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| Suspected Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk is fit enough to be held in jail until such time as he goes on trial, German prison doctors say. | Suspected Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk is fit enough to be held in jail until such time as he goes on trial, German prison doctors say. |
| Mr Demjanjuk, 89, was flown to Germany on Tuesday from the United States, where he waged a long battle against deportation, partly on health grounds. | Mr Demjanjuk, 89, was flown to Germany on Tuesday from the United States, where he waged a long battle against deportation, partly on health grounds. |
| But a spokesman for Stadelheim jail in Munich said "doctors have determined he is fit to remain in custody". | But a spokesman for Stadelheim jail in Munich said "doctors have determined he is fit to remain in custody". |
| He faces charges of being an accessory to the deaths of 29,000 Jews. | He faces charges of being an accessory to the deaths of 29,000 Jews. |
| The arrest warrant was read to him hours after his arrival in Germany. | |
| His lawyer, Guenter Maull, said the suspect had sat in a chair while the 21-page warrant was read and translated into his native Ukrainian language. | |
| Mr Demjanjuk said he "showed no emotion, with few facial movements" but had understood the charges. | |
| He denies accusations that he worked as a guard in the Sobibor Nazi death camp in Poland during World War II. | |
| Mr Demjanjuk, who settled in the US in 1952, says he was captured by the Germans in his native Ukraine during the war and kept as a prisoner of war. | |
| He is being kept under medical observation to allow experts to determine whether he is fit to go to trial - an assessment which may take weeks. |