Former SS guard testifies he was aware of camp conditions
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Channel: AP Archive · 2018 · News & Politics
(13 Nov 2018) A 94-year-old former SS guard on Tuesday said he was aware of the terrible conditions endured by prisoners in the Stutthof concentration camp, but did not take part in atrocities against them. The dpa news agency reported that the former guard, who is on trial facing hundreds of counts of accessory to murder, told the Muenster state court he did not oppose his posting to the camp from 1942 to 1944 out of fear for retribution. More than 60,000 people were killed at the Nazi German camp built east of Danzig, which is today the Polish city of Gdansk. Prosecutors argue that as a guard there, the defendant helped the camp operate. The statement came in the third day of his trial, which opened last week. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/221c0f650996f99b189af492706e1026
