The trial of a Lithuanian accused of being involved in Nazi war crimes was postponed after the defendant, claiming poor health, did not appear in a Vilnius court. Kazys Gimzauskas, 90, who was deported from the United States in 1993, is accused of handing over Jews to the Nazis when he was a Lithuanian security police official during the war. Meanwhile, the trial of another alleged Lithuanian collaborator, Aleksandras Lileikis, is expected to resume Thursday after having been postponed several times because of Lileikis’ poor health.
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