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Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Accused Nazi officer to stand trial for mass killings

Accused Nazi officer to stand trial for mass killings
By William Helbling on Feb 02, 2015 08:58 am
[JURIST] A German court said Monday that a 93-year-old man dubbed the "accountant of Auschwitz" will stand trial on charges that he was an accessory to the killing of 300,000 people. Oskar Groening, an SS guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp, claims he viewed many atrocities at the facility but never participated in the mass executions. Groening faces charges [JURIST report] of supporting the Nazi efforts economically and serving as an accessory to the mass killings at the camp by...   +read more

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