A federal judge has refused to delay a trial for John Demjanjuk, who is fighting government allegations that he covered up a past as a Nazi guard at death and forced labor camps. Demjanjuk's citizenship revocation trial is to begin as scheduled Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Cleveland, a clerk for Judge Paul Matia said.
Defense attorney Michael Tigar said he needed more time to look into information suggesting Demjanjuk was a victim of mistaken identity. Demjanjuk, 81, lost his U.S. citizenship in 1981 when a judge in Cleveland ruled that he was "Ivan the Terrible," the guard who ran the gas chambers at the Treblinka death camp.
