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An 89-year-old man wanted in Germany on war crimes charges has been released from custody after his deportation from the US was blocked.
Earlier, US federal agents had detained John Demjanjuk at his home in Ohio, carrying him out in a wheelchair.
But a US federal appeals court granted an 11th hour stay of deportation after Mr Demjanjuk's family argued that he was too ill to be transported.
He is accused of being a guard at the Sobibor death camp in World War II.
Mr Demjanjuk denies the charges, claiming that he was captured by the Germans in his native Ukraine during the war and kept as a prisoner of war.
He was arrested at his home earlier on Tuesday and taken to a federal building in Cleveland, from where he was expected to be flown to Germany.
It's just a shame that Mr Demjanjuk had to go through the hell that he went through once again this morning
But the 6th Circuit US Court of Appeals intervened to prevent the deportation while it examined the case further.
A spokesman for Mr Demjanjuk's family said they were "delighted" by the decision.
"It's just a shame that Mr Demjanjuk had to go through the hell that he went through once again this morning," said Ed Nishnic.
Mr Demjanjuk's son, John Demjanjuk Jr, said if the "madness and inhumane action" of deportation was not stopped his father would die in hospital in Germany without standing trial.
He also criticised the manner of the arrest, saying the government had not kept a promise to give three to five day's notice of their arrival and to collect his father in an ambulance.
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has said it will continue electronic monitoring of Mr Demjanjuk and will "work co-operatively with the Department of Justice and the government of Germany to effect [his] removal".
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | 'Nazi guard' deportation blocked
Earlier, US federal agents had detained John Demjanjuk at his home in Ohio, carrying him out in a wheelchair.
But a US federal appeals court granted an 11th hour stay of deportation after Mr Demjanjuk's family argued that he was too ill to be transported.
He is accused of being a guard at the Sobibor death camp in World War II.
Mr Demjanjuk denies the charges, claiming that he was captured by the Germans in his native Ukraine during the war and kept as a prisoner of war.
He was arrested at his home earlier on Tuesday and taken to a federal building in Cleveland, from where he was expected to be flown to Germany.
It's just a shame that Mr Demjanjuk had to go through the hell that he went through once again this morning
But the 6th Circuit US Court of Appeals intervened to prevent the deportation while it examined the case further.
A spokesman for Mr Demjanjuk's family said they were "delighted" by the decision.
"It's just a shame that Mr Demjanjuk had to go through the hell that he went through once again this morning," said Ed Nishnic.
Mr Demjanjuk's son, John Demjanjuk Jr, said if the "madness and inhumane action" of deportation was not stopped his father would die in hospital in Germany without standing trial.
He also criticised the manner of the arrest, saying the government had not kept a promise to give three to five day's notice of their arrival and to collect his father in an ambulance.
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has said it will continue electronic monitoring of Mr Demjanjuk and will "work co-operatively with the Department of Justice and the government of Germany to effect [his] removal".
BBC NEWS | World | Americas | 'Nazi guard' deportation blocked
