Gregor Formanek is charged with aiding and abetting 3,322 murders at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Summary

A German court ruled that 100-year-old former Nazi guard Gregor Formanek can stand trial for aiding 3,322 murders at Sachsenhausen concentration camp (1943–1945).

The decision overturns a lower court’s ruling that deemed Formanek unfit for trial due to insufficient psychiatric evaluation.

Germany has intensified efforts to prosecute remaining Nazi war criminals since a 2011 precedent allowed convictions without proof of direct killings.

Time is critical, as many suspects have died or become unfit for trial, leaving historical accountability as an urgent priority.

  • whithomEnglish
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    18 days ago

    I wonder what this person’s life has been like since then. Did that experience change them to be a good person, or have they continued to be a terrible human. But at 100, I can’t imagine they are going to imprison them? But it would be good to have a testimony about what happened.