Treblinka concentration camp survivor names Demjanjuk

Argentina Star Wednesday 3rd February, 2010

A survivor of the German concentration camp in Sobibor has claimed to have recognised John Demjanjuk as one of the guards at the camp.

87-year-old Ukranian, Alexei Vaitsen, has told a Munich court he recognises the former guard from photographs.

Demjanjuk, who is now 89-years-old and on trial in Germany for war crimes, has been accused of being involved in the deaths of 28,000 Jews during the Second World War.

Mr Demjanjuk is in poor health and his trial has had to be adjourned a number of times due to his poor health. He has slept through much of the preliminary hearings.

In 1988, Mr Demjanjuk was sentenced to death by an Israeli court after he was identified as "Ivan the Terrible" of Treblinka concentration camp.

The verdict was later overturned when fresh other evidence identified surfaced, naming another person as "Ivan the Terrible".