Death Camp

• Former Auschwitz guard sentenced to 5 years in prison for helping kill 170,000 people

  A former Auschwitz guard faces a possible 15 years in prison if found guilty on allegations he helped the Nazi death camp kill 1.1 million Jews and others.

  World

  Jun 17, 2016
  
• Trial of former SS medic at Auschwitz verging on collapse

  The trial of a former SS medic on 3,681 counts of accessory to murder for allegedly helping the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp function appeared close to collapse Monday, after a doctor found the 95-year-old unfit to be transported to the court.

  World

  Feb 29, 2016
  
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• 94-year-old former Auschwitz sergeant on trial on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder

  Reinhold Hanning showed no reaction as the first witness, Leon Schwarzbaum, a 94-year-old Auschwitz survivor, read moving testimony about his own experiences, then looked directly at Hanning and made an emotional plea.

  Crime

  Feb 11, 2016
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• Ex-SS guard, 94, on trial for Nazi war crimes

  A 94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp is going on trial this week on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder, the first of up to four cases being brought to court this year.

  World

  Feb 10, 2016