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Former 'Nazi' charged with killing 58 in Austria

November 17, 2009 12:51

ByJessica Elgot, Jessica Elgot

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A German court has charged a 90-year-old man with 58 counts of murder for killing Jewish forced laborers in Austria.

The former SS guard has been charged with killing the Jewish labourers in Deutsch-Schetzen, in eastern Austria.
The murders were allegedly committed on March 30, 1945, just over month before the German surrender.

The suspect has not been identified by the Duisberg state court, but he is said to be a resident of the town.
The court will now decide within two weeks whether the case should be brought to trial.

Prosecutors in Austria said the accused man took Jewish forced labourers into a forest "where they had to give up their valuables and kneel by a grave".