>The 1949 statement of another Wachmann (Denil-chenko), identified Demjanjuk in passing as someone who served with him at Sobibor in 1944 (a year after the camp was razed) and noted he had been born the same year as himself (1923). In 1979, Denilchenko made another statement adding that Demjanjuk was three years older than himself and had been in Sobibor in 1943. Demjanjuk’s Trawniki certificate also implies that he served at Sobibor, as do the German orders of March 1943 posting the Trawniki unit to the area.

Because of doubt of the guilt of Demjanjuk, the conflicting evidence and witnesses, the Supreme Court ordered that Demjanjuk be released. This is the essence of Solomonic Justice: a man accused of a serious, despicable crime should be released if the evidence is not compelling.  In what other country would a...

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