Demjanjuk attorney: Client never served as guard
John Demjanjuk's attorney in his final closing remarks Wednesday accused Germany of trying to minimize its own guilt for the Holocaust by prosecuting foreigners like his client, who is accused of being a Nazi death camp guard.
A verdict was scheduled for Thursday in the trial, which began 18 months ago and has spanned some 100 days in court. Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk, who fought with the Soviet Red Army in World War II, is charged with 28,060 counts of accessory to murder. He is accused of agreeing to serve as a guard at the Sobibor death camp in occupied Poland after being captured by the Nazis in 1942. (AP)
