Book Review

The Trial of Ivan the Terrible (1990)

Details Writer: Tom Teicholz; Genres: History, Nonfiction; Publisher: St. Martin's Press

The Trial of Ivan the Terrible is a close-grained account of the case of John Demjanjuk, an autoworker and model American citizen who was extradited to Israel to stand trial for war crimes committed while he was a guard at the Nazi concentration camp of Treblinka. The descriptions of Demjanjuk's cozy domestic life make grotesque companions to the testimony about his wartime activities. B

Originally posted Nov 30, 1990 Published in issue #42 Nov 30, 1990 Order article reprints

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