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A man walks through the gate of the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp with the phrase Arbeit macht frei (work sets you free) during International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Oranienburg, about 30 kilometers (18 miles), north of Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)
BERLIN (AP) German prosecutors have charged a 100-year-old man with 3,518 counts of being an accessory to murder on allegations he served during World War II as a Nazi SS guard at a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin, authorities said Tuesday.
The man is alleged to have worked at the Sachsenhausen camp between 1942 and 1945 as an enlisted member of the Nazi Party’s paramilitary wing, said Cyrill Klement, who led the investigation of the centenarian for the Neuruppin prosecutors’ office.
German prosecutors have charged a 100-year-old man with 3,518 counts of being an accessory to murder on allegations he served during World War II as a Nazi SS guard at a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin.
Former Nazi guard, age 100, charged as accessory to murder in Germany
9 Feb, 2021 04:41 PM
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A man walks through the gate of the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp with the phrase Arbeit macht frei (work sets you free). A 100yo former SS guard has been charged is facing charges. Photo / AP
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By: David Rising, Associated Press
German prosecutors have charged a 100-year-old man with 3,518 counts of being an accessory to murder on allegations he served during World War II as a Nazi SS guard at a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin, authorities said Tuesday.
The man is alleged to have worked at the Sachsenhausen camp between 1942 and 1945 as an enlisted member of the Nazi Party s paramilitary wing, said Cyrill Klement, who led the investigation of the centenarian for the Neuruppin prosecutors office.
The man, whose name was not released, is alleged to have worked at the Sachsenhausen camp between 1942 and 1945 as an enlisted member of the Nazi Party s paramilitary wing.