Charges On The Table For Dozens Of Alleged Auschwitz Guards | Talking Points Memo

LUDWIGSBURG, Germany (AP) — The special prosecutors’ office that investigates Nazi war crimes said Tuesday it is recommending charges against dozens of alleged former Auschwitz guards, opening the possibility of a new wave of trials almost 70 years after the end of World War II.Kurt Schrimm, the head of the federal prosecutors’ office in Ludwigsburg, said an investigation of 49 suspects turned up enough evidence to recommend that state prosecutors pursue charges of accessory to murder against 30 of them in Germany.


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