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| A US judge has revoked the stay of deportation for John Demjanjuk, who is accused of being an accessory to the murder of 29,000 Jews in a Nazi camp. | A US judge has revoked the stay of deportation for John Demjanjuk, who is accused of being an accessory to the murder of 29,000 Jews in a Nazi camp. |
| The judge's decision clears the way for Mr Demjanjuk, 89, to be sent to Germany to face trial over his alleged crimes. | The judge's decision clears the way for Mr Demjanjuk, 89, to be sent to Germany to face trial over his alleged crimes. |
| Mr Demjanjuk, who moved to the US after World War II, is accused of being a death camp guard in occupied Poland. | Mr Demjanjuk, who moved to the US after World War II, is accused of being a death camp guard in occupied Poland. |
| The Ukrainian had pleaded against deportation on grounds of ill health. He has denied any part in the killings. | |
| Arrest warrant | |
| On Friday Mr Demjanjuk, who lives in Cleveland, Ohio, had been given a reprieve from deportation after arguing that his case should be reopened. | |
| In March, Germany issued an arrest warrant for the former autoplant worker over the deaths of thousands of Jews at the Sobibor camp during World War II. | |
| But Mr Demjanjuk, who came to the US in 1952, says he was a prisoner of war of the Nazis rather than a prison guard. | |
| In 2002, a US immigration judge ruled that there was enough evidence to prove Mr Demjanjuk had been a guard at several Nazi death camps and stripped him of his citizenship. | |
| German authorities now say they have new evidence linking him to the crimes of which he has been accused. |