Shadows of Justice: The Demjanjuk Trial

Unpacking Israeli History

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Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 2 August 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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*** Don’t miss the 3-part miniseries on the YK war, starting September 6th *** John Demjanjuk seemed like any other middle-aged immigrant living the American dream in the Ohio suburbs. Until the US Department of Justice accused him of being an SS guard, stripped him of his citizenship, and extradited him to Israel to stand trial for war crimes. In Israel, he stood accused of ghastly abuse. And still, doubt persisted: could this stereotypical guy-next-door really have been the infamously sadistic SS guard at Treblinka? Was this a case of mistaken identity? And what is the line between justice, vengeance, and the law? ~~~~ Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19U0j4G961PuGuFchjagiCuhrjgCWPeytkvNkcbBQfW4/edit?usp=sharing ~~~~ This episode of Unpacking Israeli History is generously sponsored by Dorit Naftalin & Harry Nelson, and Barbara Sommer & Alan Fisher.

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm Noah Weisman, and you're listening to unpacking Israeli history, the
0:04.7	podcast that takes a deep dive into some of the most intense, historically
0:08.9	fascinating, and often misunderstood events and stories linked to Israeli history.
0:14.8	Welcome to season five. This episode of unpacking Israeli history is generously sponsored
0:20.0	by Dereton Nafflin and Harry Nelson and Barbara Summer and Alan Fisher.
0:24.3	Before we start this season I gotta say I just want to talk to you so I know I sound
0:29.1	desperate and not cool and really makes me feel vulnerable but email me shoot me a note at no I'm at
0:34.5	Jewish and back.com so many of you have reached out and it's so great to
0:37.8	continue the conversation with me with my producer Rifke and it's just so much
0:41.7	fun okay thank you. Yala, let's do this. We the people of Israel are the people of Israel.
0:55.0	We the people of Israel.
0:58.0	We, the people of Israel, are prepared and anxious to meet the representatives of our neighbors without any
1:06.4	three conditions.
1:07.4	There are people in Israel and elsewhere say it's impossible to make peace within the Arabs in Israel or the
1:15.6	Turkish people. I think they're home.
1:19.6	I'm a dad and a nerd and I host a history podcast so you know I love a dated reference
1:28.9	which might explain why I'm opening this episode with an Israeli pop song from two decades ago.
1:35.0	The pointed social commentary funk band Hadagnachash seems doomed to be eternally relevant.
1:40.0	Seriously, check them out. We've linked some cool stuff in the show notes and one of their lead
1:45.0	guys, Shaanan Street, is seriously cool. Their 2003 song, Misparim, Numbers, catalogues some of Israel's
1:51.9	most relevant stats, including a number that is deeply,
1:56.2	tragically familiar to Jewish people everywhere. Translated that means something like the biggest number till today that embodies the hope yet illustrates the catastrophe is the number that makes every sane person
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