Former Nazi camp guard goes on trial

MUENSTER: A 94yearold former SS enlisted man went on trial on Tuesday in Germany facing hundreds of counts of accessory to murder for alleged crimes committed during the years he served as a guard at the Nazis Stutthof concentration camp

Updated At : 06:13 AM Nov 07, 2018 IST

Accused of helping to murder hundreds at a Nazi concentration camp during World War-II, a wheelchair-bound man (94) appeared in court in Muenster, Germany, on Tuesday. Reuters

Muenster, November 6

A 94-year-old former SS enlisted man went on trial on Tuesday in Germany, facing hundreds of counts of accessory to murder for alleged crimes committed during the years he served as a guard at the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp.

Johann Rehbogen was pushed into the Muenster state court trial in a wheelchair, a wooden cane at his side and briefcase on his lap. He appeared alert and attentive as presiding judge Rainer Brackhane asked him questions, answering in slow, concise sentences.

Rehbogen is accused of working as a guard at the camp east of Danzig, which is today the Polish city of Gdansk, from June 1942 to about early September 1944.

Rehbogen, a former SS Sturmmann — roughly equivalent to the US Army rank of specialist — does not deny serving in the camp during the war, but has told investigators he was unaware of the killings and did not participate in them. — AFP