Paracultural Calendar for Feb 16

[Thomas Eckhardt]

> On this day in *1987*, the trial of *John Demjanjuk*, accused of being a
> Nazi guard dubbed "Ivan the Terrible" in Treblinka extermination camp,
> starts in Jerusalem.

Some years later, the trial of Demjanjuk tuggged on the heartstrings of 
some of our new friends in the Ukraine:

'After the 2010 conviction of the Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk 
for his supporting role in the death of nearly 30,000 people at the 
Sobibor camp, Tyahnybok rushed to Germany to declare him a hero who was 
“fighting for truth.”'

'Svoboda’s openly pro-Nazi politics have not deterred Senator John 
McCain from addressing a EuroMaidan rally alongside Tyahnybok, nor did 
it prevent Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland from enjoying a 
friendly meeting with the Svoboda leader this February.'

http://www.salon.com/2014/02/25/is_the_us_backing_neo_nazis_in_ukraine_partner/

Of course, our very own Frank-Walter Steinmeier also shook the man's hand.

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