Germany investigates 105-year-old suspected former Nazi prison camp guard
Man accused of being accessory to murders at Stalag 326 VI K amid race to prosecute suspects before they die
TL;DR
- A 105-year-old man is under investigation for alleged involvement as a guard at the Nazi prisoner of war camp Stalag 326 VI K.
- He is suspected of being an accessory to multiple murders based on his activities at the camp.
- The investigation is part of a wider effort by German judiciary to prosecute elderly individuals suspected of Nazi-era crimes.
- Precedents like the trials of John Demjanjuk, Irmgard Furchner, and Josef Schütz have lowered the bar for proving complicity.
- The Stalag 326 VI K camp housed between 180,000 and 200,000 Soviet prisoners of war, with a high mortality rate.