Nazi guard Demjanjuk 'being tried in wrong country', says lawyer

Accused Nazi mass murderer John Demjanjuk should not be on trial in Germany because the death camp where he was allegedly a guard was in Poland, his lawyer claimed today.

Nazi guard Demjanjuk 'being tried in wrong country', says lawyer

Accused Nazi mass murderer John Demjanjuk should not be on trial in Germany because the death camp where he was allegedly a guard was in Poland, his lawyer claimed today.

In a closing speech for Demjanjuk, who faces 28,060 counts of accessory to murder the Sobibor camp, Ulrich Busch declared: “I call for the immediate release of my client who has been detained for two years on an illegal and unconstitutional basis.”

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