A GERMAN court convicted John Demjanjuk for his role in the killing of 27,900 Jews in the Sobibor Nazi death camp during the Holocaust, then set the 91-year-old free because of his age.

A German court has convicted 91-year-old John Demjanjuk of thousands of counts of acting as an accessory to murder as a Nazi death camp guard.

The trial in Germany of an alleged Nazi death camp guard was postponed today after reports the 89-year-old defendant was experiencing health problems.

The trial of a man accused of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews as a death camp guard was called off for the day today after a doctor said he was too ill to attend court.

Suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk was a willing follower of Hitler, his war crimes trial heard today.