Auschwitz guard, 89, living in US faces extradition

A former Auschwitz guard who has lived in the US since 1952 is in custody facing possible extradition to Germany after being accused of helping to kill 216,000 Jewish men, women, and children at the Nazi death camp.

Johann ‘Hans’ Breyer, 89, from Philadelphia is being held without bail after being arrested outside his home hours after a court in Weiden, Germany, issued a warrant charging him with 158 counts of complicity in the commission of murder.

Each count represents a trainload of Nazi prisoners from Hungary, Germany, and Czechoslovakia who were killed between May and October 1944.