100-year-old former Nazi camp guard goes on trial in Germany

100-year-old former Nazi camp guard goes on trial in Germany
The accused Josef S covers his face as he sits at the court room in Brandenburg, Germany (Markus Schreiber/AP)

A 100-year-old man has gone on trial in Germany, accused of being an accessory to murder for serving as a Nazi SS guard at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin during the Second World War.

The trial of the defendant, who is charged with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder, was held at the Neuruppin state court, which moved the proceedings to a prison sports hall in Brandenburg for organisational reasons.

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