MUNICH (AP) — A German investigator testifying at John Demjanjuk's trial says evidence links the former Ohio autoworker to the Sobibor Nazi death camp.
Thomas Walther, who led the investigation that prompted Germany to prosecute Demjanjuk, on Tuesday presented papers that Demjanjuk filled out for refugee and immigration purposes in the late 1940s and early 1950s in which he said he was a farmer in Sobibor, Poland.
Walter says Demjanjuk later told investigators that he lied and chose a Polish residence to ensure that he wasn’t deported back to his native Ukraine.
The 89-year-old Demjanjuk maintains he was never at the camp. He is accused of serving as a low-level guard and is charged with accessory to murder in 27,900 deaths.
