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Demjanjuk 'was enthusiastic Nazi'

Alleged Nazi guard John Demjanjuk was a willing participant in the Holocaust, and herded thousands of Jews to their deaths, a German court has heard.

Prosecutors said Mr Demjanjuk, 89, volunteered to join the Nazis and shared their racist ideology.

He maintains that he was a Soviet soldier who was captured by the Germans, and therefore spent most of the war in prison camps.
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