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German prosecutors investigate 105-year-old Nazi camp guard for murders

By Drooid · Sep 24, 2026, 6:27 PM UTC · How we work

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German prosecutors are investigating a 105-year-old man as an accessory to multiple murders at Stalag 326 VI K.
The suspect allegedly served as a guard at the Nazi POW camp in Senne, northwestern Germany.
Dortmund public prosecutor Sonja Frodermann said a second former guard, who died at 99, had also been investigated.
Germany’s 1979 removal of murder’s statute of limitations permits prosecution of Nazi-era crimes.

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German prosecutors are investigating a 105-year-old man as an accessory to multiple murders at Stalag 326 VI K.
The suspect allegedly served as a guard at the Nazi POW camp in Senne, northwestern Germany.
Dortmund public prosecutor Sonja Frodermann said a second former guard, who died at 99, had also been investigated.
Germany’s 1979 removal of murder’s statute of limitations permits prosecution of Nazi-era crimes.