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The court has not announced a date for the trial to begin, but Winkler believes it will be in the autumn because of Demjanjuk's frail health, he said. The case dates to the late s, when the U. Demjanjuk was convicted in an Israeli court in and sentenced to death, but that conviction was overturned in amid evidence that someone else was "Ivan the Terrible.

A federal court restored Demjanjuk's citizenship, ruling the government withheld evidence supporting his case. But his citizenship was revoked again in after a federal judge ruled his entry into the United States was illegal because he hid his past as a Nazi guard. Share this on:. Story Highlights John Demjanjuk charged with being accessory to 27, murders during WW2 He is alleged to involved in killings at Sobibor, a Nazi death camp in Poland Demjanjuk was deported in May from the United States to Germany The native Ukrainian has long claimed he was prisoner of war at camp.

Next Article in World ». Demjanjuk denied the charges, arguing that he was a prisoner of war who was forced to do what the Nazis wanted. The Ukraine native, who moved to the U. The accusations against Demjanjuk date to the late s, when the U. Justice Department accused him of being a Nazi guard known as "Ivan the Terrible.

He was convicted in an Israeli court in and sentenced to death, but that conviction was overturned in amid evidence that someone else was "Ivan the Terrible. But doctors have restricted the time he can be tried each day to two sessions of 90 minutes each, said Anton Winkler, Munich state prosecutor.

The accusations against Demjanjuk date to the late s, when the U. Justice Department accused him of being a Nazi guard known as "Ivan the Terrible. Demjanjuk was convicted in an Israeli court in and sentenced to death, but that conviction was overturned in amid evidence that someone else was "Ivan the Terrible.

A federal court restored Demjanjuk's citizenship, ruling the government withheld evidence supporting his case. But his citizenship was revoked again in after a federal judge ruled his entry into the United States was illegal because he hid his past as a Nazi guard. Share this on:. John Demjanjuk denies any role in the Holocaust. Most Popular. Fine art from an iPhone? The best Instagram photos from