Charges urged after German Auswitz probe
The special German prosecutors’ office which investigates Nazi war crimes has concluded a new probe of some 50 former Auschwitz guards and said it is preparing to recommend pursuing charges in most of the cases.
The Ludwigsburg-based federal prosecutors’ office does not have the ability to file its own charges, but will announce later how many cases are to be passed to state prosecutors.
Before the announcement, the head of the office told the Associated Press that more than 40 suspects have been found to be still alive and there is enough evidence to recommend charges in most cases.
They are being pursued under a newly-established legal argument that anyone who served in a death camp can be charged as an accessory to murder.
