US Edition100-Year-Old Ex-Nazi Camp Guard Cleared for Trial
- German authorities are pressing for a 100-year-old former Nazi camp guard, Gregor Formanek, to face trial nearly 80 years after World War II ended.
- The higher regional court in Frankfurt overturned a lower court's decision that deemed Formanek unfit to stand trial.
- Formanek was charged last year with aiding and abetting murder in 3,322 cases at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
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The man assisted in the commission of 3,322 murders.
A German court has resumed the proceedings against a 100-year-old former SS guard from the Nazi concentration camp Sachsenhausen, who was refused an appearance due to his health, reports AFP on Tuesday, informs Agerpres.
A former guard at the Nazi concentration camp Sachsenhausen may stand trial at the age of 100. This was reported by the AFP agency, referring to the decision of the court in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, which overturned the verdict of the lower court, according to which the defendant is unfit to stand trial due to his health.
A former Nazi concentration camp guard in Sachsenhausen, identified as Gregor Formanek, could face trial in Germany against his...
100 Year-Old Former Nazi Concentration Camp Guard Ordered To Stand Trial
A German high court has ruled a former Nazi concentration camp guard must stand trial. Former Nazi concentration camp guard Gregor Formanek will stand trial for “aiding and abetting murder in 3,322 cases while working at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp near Berlin between July 1943 and February 1945.” A lower court previously ruled Formanek was unfit to stand trial, but the higher regional court in Frankfurt overturned the lower court’s dec…
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