Did Holocaust survivors give tearful testimony at trial after blast (AFP)?
by Richard Carter Richard Carter – 2 hrs 34 mins ago MUNICH, Germany (AFP) – A Dutch Holocaust survivor broke down on Tuesday as he told a court how his mother was transported to the gas chambers in Sobibor, a Nazi death camp where John Demjanjuk is accused of being a guard. In wrenching testimony on the second day of Demjanjuk’s trial, Rudolf Salomon Cortissos, 70, waved a letter his mother had thrown out of the train as she was taken to her death, before being led away from the court in tears. “It’s the only thing I have,” Cortissos, a co-plaintiff in the case, told reporters afterwards, again struggling to compose himself. In the letter, composed hours before she was put on a transport to Sobibor, his mother had written: “It’s Monday evening and we are ready to board. I promise you I will be tough and I will definitely survive.” “There’s nothing that can be done. It has to be like this,” she wrote, ending with a reminder not to forget a family member’s birthday and a wish that, trag
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) – A Dutch Holocaust survivor broke down on Tuesday as he told a court how his mother was transported to the gas chambers in Sobibor, a Nazi death camp where John Demjanjuk is accused of being a guard. In wrenching testimony on the second day of Demjanjuk’s trial, Rudolf Salomon Cortissos, 70, waved a letter his mother had thrown out of the train as she was taken to her death, before being led away from the court in tears. “It’s the only thing I have,” Cortissos, a co-plaintiff in the case, told reporters afterwards, again struggling to compose himself. In the letter, composed hours before she was put on a transport to Sobibor, his mother had written: “It’s Monday evening and we are ready to board. I promise you I will be tough and I will definitely survive.” “There’s nothing that can be done. It has to be like this,” she wrote, ending with a reminder not to forget a family member’s birthday and a wish that, tragically, would never be realised: “I hope to see you a
MUNICH, Germany (AFP) – A Dutch Holocaust survivor broke down on Tuesday as he told a court how his mother was transported to the gas chambers in Sobibor, a Nazi death camp where John Demjanjuk is accused of being a guard. In wrenching testimony on the second day of Demjanjuk’s trial, Rudolf Salomon Cortissos, 70, waved a letter his mother had thrown out of the train as she was taken to her death, before being led away from the court in tears. “It’s the only thing I have,” Cortissos, a co-plaintiff in the case, told reporters afterwards, again struggling to compose himself. In the letter, composed hours before she was put on a transport to Sobibor, his mother had written: “It’s Monday evening and we are ready to board. I promise you I will be tough and I will definitely survive.” “There’s nothing that can be done. It has to be like this,” she wrote, ending with a reminder not to forget a family member’s birthday and a wish that, tragically, would never be realised: “I hope to see you a
by Richard Carter Richard Carter – 2 hrs 34 mins ago MUNICH, Germany (AFP) – A Dutch Holocaust survivor broke down on Tuesday as he told a court how his mother was transported to the gas chambers in Sobibor, a Nazi death camp where John Demjanjuk is accused of being a guard. In wrenching testimony on the second day of Demjanjuk’s trial, Rudolf Salomon Cortissos, 70, waved a letter his mother had thrown out of the train as she was taken to her death, before being led away from the court in tears. “It’s the only thing I have,” Cortissos, a co-plaintiff in the case, told reporters afterwards, again struggling to compose himself. In the letter, composed hours before she was put on a transport to Sobibor, his mother had written: “It’s Monday evening and we are ready to board. I promise you I will be tough and I will definitely survive.” “There’s nothing that can be done. It has to be like this,” she wrote, ending with a reminder not to forget a family member’s birthday and a wish that, trag
