John Demjanjuk, a retired American autoworker embroiled in three decades of legal proceedings over his Nazi-era past, was freed pending an appeal on Thursday after a court sentenced him to five years in prison for helping to force some 28,000 Jews to their deaths during the Holocaust. Wearing a pale blue baseball cap and dark glasses, and sitting in a wheelchair, Mr. Demjanjuk, 91, showed no discernible emotion as the court announced its findings after a trial lasting almost 18 months. The...
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