A 93-year-old former Nazi guard was convicted of assisting in more than 5,200 murders at the Stutthof concentration camp. Given the age of the survivors and perpetrators, the trial is likely one of the last of its kind to take place.
A court in Germany convicted a 93-year-old man for assisting in more than 5,200 murders committed at the Stutthof concentration camp, where he served as a guard, beginning in 1944.A court in Germany convicted a 93-year-old man for assisting in more than 5,200 murders committed at the Stutthof concentration camp, where he served as a guard, beginning in 1944.
In a Hamburg court on Thursday, Bruno Dey was given a two-year suspended sentence for his role in more than 5,200 murders committed at the Stutthof concentration camp while he served as a guard, beginning in 1944.Prosecutors had called for for a three-year sentence for Dey, who guarded a tower at Stutthof. They argued that even as a guard, Dey aided the Nazis as a"small wheel in the machinery of murder," as The Associated Press reported.
The defense had argued for acquittal, with Dey maintaining that although he served as a guard, he was not directly responsible for any of the killings. Dey admitted to having seen the camp's emaciated prisoners,In her verdict, Judge Anne Meier-Göring echoed the prosecution's argument, telling Dey that he had been complicit.
"The concentration camp Stutthof and the mass murder that took place inside was only able to take place with your help," Meier-Göring said,Given the age of the survivors and perpetrators, the trial is likely one of the last of its kind to take place. Throughout the proceedings, Dey heard from survivors of the camp. There were about three dozen co-plaintiffs, most of them survivors, involved in Dey's trial.
The BBC added that Dey said had been"shaken" by witness accounts but said he had been unaware of the"extent of the atrocities."
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