Court Convicts Auschwitz Guard, 94, Of Accessory To Murder

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.

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