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Title: Nazi war criminal, 97, on trial in Hungary
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Herald Sun
URL Source: http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/wo ... y/story-e6frf7lf-1226049447952
Published: May 4, 2011
Author: AFP
Post Date: 2011-05-03 15:36:54 by X-15
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Comments: 12
ONE of the world's most wanted Nazi war criminals, Sandor Kepiro, 97, goes on trial in Hungary charged with the murder of 36 people in Novi Sad, Serbia, in 1942. With the trial of another Nazi war criminal, Ukrainian-born John Demjanjuk, nearing its end in Germany, Kepiro's trial could be one of the last of its kind, says Efraim Zuroff, chief Nazi hunter of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, who tracked down the former gendarmerie officer in Budapest in 2006. Nevertheless, "the indictment of Kepiro sends a powerful message that the passage of time does not diminish the guilt of the killers and that old age should not protect those who committed such heinous crimes," Zuroff said in a recent statement. The trial offered a chance for justice to finally be done "so that the people of Novi Sad and their families and the victims of the mass murders carried out by the Hungarian forces in January 1942 ... can finally achieve a measure of closure, even if it is many years after the crimes." The trial is scheduled to begin at the Budapest Municipal Court on Thursday, with six days so far set aside for hearings in May. But it is not yet clear how long the trial may last altogether or when a verdict can be expected. Kepiro topped the Wiesenthal list of most wanted Nazi war criminals after proceedings started against the 90-year-old John Demjanjuk. In the case of Demjanjuk, who is being tried in Munich for helping to kill 27,900 Jews during his alleged time as a Nazi death camp guard, a verdict could come as soon as May 12, although there have been several delays, due mainly to the man's poor health. Like Demjanjuk, Kepiro denies all of the charges against him, insisting that he killed no one and was only following orders. But he was already found guilty of the crimes in Novi Sad as far back as 1944 in Hungary and then again in 1946. In 1944, a 10-year jail sentence against him was quashed. He was sentenced again to 14 years in 1946, this time under the communists, but did not serve any time in prison, because he fled to Argentina where he remained for half a century. Zuroff at the Simon Wiesenthal Center tracked him down in Budapest, where he has been living since returning to Hungary on a Hungarian passport in 1996. Kepiro was found using the centre's Operation Last Chance program, which is co-managed by the US-based Targum Shlishi foundation and is specifically aimed at helping governments locate former Nazis war criminals in Austria, Germany, Poland, Romania, Hungary, Croatia and in Baltic countries. Kepiro, for his part, is suing Zuroff for defamation, and the hearing for that case is scheduled to take place on Tuesday. Kepiro's defence is provided by the National Legal Foundation, headed by Tamas Nagy Gaudi, a member of parliament of the far-right Jobbik party. The Wiesenthal Center's "most wanted" list includes another Hungarian, Karoly (Charles) Zentai, now an Australian citizen, who is accused of participating in the murder of Jews in Budapest in 1944.
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#1. To: All, *The hook-nosed Jew* (#0)
Does this apply to jewish-Bolshevik killers in employ of the Soviet Union who fled to Israel?? I'm just throwing that out there....
__________________________________________________________ Silly question. No, of course not. They got a pass plus their retirement.
It is a violation of Natural Law to use this document in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.
HAHA, these days such a person should be getting a medal for being against Jews instead of a trial! Not that I buy that this guy was killing Jews or anything, but just being against them makes him OK in my book. 97 years old! Way to go! Fighting Jews and still living a long life, not many can say that.
God is always good!
Trouble with that is Demjanjuk was railroaded.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
When I lived in Chicago, one of my first jobs was working in the florist business. We had many Jewish weddings to work, and many midnight pickups of equipment. Once in the shop an older Jewish woman came in and tried to dicker ont the price of some silk flowers. One of the designers came out and told me later, "That, was a "kike". Odd, also, was the fact that the Jews claim there were 6 million killed in BOTH WW I AND WW II. Someone who grew up in Europe told me there were only 2.5 million Jews in all of Europe before WW II started. BTW, Mordecai Vanunu blew the whistle on Israel's WMDs and they put him in prison for 20 years for it.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Yes. Railroaded twice. Just a horrible miscarriage of justice and a blot on the record of journalists everywhere.
It is a violation of Natural Law to use this document in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.
Indeed it was. Demjanjuk should get a medal for all of the suffering he has endured.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
Endless months of this trial and nothing across for the prosecution. Oliver Klasen Reuters US Online Report World News May 03, 2011 10:32 EDT MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - John Demjanjuk's defense attorney demanded the 91-year-old accused of helping kill 27,900 Jews in the Holocaust be awarded damages for false imprisonment when final arguments in the high-profile trial began Tuesday. Prosecutors are seeking a 6-year jail term for Demjanjuk in what is possibly the country's final Nazi war crimes trial, which began in the southern German city of Munich 18 months ago. "Prosecutors and plaintiffs have not put forward a single piece of evidence that show the guilt of my client," defense attorney Ulrich Busch told reporters outside the courtroom. Busch said his demands were: "Acquittal for the defendant, release from prison and damages for false imprisonment. If not, then there will be an appeal." The defense is expected to conclude its final arguments either later this week or early next week. The Munich court said it has not yet set a date when it will hand down its verdict. Ukraine-born Demjanjuk has denied any role in the Holocaust. He said he was drafted into the Soviet army in 1941 and became a prisoner of war. "There won't be an apology because my client is not criminal," Busch said. "An innocent man does not have to apologize for his innocence." Prosecutors say Demjanjuk, who was once top of the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted war criminals, of assisting in killings at the Sobibor death camp in Poland. Demjanjuk denies having worked at Sobibor, where the center said some 250,000 Jews were killed. Demjanjuk's family says he is too frail for trial, which he has attended in a wheelchair and lying down. In February, Demjanjuk threatened a hunger strike if documents from his KGB file from Russia and Ukraine were not considered by the court. Demjanjuk emigrated to the United States in 1951 and became a naturalized citizen in 1958, working as an engine mechanic. He was previously sentenced to death in Israel in 1988 for being the notorious guard "Ivan the Terrible" at the Treblinka camp, but the ruling was later overturned by Israel's Supreme Court after new evidence exonerated him. (Writing by Eric Kelsey; editing by Alison Williams) [Emphasis added] It is a violation of Natural Law to use this document in a manner inconsistent with its labeling.
Proof enough for me.
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
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The relationship between morality and liberty is a directly proportional one. "Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." - Ben Franklin
Thank you for the update, I hope he beats the jews out of a false lynching.
__________________________________________________________ It's all in their own minds, of course! ;)
"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one." Edmund Burke
"...sends a powerful message that the passage of time does not diminish the guilt of the killers and that old age should not protect those who committed such heinous crimes,"...
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#2. To: X-15 (#1)
Does this apply to jewish-Bolshevik killers in employ of the Soviet Union who fled to Israel?? I'm just throwing that out there....
#3. To: X-15 (#0)
#4. To: X-15 (#0)
(Edited)
Ukrainian-born John Demjanjuk
#5. To: RickyJ (#3)
(Edited)
Fighting Jews and still living a long life, not many can say that.
#6. To: BTP Holdings (#4)
#7. To: randge (#6)
Just a horrible miscarriage of justice and a blot on the record of journalists everywhere.
#8. To: BTP Holdings (#7)
Defense demands damages as Demjanjuk trial concludes
#9. To: randge (#8)
He said he was drafted into the Soviet army in 1941 and became a prisoner of war.
#10. To: X-15 (#1)
#11. To: randge (#8)
"This man is Jesus,” shouted one man, spilling his Guinness as Barack Obama began his inaugural address. “When will he come to Kenya to save us?"
-Schweizerische Schuetzenzeitung (Swiss Shooting Federation) April, 1941
#12. To: randge (#8)
where the center said some 250,000 Jews were killed.
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