The 101 -year -old man in Germany was sentenced to 5 years in prison and was a Nazi concentration camp guard

According to the Associated Press reported on the 28th, because during World War II, he served as a guard at the Saxonharian Nazi concentration camp. A 101 -year -old man in Germany was convicted of more than 3,500 murders on Tuesday. The Court of New Laping was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

The local media said that the man named Josef S., who denied that he had served as the Nazi party guards in the concentration camp and assisted and instigated thousands of prisoners.

During the trial of the trial began last October, the centenary old man claimed that during the time when he was accused of serving as a guard, he was actually a farm worker in northeast Germany.

However, according to Germany, the court believed that evidence proved that he worked in a concentration camp in the suburbs of Berlin from 1942 to 1945 as a member of the Nazi Military Organization. The trial judge Udo Lechtermann told Joseph: "The conclusion that the court concluded is the opposite of what you claim, and you have been a guard for about three years." He added that the defendant assisted Nazi's terrorist murder.

"You are willing to support this large -scale extinction with your actions," said the judge Lechitman. "In three years, you see people who are cruelly tortured and murdered every day."

Joseph Participated in Treasures Source: Associated Press

It is reported that the prosecutor filed a case based on Joseph's name, date and place of birth and other documents. The final five -year prison for suspension meets the requirements of the prosecution.

The defendant's lawyer had sought innocent release. According to Germany, the defense lawyer Stefan Waterkamp said after the verdict that he would appeal to the verdict.

The major Jewish groups in Germany welcomed the judgment. Josef Schuster, chairman of the German "Jewish Central Committee", said: "Even if the defendant may not be able to serve in prison because of his age, this verdict will be welcomed. Work inside to keep the killing machine continuously. They are part of this system, so they should be responsible for this. What is distressed is that the defendant denied his behavior at the time and had no regrets. "

According to reports, trials were held in a gym near Joseph's residence. Due to the physical condition of the defendant, he can only participate in the trial of about two and a half hours a day. The entire court procedure interrupted many times due to his health reasons and hospitalization.

Efraim Zuroff, head of the Nazi Hangle Center of the International Jewish Human Rights Organization, said that this judgment "passed a message, if you committed this Crime, even after decades, you may be rope by the law. "

However, Zolov was worried that Joseph might only have partial sentences, or he would not serve at all, because he plans to appeal and has a high age.

The Associated Press said that the Saxon Housen concentration camp was established in northern Berlin in 1936. From 1936 to 1945, more than 200,000 people were detained there. Thousands of prisoners have died of systemic party and saisrees of medical experiments and systemic party and saisrees, including hunger, disease, forced labor, as well as medical experiments and systemic party and saisrees, including guns, twisted, and poisonous gas.

It is reported that the accurate death of this concentration camp cannot be determined so far, and the maximum estimation is about 100,000, but some scholars believe that the number of 40,000 to 50,000 people may be more accurate.

(Edit: ZLQ)

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