German Man Charged as Accessory to 36,000 Deaths at Nazi Death Camp

German Man Charged as Accessory to 36,000 Deaths at Nazi Death Camp
People arrive at the memorial site of the former concentration camp Mauthausen ahead of the commemoration ceremony of liberation, Mauthausen, Austria, on May 6, 2018. Lisi Niesner/Reuters
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BERLIN—A 95-year-old Berlin resident has been charged with being an accessory to the murder of over 36,000 people at the Mauthausen death camp in Austria during World War Two, the Berlin prosecutor’s office said.

The man, identified only as Hans H. for legal reasons, is alleged to have served in a Nazi SS-company at the largest Nazi death camp in Austria from summer 1944 to spring 1945.