USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文双语Français
Home / Comment

Former Nazi officer, 93, goes on trial

By Agence France-Presse in Berlin | China Daily | Updated: 2015-04-19 10:42

A former Nazi officer known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz" goes on trial in Germany on Tuesday, potentially the last SS member to face punishment after most escaped justice.

Oskar Groening, 93, will be tried on "accessory to murder" charges in 300,000 cases for his role in the deaths of mostly Hungarian Jews deported to the death camp in 1944.

His trial, 70 years after the liberation of Germany's concentration camps at the end of World War II, is the last currently scheduled for a former Nazi. While about a dozen additional investigations are ongoing, the suspects are unlikely to go to trial given their advanced age and poor health.

Former Nazi officer, 93, goes on trial

Today's Top News

Editor's picks

Most Viewed

Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US