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Nazi concentration camp guard, 100, cleared to face trial (www.telegraph.co.uk)

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Gregor Formanek is accused of aiding and abetting the murder of 3,300 people

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

even if they administered the death penalty

That can't happen, as there is no death penalty in Germany. Even the state Hessen removed it from their regional law, as this relic was superseded by federal law.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 1 points 8 months ago

Ah. I didn't read TFA; I didn't know Germany had him. I assumed Argentina, or wherever he escaped to and hid out all these decades.