Demjanjuk Convicted In Germany; Sentenced To 5 Years; Released Pending Appeal

The Jerusalem Post reports that a court in Munich, Germany yesterday convicted 91-year old John Demjanjuk of assisting in the murder of 27,900 Jews in Poland as a guard at the Nazi Sobibor extermination camp. Demjanjuk was sentenced by the court to 5 years in prison, but was immediately released pending appeal. Legal proceedings have been in progress for decades in the United States, Israel and Germany against Demjanjuk, who lived for years as an auto worker near Cleveland, Ohio.