Germany Charges Alleged Nazi With 170K Counts

Court: Auschwitz guard was accessory to thousands of murders
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Feb 16, 2015 11:28 AM CST
Germany Charges Alleged Nazi With 170K Counts
In this Jan. 26, 2015 file photo, a person walks near the entrance to Auschwitz in Oswiecim, Poland. A German court says a 93-year-old man has been charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder.   (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz,File)

A German court says a 93-year-old man has been charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served as an SS guard at the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp in occupied Poland. The defendant, whose name wasn't disclosed in line with privacy laws, allegedly served in Auschwitz from January 1942 to June 1944, the Detmold state court said in a statement today.

He's alleged to have been assigned to the Auschwitz I camp, but also to have helped supervise new prisoners, largely Jews, as they arrived in Auschwitz-Birkenau, the part of the camp complex where most of its 1.1 million victims were killed. Defense attorney Johannes Salmen says his client has acknowledged being at Auschwitz I, but denies being assigned to Birkenau or being involved in killings. (More Auschwitz stories.)

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