According to the prosecutor’s office in Neuruppin, Brandenburg, the man is accused of “willfully and willfully” aiding the murder of prisoners in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Oranienburg, north of Berlin, from January 1942 to February 1945.
The charges include involvement in the shooting of Soviet prisoners of war in 1942, and supporting and supporting the killing of prisoners through the use of the poison gas Zyklon B, as well as other shootings and the killing of prisoners by creating and maintaining hostile conditions. in the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
Sachsenhausen was founded in 1936. Of the approximately 200,000 prisoners who went through it, it is estimated that approximately 100,000 died there. During World War II, the population of the camp varied between 11,000 and 48,000 people.
The prosecution considers the man, despite his advanced age, fit to stand trial, Cyrill Klement, the senior prosecutor of the Neuruppin court, told CNN.
Clement told CNN that the district court in Neuruppin consulted with a forensic psychiatrist and found that the man could attend the trial, albeit only for a few hours a day, with breaks.
The court is now considering proceeding with the trial. The accused first has the opportunity to respond to the charge sheet.
According to the Central Office for the Investigation of Nazi Crimes, German prosecutors are investigating several other cases related to the Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen, Mauthausen and Stutthof concentration camps.
It is estimated that 6 million Jews died in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of Roma people and people with physical or learning disabilities were also killed.
CNN’s Nadine Schmidt reported.