Accused Nazi guard to be deported

John Demjanjuk, a native of Ukraine who emigrated to the United States in 1952, is scheduled to arrive in Munich on a commercial flight Monday morning, said Guenther Maull, a defense lawyer representing him in Germany.

After a long investigation, a Munich court issued an arrest warrant last month for Demjanjuk, considered by Nazi hunters to be one of their most important remaining targets from World War II. He is wanted on 29,000 counts of accessory to murder for his actions as a prison guard at the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland in 1943.

Demjanjuk, who turns 89 today, will be imprisoned immediately in Munich and will undergo medical examinations to determine whether he is fit to stand trial, Maull said. He said Demjanjuk suffers from early-stage leukemia, kidney problems, and rheumatism.

"He's an old man, a very sick and old man," Maull said in a telephone interview.

Demjanjuk's family has said he is too frail to make the trip to Germany, let alone endure a lengthy murder trial.