Court Rules ‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ Must Go to Jail Age 96

Court Rules ‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ Must Go to Jail Age 96
Defendant and former German SS officer Oskar Gröening ,94, dubbed the "Bookkeeper of Auschwitz," on July 1, 2015, at the courtroom in Lüneburg, Germany ahead of his trial. Ronny Hartmann/AFP/Getty Images
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
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A former Nazi guard known as the “Bookkeeper of Auschwitz” must serve his four-year jail sentence, a German court has ruled, dismissing an appeal that the 96-year-old was too frail.
In one of the last holocaust trials, Oskar Gröening was found guilty of being an accessory to murder in July 2015 for his involvement in the murder of 300,000 jews in the German Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in occupied Poland.
Simon Veazey
Simon Veazey
Freelance Reporter
Simon Veazey is a UK-based journalist who has reported for The Epoch Times since 2006 on various beats, from in-depth coverage of British and European politics to web-based writing on breaking news.
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