1. What is needed for justice?
Pursuit of justice: the trial of John Demjanjuk
Lesson 3 activity 2 materials

2. What is needed for justice?
Preparation:
On the following slides are sorting cards
Print these and cut them along the dotted lines.

3. Hans-Joachim Lutz Prosecuting lawyer Defence lawyer Ulrich Busch
Court room, Munich in Germany.
30 Nov 2009 – 12 May 2011
5 judges (no jury)
Trial dates:
Hans-Joachim Lutz
Prosecuting lawyer
©Joerg Koch/POOL/epa/Corbis
©Lukas Barth/epa/Corbis
Defence lawyer
Ulrich Busch
John Demjanjuk
©Andreas Gebert/epa/Corbis
©Lukas Barth/epa/Corbis

4. Judith Aschkenasy daughter of Helene and Justin Neuhaus.
Thomas Blatt, Judith Aschkenasy, Phillip Jacobs, Robert Cohen, Louis Van Velzen, Ellen van der Spiegel, Vera de Jong-Simons, Leon Philip Herbert Vieyras, Paul Hellman, Max Degen, Marcus de Groot, Robert Fransman, Rudi Jan Westerveld, Karl Gutmann, Rob Worm, Jules Schelvis.
People who brought the case:
Judith Aschkenasy daughter of
Helene and Justin Neuhaus.
David Peter Neuhaus
Helene and Justin Neuhaus and others

5. German law Perpetrator
At the end of the trial on 12 May 2011 Demjanjuk was found guilty of accessory to murder of 28,060 people.
German law
Perpetrator

6. The prosecution’s case
1940 September Demjanjuk was drafted into the Soviet army.
1942 May Demjanjuk was captured by German forces.
1942 July Demjanjuk was selected by the SS to receive guard training.
1943 March Demjanjuk was assigned to Sobibor.
“He knew the purpose of this camp...he had the opportunity to escape – he was well dressed, had food, boots, a weapon and weekends off.
He...took part in all aspects of the process – assisting in unloading the trucks, the undressing and forcing people into the gas chambers with the use of fire weapons...he was aware of the...suffering of the victims; he acted out of cruelty and was merciless...he knew the pretence of the showers” (notes from the trial).
The charge was assisted cruelty and murder of 27,900 Jewish people (later changed to 28,060).

7. Identity card
©Marijan Murat/epa/Corbis

8. What is needed for justice?
Lesson plan and materials created by Darius Jackson and Emma O’Brien
© Darius Jackson and Emma O’Brien, 2015, All Rights Reserved.
Additional editing by Andy Pearce
Artwork developed from artwork created for the Centre by Cheryl Lowe
Credits:
Thanks go to Dame Helen Hyde for sharing her trial notes, unpublished memoir and personal reflections.
All family photographs and documents are the property of Dame Helen Hyde
The Pursuit of justice material is shared for educational purposes with the permission of Judith Aschkenasy and Dame Helen Hyde.
Images:
Hans-Joachim Lutz ©Lukas Barth/epa/Corbis
Ulrich Busch ©Lukas Barth/epa/Corbis
Court room, Munich in Germany ©Joerg Koch/POOL/epa/Corbis
John Demjanjuk ©Andreas Gebert/epa/Corbis
ID card ©Marijan Murat/epa/Corbis