Demjanjuk Charged With 27,900 Holocaust Deaths

By the Associated Press

Posted Jul 13, 2009 6:49 AM CDT

(AP) – German prosecutors formally charged John Demjanjuk today with 27,900 counts of being an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp during World War II, reports the AP. The 89-year-old retired auto worker, who was deported from the US in May, faces 15 years... Read full story »

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