A German court has given a verdict on a serious matter last day. The German court, while hearing a case related to one of the oldest cases, has sentenced a 101-year-old man guilty of 3518 murders to 5 years after 77 years. The whole case was related to a Nazi camp guard. Ex Nazi guard, identified as Josef S. was accused of aiding in the murder of thousands of prisoners in Sachsenhausen near Berlin. After 77 years of this case, a German court has sentenced the possibly oldest accused to 5 years in prison.
Former Nazi guard Joseph S. is the oldest Nazi criminal ever. Although Joseph S. has always denied being a Nazi guard. Due to Germany's secrecy traditions, Joseph S.'s identity is kept completely confidential. Although his name and birth details were given on the documents of an SS guard. During World War II tens of thousands of people died in Sachsenhausen from starvation, forced labour, medical experiments and murder. However, more than two million people were imprisoned there, including political prisoners as well as Jews, Roma and Sinti (Gypsies) were also charged.
However, Joseph's lawyer had called for his acquittal during the court hearing. At the same time, defence lawyers are preparing to appeal against Joseph's prison sentence. At the same time, before the court's decision, the Nazi guard Joseph S said I do not know why I am sitting here in the sin bin. I had nothing to do with it.
It became possible to prosecute Nazi camp guards in Germany in 2011 when ex-SS guard John Demjanjuk was found guilty. That decision prompted the search for individuals who were still alive. After which a case was registered against Joseph S. However, Joseph S has consistently denied the allegation of being a Nazi guard. He claimed that he was not in a Nazi concentration camp and instead worked as a farm labourer.
However, while hearing the case, Judge Udo Lechtermann found that Joseph S. had worked in a concentration camp for almost three years from 1942. The judge said that you voluntarily supported this mass destruction through your capture.