DETMOLD, Germany — A 94-year-old former SS sergeant who served as a guard at Auschwitz has been found guilty of more than 170,000 counts of accessory to murder for helping kill 1.1 million Jews and others at the Nazi death camp.
The Detmold state court sentenced Reinhold Hanning to five years in prison, though he will remain free while any appeals are heard.
Hanning showed no reaction as the judge, Anke Grudda, read her justification for the verdict and sentence.
"You were in Auschwitz for two and a half years, performed an important function. ... You were part of a criminal organization and took part in criminal activity in Auschwitz," she said.
Several elderly Auschwitz survivors testified at the trial about their own experiences, and were among 58 survivors or their families who joined the process as co-plaintiffs as allowed under German law.
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4 comments:
Isn't this a bit too much, for Christs sake, the guy is nearly dead. 94 years old, get over it, it happened, now move on.
I guess the Jewish religion has no part in it about forgiveness? 94 years old, he doesn't even remember his name much less what he might have done.
Talk about never letting go......
Following orders or be shot. What would you do? Stalin was far worse in the murder count.
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