Accused war criminal Demjanjuk 'fit to stand trial' in Germany

Demjanjuk was deported in May from the United States to Germany, where he was wanted for his alleged involvement during World War II in killings at Sobibor, a Nazi death camp in Poland.

He was charged in Munich, Germany in March with assisting in about 29,000 murders while serving as an SS guard in the camp in 1943.

Demjanjuk lost a U.S. Supreme Court case against his deportation. His lawyers had asked the high court to consider their claims that he was too ill and frail to be sent overseas. They also raised human rights and other legal issues.

Demjanjuk, a native Ukrainian, has long claimed he was a prisoner of war, not a death camp guard. He denies any role in the Holocaust.