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  • SS death camp guard, 100, ordered to stand trial accused of 3,300 Nazi Holocaust murders

    12/04/2024 8:27:00 AM PST · by RandFan · 88 replies
    The Mirror ^ | Dec 3 | By Kelly-Ann Mills
    A 100-year-old concentration camp guard dubbed last Nazi should stand trial accused of murdering 3,300 Holocaust victims, the German high court has ruled. Gregor Formanek had successfully appealed a decision to put him on trial for the "cruel and treacherous killing" of victims at Sachsenhausen concentration camp, back in May. The Hanau Regional Court excused him from prosecution, based on medical evidence declaring that he had a "permanent incapacity to stand trial". But now the Frankfurt Higher Regional Court has overturned that decision and sent the case back to Hanau for another hearing. This means that Formanek is likely to...