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Sachsenhausen camp

Illustrative: A man walks through the gate of the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp with the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei' (work sets you free) in Oranienburg, Germany, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, January 27, 2019. (Markus Schreiber/AP)
December 3, 2024, 6:57 pm
In reversal, German court says 100-year-old Nazi guard may go on trial
Gregor Formanek initially found unfit to face charges of aiding and abetting 3,322 murders at Sachsenhausen concentration camp, but judge rules decision based on flawed expertise
By AFP
Illustrative: A man walks through the gate of the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp with the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei' (work sets you free) during International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Oranienburg, about 30 kilometers (18 miles), north of Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)
September 1, 2023, 7:12 pm
Germany charges 98-year-old former Nazi SS camp guard as accessory to murder
Prosecutors say suspect, who will be tried as a juvenile if court takes up case, ‘supported the cruel and malicious killing of thousands of prisoners’ at Sachsenhausen
By AP
Former Nazi concentration camp guard Josef Schuetz hides his face with a folder as he arrives on June 28, 2022 at a gym used as a makeshift courtroom in Brandenburg an der Havel, eastern Germany, where the verdict was delivered.(Adam BERRY / AFP)
April 27, 2023, 3:58 am
102-year-old convicted former Nazi camp guard dies while awaiting appeal
Josef Schuetz denied working at Sachsenhausen but was found by a German court to have served there as a member of the SS
By Agencies
Former Nazi camp guard Josef S. covers his face in the courtroom in Brandenburg, Germany, June 28, 2022. (Michele Tantussi/AP)
June 28, 2022, 12:47 pm
Former Nazi camp guard, 101, gets five-year prison sentence
Josef Schuetz, oldest person to go on trial for Holocaust crimes, found guilty of being accessory to murder at Sachsenhausen camp, though he says he was unaware of killings
By David Courbet
Illustrative: A man walks through the gate of the Sachsenhausen Nazi death camp with the phrase 'Arbeit macht frei' (work sets you free) during International Holocaust Remembrance Day in Oranienburg, about 30 kilometers (18 miles), north of Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, file)
June 27, 2022, 10:07 pm
Lawyers ask German court to acquit 101-year-old accused ex-Nazi guard
Unnamed defendant allegedly served at the Sachsenhausen camp on the outskirts of Berlin between 1942 and 1945, has denied ever working there
By AP
File photo shows the defendant coming to the continuation of the trial of the Neuruppin Regional Court, May 16, 2022. (Fabian Sommer/dpa via AP)
May 17, 2022, 3:49 pm
Ex-Nazi guard, 101, could face 5 years in German prison
Identified only as Josef S., former concentration camp guard is charged with 3,518 counts of accessory to murder; verdict scheduled for June 2
By AP
Defendant Josef S (L) sits next to his lawyer Stefan Waterkamp and hides his face behind a folder as he waits for the start of his trial in Brandenburg an der Havel, northeastern Germany, on October 7, 2021 (Tobias Schwarz / AFP)
October 8, 2021, 2:08 pm
Ex-Nazi camp guard tells German court he is innocent, insists he ‘knows nothing’
Josef Schuetz, 100, says he did ‘absolutely nothing’ when accused of ‘knowingly and willingly’ assisting in the murder of 3,518 prisoners at Sachsenhausen camp
By AFP
The accused Josef S. covers his face as he sits at the court room in Brandenburg, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
October 7, 2021, 4:44 pm
Ex-Nazi camp guard, 100, refuses to discuss atrocities at trial in Germany
Josef Schuetz, the oldest person to stand trial for Nazi-era crimes, is accused of ‘knowingly and willingly’ assisting in murder of 3,518 prisoners at Sachsenhausen
By David Courbet
Defendant Josef S (L) sits next to his lawyer Stefan Waterkamp and hides his face behind a folder as he waits for the start of his trial in Brandenburg an der Havel, northeastern Germany, on October 7, 2021. (Tobias Schwarz / AFP)
October 7, 2021, 12:20 pm
Germany puts 100-year-old concentration camp guard on trial for Nazi crimes
Defendant, the oldest ever to be tried for Nazi-era atrocities and identified only as Josef S., is accused of assisting in the murder of 3,518 prisoners at the Sachsenhausen camp
By David Courbet
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