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Accused 105-Year-Old Nazi POW Camp Guard Under Investigation in Germany
Prosecutors say the suspect is accused of aiding multiple murders at Stalag 326 VI K, where 180,000 to 200,000 Soviet POWs were held.
- On Thursday, German prosecutors announced an investigation into a 105-year-old man for crimes at Stalag 326 VI K in the Senne region, where he is "accused of being an accessory to multiple murders through his activities there."
- The Stalag camp in the Senne region held Soviet prisoners; "Of the approximately 5.3 to 5.7 million Soviet prisoners of war who were taken into German captivity overall, between 2.3 and three million did not survive."
- Prosecutors in Dortmund opened an investigation last year into a 100-year-old former guard at another WWII camp in Hemer, part of a trend spurred by the conviction of former Sobibor guard John Demjanjuk.
- Aging suspects often die before facing trial; an alleged Sachsenhausen guard died recently before proceedings began, and Oskar Groening, the "Accountant of Auschwitz," died before starting his 4-year sentence for accessory to murder.
- With the end of WWII 80 years ago, legal authorities face a shrinking window to address remaining Nazi-era crimes, though courts have established that camp support constitutes accessory to murder despite lack of direct killing proof.
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The man worked in a prisoner of war camp, where the conditions were horrific.
·Helsinki, Finland
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The man is suspected of aiding and abetting numerous murders at a camp located in Senne, northwestern Germany.
·Helsinki, Finland
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The man allegedly worked as a guard in a camp.
·Borås, Sweden
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German prosecutors are investigating his alleged involvement in crimes committed at a Nazi camp located in Germany.
Man, 105, Accused of Aiding Nazi War Crimes
German authorities are racing the Grim Reaper to bring an alleged war criminal to justice. Prosecutors in Dortmund say a 105-year-old man is under investigation on suspicion of serving as a guard at Stalag 326 VI K, a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp in western Germany that held up to 200,000...
·Miami, United States
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