Germany: Former ‘Nazi’ faces murder charges
AKI reports:
— “German prosecutors have charged an alleged former member of the Nazi SS with the killing of 58 Jewish labourers. The 90-year-old man is suspected of killing his victims near the village of Deutsch Schutzen in eastern Austria in 1945, a statement from a German state court said.”
— “The court has identified the suspect only as a ‘retiree from Duisburg’ ”
— ” ‘On 29 March 1945, the accused and his accomplices brought at least 57 Jewish forced labourers in several groups to a nearby forest area, where they had to give up their valuables and kneel by a grave,’ the statement said.”
— ” ‘The accused and other SS members then cruelly shot the Jewish forced labourers from behind.’ ”
— “While the accused has not been officially identified, German media reports have named him as Adolf Storms, a former member of the 5th SS Panzer Division, known as Wiking.”

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