Evidence from alleged Nazi
NZPA-Reuter Jerusalem After five months of testimony by witnesses in the trial of the alleged Nazi war criminal, John Demjanjuk, the defendant will take the stand for the second day. Giving evidence for the first time since the trial began, Demjanjuk argued that charges against him stemmed from mistaken identity: “I am not the hangman you are thinking of. I was never at Treblinka or any such place,” Demjanjuk told a packed Jerusalem court in his native Ukranian language. "Please do not put a
noose around my neck for the deeds of others,” he said.
Demjanjuk, a former car plant worker, aged 67, was extradited from the United States last year on charges of lying about his wartime record at the time of his entry into the United States after World War 11.
Demjanjuk, if convicted, could face the death penalty although most Israeli legal commentators think life imprisonment more likely. He is expected to complete giving evidence in his defence early this afternoon.
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