Berlin – 93-year-old Charged In Germany With Serving As Nazi Guard

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    FILE - Visitors walk on the grounds of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz in Oswiecim January 26, 2015.REUTERSBerlin – A German court says a 93-year-old man has been charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served as an SS guard at the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp in occupied Poland.

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    The defendant, whose name wasn’t disclosed in line with privacy laws, allegedly served in Auschwitz from January 1942 to June 1944, the Detmold state court said in a statement Monday.

    He’s alleged to have been assigned to the Auschwitz I camp, but also to have helped supervise new prisoners, largely Jews, as they arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau, the part of the camp complex where most of its 1.1 million victims were killed.

    Defense attorney Johannes Salmen says his client has acknowledged being at Auschwitz I, but denies being assigned to Birkenau or being involved in killings.


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    bennyt
    bennyt
    9 years ago

    It’s strange that every accused camp guard claims the same thing – they weren’t involved directly in the murders. Did they all die of old age?

    9 years ago

    The lowest guards are prosecuted and the higher ranks were invited into the USA or smuggled by the vatican into Latin American countries.