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Omaha Steve

(109,252 posts) Mon Nov 2, 2015, 08:57 AM Nov 2015

German court: former SS Auschwitz guard fit for trial [View all]

Source: AP

BERLIN (AP) — A German court says a 93-year-old former SS sergeant charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served as an Auschwitz death camp guard has been declared fit for trial.

The Detmold state court said Monday a doctor determined that Reinhold H., whose last name wasn't given for privacy reasons, is fit to stand trial so long as sessions are limited to two hours per day.

Defense attorneys and prosecutors now have two weeks to submit responses to the expert opinion. The court will then decide whether to open a trial.

H. is accused of being an accessory to murders at Auschwitz from January 1943 to June 1944. The suspect says he was assigned to a part of the camp not involved in the mass murders.

Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/47ad617159f24ca28c2fe5cae60987eb/german-court-former-ss-auschwitz-guard-fit-trial

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German court: former SS Auschwitz guard fit for trial [View all] Omaha Steve Nov 2015 OP

Small fish to distract from the big catch. forest444 Nov 2015 #1

Is this some kind of German politically correct zero tolerance? JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2015 #2

You really need to educate yourself on the types of COLGATE4 Nov 2015 #3

If there is evidence of specific crimes done by this individual JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2015 #5

Germans have been very reluctant to carry out these COLGATE4 Nov 2015 #7

Yes, once anyone who COULD have done something were dead, Germany went after the low ranks. happyslug Nov 2015 #24

So, your point is???? COLGATE4 Nov 2015 #25

You have to draw the line some time, and going after low ranking enlistee is beyond that line happyslug Nov 2015 #26

As a person whose immediate family was murdered COLGATE4 Nov 2015 #28

How about a 14 year old Hitler youth ordered to watch some jews in 1945 happyslug Nov 2015 #29

Your argument is a straw man. COLGATE4 Nov 2015 #30

Are you really comparing Iraq leftynyc Nov 2015 #4

Think about it this way Plucketeer Nov 2015 #20

No - I wont think of it that way leftynyc Nov 2015 #27

I probably lost family Plucketeer Nov 2015 #31

I've already called Vietnam leftynyc Nov 2015 #32

I See No One Else Was Wiling To Support Your Point, But I Will. NonMetro Nov 2015 #21

Actually I think the choice give to the Nazi guards gladium et scutum Nov 2015 #22

You know, this is just not good Demeter Nov 2015 #6

Why is it vindictive? Or do you believe in a COLGATE4 Nov 2015 #9

I don't think actual justice is predicated on simple appearance... LanternWaste Nov 2015 #18

There's a part of me that says I don't give a flying fuck about how fit he is. 47of74 Nov 2015 #8

There's more than a part of me that agrees with you! COLGATE4 Nov 2015 #10

All of me agrees. KatyMan Nov 2015 #11

And There's The Rub: This Guy Was Born In 1922, And Will Be 100 In 7 Years. NonMetro Nov 2015 #17

I still think Bush and Company sorefeet Nov 2015 #12

Prescott was the Nazi one Reter Nov 2015 #13

I think they should proceed with the prosecution. BigDemVoter Nov 2015 #14

There was an article a few months ago about a guy who was stationed at Auschwitz Yupster Nov 2015 #15

How many counts of murder we would all get for profiting off the death of 50 million indigenous jtuck004 Nov 2015 #16

I don't think the trial is being held in America LanternWaste Nov 2015 #19

Good. Everyone deserves a fair trial. Behind the Aegis Nov 2015 #23