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Special Prosecutor in Case Against Accused Nazi Guard Demjanjuk to Speak at NSU
Cornelius Nestler, special prosecutor in case against John Demjanjuk, to speak Sept. 24
FT. LAUDERDALE-DAVIE, Fla.—A special prosecutor in the case against John Demjanjuk, who is accused of being a guard at a Nazi concentration camp in Germany during World War II, will speak at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) on Sept. 24.
Cornelius Nestler is representing survivors and family members of those killed at the Sobibor death camp in the case that has charged Demjanjuk as an accessory to the murder of 27,900 people. Nestler also serves as professor of criminal law and criminal procedure at the University of Cologne in Germany.
He will speak at NSU”s main campus in Davie in the Morris Auditorium in the Health Professions Division”s Assembly Building (3200 South University Drive) on Sept. 24 at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public, but space is limited. RSVPs are encouraged and can be made by calling 954-985-4191 or emailing tsiregar@becker-poliakoff.com.
Born in Ukraine, Demjanjuk gained U.S. citizenship in 1958 and had been living in suburban Cleveland. Following the overturn of his conviction in Israel for being “Ivan the Terrible” of Treblinka and the reinstatement of his U.S. citizenship, the U.S. Justice Department reopened the deportation case against him, and a federal judge ruled in 2002 that Demjanjuk was a guard at Sobibor. After several appeals, he was deported to Germany this past May. The trial will begin in November.
Demjanjuk denies being a Nazi guard and claims he was a Red Army soldier held as a prisoner of war by the Germans.
The speaking event with Nestler is being co-sponsored by NSU”s Shepard Broad Law Center, the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Federation of Broward County, and Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. law firm.
Media Contact:
Alan Hancock, NSU Office of Public Affairs
954-262-5385, hancocka@nova.edu