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BERLIN — Germany’s highest court said Thursday it has declined to hear the appeal of admitted Nazi hit man Heinrich Boere, clearing the way for his trial this month for the killings of three Dutch civilians during World War II.
Boere, 88, was initially ruled unfit for trial because of medical problems, but a Cologne appeals court in July overturned the decision.
Meanwhile, John Demjanjuk’s attorney says he plans to ask Germany’s high court to block his trial on charges of being an accessory to the murder of thousands at a Nazi death camp.
Attorney Ulrich Busch says the 89-year-old is in such poor health that a trial would be a violation of his human rights. Demjanjuk was deported from the U.S. in May.
