Justice Department's, and specifically Ryan's, role in the case...
These supporters claim that the Soviets tampered with the i.d. card. They also point to claims that Ivan the Terrible was killed in a 1943 prison insurrection and that several other witnesses were not able to identify the Demjanjuk's photograph...