Munich trial of 'Nazi guard' delayed over illness
15:26 02/12/2009 BERLIN, December 2 (RIA Novosti) - The trial in Germany of John Demjanjuk, charged with involvement in the murder of 27,900 people as a death camp guard during WWII, was delayed on Wednesday due to his illness.
Presiding Judge Ralph Alt said doctors had examined Demjanjuk, 89, and determined he had a fever caused by an unidentified infection and could not be taken to court. He said the session was delayed until December 21.
Wednesday's hearing of the trial that began in Munich on Monday was to feature testimony from relatives of victims of the Sobibor death camp in occupied Poland.
The Ukrainian-born Demjanjuk faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted for his alleged activities in the Trawniki SS camp and Sobibor death camp.
A retired auto worker, Demjanjuk was sent from the United States to a Munich prison in May after having lost his legal fight against deportation on grounds of ill health.
Demjanjuk said he was a Red Army soldier who was captured by the Nazis in 1942 and spent the rest of the war in prison camps. He once said he "had sold his soul for a slice of bread," but insisted he had killed no one.
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