War crimes suspect in court

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Retired US autoworker John Demjanjuk made a court appearance in Germany today. He’s facing a trial there on charges that he was a Nazi concentration camp guard who herded thousands of Jews to their deaths during the Holocaust. The BBC’s Steve Rosenberg reports from Munich.

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