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Offline TomSea

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Former Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning convicted
« on: June 17, 2016, 06:50:40 pm »
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Former Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning convicted

A 94-year-old former guard at the Auschwitz death camp has been sentenced to five years in jail.

Reinhold Hanning was found guilty of being an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people.

He was an SS guard at Auschwitz from 1942 to 1944. He has said he knew what was going on at the camp but did not act to stop it.

The Nazis killed about 1.1 million people - mostly Jews - at Auschwitz in occupied southern Poland.

The verdict came after a trial lasting nearly four months in the western German city of Detmold.

More At: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36560416
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Re: Former Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning convicted
« Reply #1 on: June 17, 2016, 07:25:24 pm »
I think these kinds of things are kind of wastes of time at this point.

To think the German government is prosecuting a 94-year old for not personally stopping the German government back then is weird.
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Re: Former Auschwitz guard Reinhold Hanning convicted
« Reply #2 on: June 17, 2016, 10:02:49 pm »
Quote from: geronl on June 17, 2016, 07:25:24 pm
I think these kinds of things are kind of wastes of time at this point.

To think the German government is prosecuting a 94-year old for not personally stopping the German government back then is weird.

Good point on rereading the article.
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