Trial of the century in Germany: Suspected accomplice in deaths of 300,000 prisoners found at age 105

Prosecutors in the German city of Dortmund are investigating a 105-year-old man who served as a guard at the Stalag 326 VI K Senne prisoner-of-war camp in Westphalia during World War II.

TodayPress TV reports, citing Germany’s Bild newspaper, that the 105-year-old man is suspected of having assisted in numerous killings during his service at the camp.

The investigation was launched following materials from the Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes, based in Ludwigsburg.

Initially, two former camp guards were investigated. However, one of the suspects has since died.

More than 300,000 prisoners of war passed through Stalag 326 VI K Senne. Most of them were Soviet prisoners of war. Soldiers from France, Poland, Serbia, Italy and Belgium were also held at the camp.

The prisoners faced starvation, disease, extremely poor sanitary conditions and brutal treatment, and were also subjected to forced labor.

The suspect could become one of the oldest people in German history to face criminal proceedings.

Giymat Mahir