German court convicts 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard

[Michie]

From the article-
Bruno Dey was convicted of 5,232 counts of accessory to murder

A 93-year-old former Nazi guard at the Stutthof concentration camp was convicted of 5,232 counts of accessory to murder by a German court Thursday.

Court proceedings against Bruno Dey were unusual -- held in two two-hour sessions a week because of his age and tried in juvenile court because he was between the age of 17 and 18 when he served at the camp between 1944 and 1945 in the final months of World War II.

The state court in Hamburg also had to navigate the coronavirus pandemic and take additional precautions.

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German court convicts 93-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard

 

[Jonathan Walkerin]

was convicted of 5,232 counts of accessory to murder

And gets two years verdict - suspended.

Well, at least they didn’t go overboard with it. Teenager given a gun and told to guard a camp while the regime burned down.

Probably not the time for loud moral objecting. At least he made it.

Still the court case is a good remainder of those who did not and what the history can teach us.