Auschwitz suspect: 94-year-old man charged with 3,681 counts of accessory to murder over allegations he served as death camp medic
Man is one of 30 former Auschwitz suspects facing charges after a change in German law
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Your support makes all the difference.A German court has charged a 94-year-old man with 3,681 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served at a Nazi death camp.
Stefan Urbanek, a spokesman for prosecutors in the German city of Schwerin, said that the suspect – whose name was not released for legal reasons - was a former SS sergeant who served as a medic at a hospital run by the paramilitary unit in Auschwitz.
His lawyer, Peter-Michael Diestel, told the Bild newspaper there's no evidence of any "concrete criminal act" by his client.
Earlier this month it was revealed that a former Nazi death camp guard is to face trial in Germany in April, charged with at least 300,000 counts of accessory to murder.
Additional reporting by PA