It looks like Germany is about to hold its last war crimes trial. John Demjanjuk, who has lived in the US since the 50s, has finally been taken back to Germany to face charges of being an accessory to the deaths of 29,000 Jews at Sobibor. This is the second time he's stood trial - he was sentenced to death by the state of Israel, who thought he was 'Ivan the Terrible' from the camp at Treblinka.

It feels disconcerting that history is so close.