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Verdict due in case of former SS Auschwitz guard (Germany)
Published: 15 Jun 2016 08:54 GMT+02:00
Updated: 15 Jun 2016 08:54 GMT+02:00
... Reinhold Hanning stands accused of complicity in more than 100,000 murders at Auschwitz.
Prosecutors say he had watched over the selection of which prisoners were fit for labour, and which should be sent to the gas chambers ...
Prosecutors are seeking six years in prison as they argue that Hanning "contributed to the extermination aim of the camp".
But Hanning's lawyers want an acquittal, saying that the defendant had "killed, hit or abused no one" ...
http://www.thelocal.de/20160615/german-court-verdict-due-in-ex-ss-auschwitz-guard-case-nazis-nazi
