98-year-old German Charged as Accessory to Thousands of Holocaust Deaths at Nazi Camp
A 98-year-old German man has been charged with being an accessory to murder for his alleged role as a guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp during the Holocaust. Prosecutors accuse him of supporting the killing of thousands of prisoners. The man faces more than 3,300 counts of being an accessory to murder. If the case goes to trial, he will be tried under juvenile law due to his age at the time of the crimes. German prosecutors have pursued similar cases in recent years, allowing for prosecution of those who helped Nazi camps function without direct evidence of specific killings.