07 May 2024,   15:36
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Man, 100, charged in Germany over 3,518 Nazi concentration camp murders

German prosecutors have charged a 100-year-old man with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served during the World war II as a Nazi SS guard at a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin.


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’s name was not released, in line with German privacy laws. Despite his advanced age, the suspect is considered fit enough to stand trial, though accommodations may have to be made to limit how many hours a day the court is in session, according to Klement.

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