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

Court Rules ‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz,’ 96, Must Go to Jail
Oskar Groening, defendant and former Nazi SS officer dubbed the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz," is pictured in the courtroom during his trial in Lueneburg, Germany, July 15, 2015. Reuters/Axel Heimken/Pool/File Photo
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BERLIN–Germany’s constitutional court has ruled that a 96-year-old German must go to jail over his role in mass murders committed at the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz during World War Two, refusing to overturn a lower court ruling.

Oskar Groening, known as the “bookkeeper of Auschwitz” for his job counting cash taken from the camp’s victims, was sentenced to four years’ jail in 2015, but wrangling over his health and age have delayed the start of his sentence.