Alleged Nazi Guard Demjanjuk Charged 27,900 Times Over WWII Killings

The charges against the 89-year-old retired auto worker, who was deported from the U.S. in May, were filed at a Munich state court, prosecutors in the city said in a brief statement. There was no immediate word on when a trial might start.

Doctors cleared the way for formal charges earlier this month, determining that Demjanjuk was fit to stand trial so long as court sessions do not exceed two 90-minute blocs per day.

Prosecutors accuse Demjanjuk of serving as a guard at the Sobibor camp in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II.

Demjanjuk says he was a Red Army soldier who spent World War II as a prisoner of war and never hurt anyone.