A German court says a 93-year-old man dubbed the ‘accountant of Auschwitz’ will go on trial in April on allegations he was accessory to 300,000 murders as an SS guard at the Nazis’ death camp.
The Lueneburg state court said on Monday Oskar Groening’s trial would open on April 21.
Mr. Groening has openly talked about his time as a guard and says he witnessed atrocities but didn’t commit any himself.
Mr. Groening is accused of helping the Nazis economically, and supporting mass killings by processing the belongings stolen from camp victims.
More than 50 Holocaust survivors or victims’ families have joined the case as co-plaintiffs and many are expected to attend the trial.
