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August 01, 1986 - Image 39

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1986-08-01

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NEWS

NOTICE TO CONSUMER

Ivan The Terrible's
Trial Due In Two Weeks

INON SCHENKER

Special to The Jewish News

T

he charges against John
Demjanjuk, "Ivan the
Terrible," will be pre-
sented to the Jerusalem District
Court within two weeks. It has
not yet been decided where to
hold the trial because there is no
room large enough in the district
court for the hundreds of jour-
nalists who want to attend.
The team of Iraeli inves-
tigators, headed by Deputy Police
Commander Alex Ish-Shalom
and State Attorney Yona Blat-
man, have collected almost all
the needed evidence, materials
and witnesses for preparing the
charges. "We have the needed
evidence to prove that the man
John Demjanjuk is Ivan the Ter-
rible of Treblinka. When the
charges will be presented to the
court, people in Israel and in the
world will see how strong the
evidence is," said one of the in-
vestigators.
Demjanjuk is accused of
operating the gas chambers in
Treblinka, of murdering hun-
dreds of Jews and of causing seri-
ous bodily and mental harm to
Jews. He will be charged under
section 1 of the "Nazi and Nazi
Collaborators (punishment) Law
- 1950," and if found guilty, he
will be sentenced to death.
Since Demjanjuk was extra-
dited from the U.S. to Israel five
months ago, the prosecution has
collected hundreds of documents,
testimonies and evidence about
Ivan the Terrible and his deeds in
the Treblinka camp. Twenty
eye-witnesses living in Israel and
a few who live outside the coun-
try will testify in court that John
Demjanjuk is Ivan of Treblinka.
"Treblinka was a death camp.
The Jews were sent upon their
arrival directly to the gas cham-
bers, and this is why only a few
survivors from that camp could
be located," said the investigator.
Mark O'Connor, Demjanjuk's
attorney, still believes he could
prove that there was a mistake in
identifying his client as Ivan the
Terrible. "The sadistic guard
Ivan was killed in a prison revolt
at Treblinka in 1943," said
O'Connor. O'Connor arrived in
Israel last week with Demjan-

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juk's family from Cleveland. "I
don't blame the Jews for bringing
John to trial. I'm furious because
they joined the Russian plot
against my husband. I hope that
the Israeli justice system, known
for its objectivity and integrity,
will let John, who is absolutely
innocent, be a free man again,"
Mrs. Vera Demjanjuk told Israeli
Reporters.

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Israel-Africa
Trade Updated

Washington — Despite claims
to the contrary, Israel's trade
with South Africa is minute, and
Jewish opposition to apartheid is
significant, an updated study by
the B'nai B'rith Hillel Founda-
tion indicates.
In 1974, the year of the highest
imports of major weapons by
South Africa during the 1964-
1983 period, Israel had no sales to
that nation. On the other hand,
Jordan sold Pretoria 41 Centu-
rian armored vehicles and 55
short Tigercat missiles.
As to nuclear programs, for
which Israel has been accused of
aiding South Africa, a- 1979 re-
port by the United Nations Secu-
rity Council listed the United
States, Great Britain, France,
West Germany and the Nether-
lands as the major nations
cooperating with South Africa.
According to the Abramowitz
report, Israel's arms sales to
South Africa have concentrated
on the navy, "the least important
part of the South African mili-
tary in the preservation and per-
petuation of apartheid." In
1977-78, Israel delivered three
guided missile boats; nine others
were constructed in South Africa
under Israeli license between
1978 and 1984. In addition, Israel
sold Pretoria six patrol boats. No
weapons that could be used to re-
press the South African Blacks
have been sold by Israel since the
United Nations passed a resolu-
tion in 1979 boycotting arms to
South Africa.

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