Germany drops probe against ex-Nazi camp guard in U.S.
Investigations say evidence available has not linked Friedrich Karl Berger, 95, to any specific act of killing ; he was accused of aiding and abetting the killing of prisoners at 2 concentration camps which were part of the infamous Neuengamme network
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Published: 12.10.20 , 15:30
Germany has dropped a probe into a former Nazi guard who was slated to become possibly the last suspect deported from the U.S. for alleged complicity in the Holocaust, prosecutors said Thursday.
Friedrich Karl Berger, 95, had been accused of aiding and abetting the killing of prisoners as a guard at two concentration camps in northern Germany, in particular by overseeing a brutal evacuation march.
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Barbed wire is seen at the memorial site of the former Nazi concentration camp Neuengamme in Hamburg, northern Germany, on May 4, 2010. (apn/Axel Heimken)
Germany has dropped a probe into a former Nazi guard who was slated to become “possibly the last” suspect deported from the US for alleged complicity in the Holocaust, prosecutors said Thursday.
Friedrich Karl Berger, 95, had been accused of aiding and abetting the killing of prisoners as a guard at two concentration camps in northern Germany, in particular by overseeing a brutal evacuation march.
A court in March ordered his deportation from the US, where he has been living since 1959.