The World - News from March 11, 1988

A lawyer for alleged Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk said he has asked an Israeli court to reopen his client’s trial before it reaches a verdict in order to consider newly discovered evidence. Yoram Sheftel said the evidence, from the U.S. Justice Department, shows that several survivors of the Treblinka death camp had failed to identify Demjanjuk as the brutal guard “Ivan the Terrible.” Sheftel said, “This shows clearly that there were at least five or six people similar looking to John Demjanjuk at Treblinka.” A court spokesman said the three-judge court will consider the request on Tuesday.