4 minutes ago5 years in prison for 101-year-old Nazi
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(4 years ago)A 101-year-old man has been sentenced Tuesday by a German court to five years in prison, following charges of assistance and promotion in the murder of thousands of prisoners at the Nazi Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II. Along with the trial, which began in October of last year, this man, who [...]
During the trial, which began in October last year, this man, who has not been identified, has been acquitted, saying he was a farm worker in northeastern Germany during that period.
However, the court has said it has proved that it has worked at the camp near Berlin in 1942-1945, as a member of the Nazis.
Prosecutors have based their case on documents of the Nazis who had his name, date, and place of birth, as well as other evidence.
The trial has been held near the 101-year-old settlement.
Court hearings have been held for only two and a half hours during the day, and several times have been interrupted because of the accused's health complications.
More than 200,000 people were held in that camp in 1936-1945.
Tens of thousands of prisoners have died as a result of hunger, disease, forced labor, or medical experiments.
Some of them have also died from gunfire, hangings, or gas rooms.
Even in other camps, Jewish prisoners have been treated very badly, and some left alive have been sent to the Auschwitz camp in 1942.
Sachsenhausen was released in April 1945 by Soviet forces, who have used camp space as prisons for political prisoners and others sentenced by Soviet military tributaries. / REL
