In Germany, the race against time to find and judge former camp personnel, 80 years after the end of the war
German justice is investigating two men aged 105 and 101 for their alleged roles as guards in prisoner of war camps under Nazism.
Quick Look
German justice is investigating two men aged 105 and 101, suspected of having been guards in Nazi prisoner of war camps, respectively at Stalag 326 in Senne and Stalag VI A in Hemer, between 1943 and 1944.
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Why It Matters
Prisoner of war camps under the Third Reich, particularly for the Soviets, had extremely deadly living conditions.
105 years old. This is the age of the man who is today the subject of an investigation by German justice for his activities during the Second World War.
He is accused of "having participated, from December 3, 1943 to April 13, 1944, as a guard at Stalag 326 in Senne, in murderous acts committed on site", indicates to Figaro the Dortmund public prosecutor's office, which refuses to communicate any other information about him.
At the same time, the public prosecutor's office in this town in North Rhine-Westphalia is conducting a second investigation into a 101-year-old man, suspected of "having participated, from December 6, 1943 to at least September 22, 1944, as a guard at Stalag VI A in Hemer, in murderous acts committed on site."
Often less well known than the extermination or concentration camps, the prisoner of war camps - most of them Soviet - scattered across the Reich were nonetheless very deadly. “Due to the appalling living conditions in these camps and…
Open Questions
- What legal action is planned for these two suspects?
