The World - News from April 23, 1987
Israeli Judge Dov Levine, overruling objections by defense attorneys in the war crimes trial of John Demjanjuk, admitted as evidence a Soviet-supplied identity card that allegedly proves the retired U.S. auto worker had trained to be a Nazi death camp guard. Levine said, “The prosecution has succeeded in presenting a firm basis for presenting this document as evidence.” Demjanjuk’s attorneys contend that the Trawniki card, named for the Nazi training camp, is a forgery. Israel obtained the disputed document last year from U.S. industrialist Armand Hammer, chairman of Los Angeles based-Occidental Petroleum, who has close ties with the Kremlin.
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