Monument to the Liberators at the Sachsenhausen Memorial
Germany will convict a 100-year-old man who is accused of 3,518 counts of complicity in the murder on the basis of allegations that he worked as an SS guard in a concentration camp on the outskirts of Berlin during World War II, reports Associated Press.
The man is believed to have served as a guard at the Sachsenhausen camp from 1942 to 1945 as a rank-and-file member of the Nazi Party's military wing. Neuruppin City Court spokeswoman Iris le Clair said the trial would begin in October. The name of the former security guard was not disclosed as it is prohibited by German privacy law.
Despite his advanced age, the suspect was found to be healthy in order to be brought to trial. However, you will have to limit the number of hours per day during which meetings will take place. “The medical examination has confirmed that he can appear before the court in a limited manner,” – said le Claire.
The Sachsenhausen kozlager was founded in 1936. It was supposed to become a training camp for the labyrinthine network that the Nazis built in Germany, Austria and the occupied territories. From 1936 to 1945 there were more than 200,000 people in Sachsenhausen. The exact death toll is unknown, it is estimated that at least 40-50 thousand people died in the camp.
Earlier it was reported that a 96-year-old Nazi would be convicted in Germany for murders during the war. Irmgard Fuchner is accused of participating as an accomplice of the Nazis in the extermination of 11.4 thousand Jews, Poles and Soviet prisoners of concentration camps during the Second World War.
