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94-year-old Auschwitz survivor testifies against guard

A 94-year-old survivor of Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz death camp has testified in court, face to face with a former guard who is charged with helping in the murder of at least 170,000 people.

Fri, 12 Feb, 2016

Auschwitz survivor makes emotional plea to former SS guard at trial

A 94-year-old former SS sergeant has gone on trial in Germany on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder, based on accusations that he served as a guard in the Auschwitz death camp as hundreds of thousands of Hungarian Jews and others were gassed to death there.

Thu, 11 Feb, 2016

Former SS guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp to stand trial

A 94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp is going on trial today on 170,000 counts of accessory to murder, the first of up to four cases being brought to court this year in an 11th-hour push by German prosecutors to punish Nazi war crimes.

Thu, 11 Feb, 2016