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Ex-Nazis do not escape justice, despite the virus

2020-03-20T20:19:30.292Z


The Hamburg court, disinfected and under high health security, continues the trial of a former camp guard.


During the coronavirus epidemic, a race against the clock was launched in Germany in the hunt for former Nazi criminals. On Friday, the trial of the former guardian of the Stuthoff extermination camp, Bruno D., 93 years old, continued exceptionally in the Hamburg court, under exceptional health security conditions, and despite the opposition of its defenders. The man is today an old gentleman. But when he was 17 years old, the former Wermacht soldier, who became SS, "participated in a sneaky and cruel manner in the murder in particular of Jewish prisoners ", committed between August 9, 1944 and April 26, 1945 , in this camp near Danzig, Poland. 5,230 people were killed during his period of activity. At a time when the victims and their executioners are dying out, the trial of Bruno D. is destined to pass into posterity.

Sterilized ambulance

Thus, as usual, the accused entered the Hanseatic court room at 11 am, pushed into

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