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98-year-old German man charged as accessory to murder for role as Nazi concentration camp guard

  • Man worked as guard at Sachsenhausen concentration camp from 1943 to 1945.
  • Charged with over 3,300 counts of accessory to murder for aiding in killing of prisoners.
  • Will be tried in juvenile court due to age at time of alleged crimes.
  • Sachsenhausen held over 200,000 prisoners; tens of thousands were killed.
  • Murder and accessory to murder have no statute of limitations in Germany.
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