The trial of John Demjanjuk opened in Israel, where he was accused of having served as a guard at Treblinka under the name Ivan the Terrible. Survivors identified him in court, and the proceedings foregrounded the role of testimony in prosecuting Nazi-era crimes. Israel’s Supreme Court later overturned the conviction after new evidence raised reasonable doubt about his identity.
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The conviction was later overturned when new evidence raised doubt about his identity.