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World|life|September 1, 2017 / 12:39 PM
Case against Auschwitz Nazi, 96, to be thrown out

AKIPRESS.COM - German prosecutors have said a case against a 96-year-old former SS medic should be thrown out because he is unfit to stand trial, BBC reported.

Hubert Zafke is accused of assisting in the killing of 3,681 people at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp.

Medical evaluations in March and July this year determined Mr Zafke, who has dementia, to be "unfit to stand trial".

A court spokesman said "the defendant is no longer able to reasonably assess his interests".

It is estimated that 1.1 million people, most of them European Jews, died at Auschwitz before it was liberated by Soviet forces in 1945.

Mr Zafke's defence have said he suffers from poor health, high blood pressure and suicidal thoughts.

His trial, which began in February 2016 in the north-eastern town of Neubrandenburg, has been postponed three times because of concerns regarding his health.

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