Crime & Justice
German prosecutors investigate 105-year-old over accessory-to-murder allegations at Nazi POW camp
September 24, 2026 at 03:26 PM
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German prosecutors in Dortmund are investigating a 105-year-old man as an accessory to multiple murders at the Nazi prisoner of war camp Stalag 326 VI K.
- Prosecutors allege the 105-year-old served as a guard at Stalag 326 VI K in Senne, northwestern Germany.
- Dortmund prosecutor Sonja Frodermann said a second former Senne guard died a few months ago aged 99.
- The camp held between 180,000 and 200,000 Soviet prisoners of war from 1941 until its liberation in April 1945.
- The investigation was initiated by the Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes in Ludwigsburg.

