‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’s’ plea for mercy rejected
A plea for clemency from a 96-year-old German convicted over his role in the murders of 300,000 people at the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied...
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German court rules ‘bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ fit to go to jail
A German court ruled on Wednesday that a 96-year-old German known as the “bookkeeper of Auschwitz” was fit to go to prison, rejecting his plea for...
Ex-Auschwitz paramedic accused of accessory to mass murder
A 95-year-old former paramedic at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz was charged in a German court on Monday with being an accessory to the murder...
Pope, at Auschwitz, asks God to forgive ‘so much cruelty’
Hunched on a bench near the gate to the Auschwitz death camp site in Poland, Pope Francis prayed silently on Friday in tribute to 1.5...
Former Auschwitz SS medic to stand trial in Germany
By Tina Bellon A 95-year-old former Nazi SS paramedic at the Auschwitz death camp, accused of being an accomplice to the murder of thousands, is...
Auschwitz guard, 94, goes on trial in Germany (Updated)
By Elke Ahlswede A 94-year-old survivor of Nazi Germany’s Auschwitz death camp gave his testimony in court on Thursday, face to face with a former guard,...
Auschwitz paramedic set to stand trial in Germany in February
A 95-year-old former paramedic at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz will go on trial in Germany next month on charges of being an accessory to...
Auschwitz paramedic set to stand trial in Germany in February
A 95-year-old former paramedic at the Nazi death camp Auschwitz will go on trial in Germany next month on charges of being an accessory to...
Poland detains two young Britons suspected of stealing Auschwitz items
Polish police said on Tuesday they had detained two British teenage boys at the site of the former Auschwitz death camp on suspicion of stealing...
Auschwitz bookkeeper goes on trial in Germany
By Michelle Martin A 93-year-old former bookkeeper at Auschwitz went on trial in Germany on Tuesday, accused by prosecutors of being an accessory in the...
On 70th anniversary of Auschwitz’s liberation, little tolerance for ‘others’ in Germany
Last Wednesday it was revealed that Lutz Bachmann, one of the founders and leaders of the German movement calling itself “Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamicisition...
Hungarian man, 98, dies awaiting trial for Nazi-era crimes
By Gergely Szakacs and Marton Dunai A 98-year-old Hungarian man has died awaiting trial on charges of torturing Jews and helping send them to Auschwitz...