89-year-old Auschwitz guard faces extradition to Germany
A former Auschwitz guard who has lived in America 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 notorious Nazi death camp.
Johann “Hans” Breyer, 89, from Philadelphia, a retired tool-and-die maker, 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.
