mujer de 91 años acusada de 260,000 asesinato

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 Although the Second World War ended 70 years ago, the consequences of it and acts of the Nazis still kicking until today because it still survive some of the protagonists of this dark episode of history. One of the most common feelings among the German people is that it has not done everything it could to bring to justice those responsible for the deaths of several million people.



However, the German country seems to be catching up trying to get some of the accomplices in concentration camps like Auschwitz pay their debt to justice. The latest case is that of a woman of 91 years who currently lives in Schleswig-Holstein, the northernmost state of Germany, and it was radio operator for the SS between April and July 1944, when he was 20.

If so striking is this case is that the prosecution has culpabilizado the death of 260,000 people in the concentration camp of Auschwitz (slightly less than the population of a city like Gijón), about the number of Jews who were eliminated there during the period in which the German worked for the SS. Although obviously not material cause of all deaths, has been considered an accomplice of the same since participated and was fully aware of the operation of the fields. The actual identity of the woman is unknown, since the German laws protect your privacy. The verdict will be decided next year.

The remains of the Holocaust

As recalled 'The Telegraph', the prosecution of accomplices late Auschwitz is due to the repeated accusations of not doing enough to German justice: Only 50 of the 6,500 workers there went SS have been imprisoned. For a long time, German law maintained that only the Nazi leaders could be responsible for the crimes of the Holocaust; However, this changed in 2011, when John Demjanjuk, a guard of the SS, was found guilty of being an accomplice to the murder of 27,900 people in the Sobibor camp.

This opened the door to a flood of complaints and persecution by German prosecutors. However, one of the major stumbling blocks has been the advanced age of the accused, which in most cases has prevented these could be presented at trial. In the case of this woman of 91 years, the prosecution has indicated that not yet have any information to justify his failure to appear.


Oskar Groening escucha el veredicto el pasado 15 de julio. (Reuters/Axel Heimken)



The clearest precedent is that of a man of 94 years in a very similar to that of the German stock and was eventually sentenced to prison situation. It is Oskar Groening, known as "The Bookseller of Auschwitz" and asked for forgiveness at the start of trial in which he was framed for the death of 300,000 people in that camp. "For me there is no doubt that I have a moral fault," he told judges during his appearance in Luenenburg. Although, as with the new prosecuted, never was the perpetrator of a crime, Grogening admitted he knew perfectly well what was happening with the prisoners.

The Groening himself admitted having been an enthusiastic Nazi and worked in Auschwitz between May and June 1944, a period very similar to the woman of 91 years, probably coincide with that time. His role was to check the luggage of the prisoners to send all the money recovered the Nazis as Jews "not needed". It was discovered in Auschwitz where Groening executions in the gas chambers, and his testimony about the camp is valuable because it is one of the few offered by the Nazis. Although there were those who said he could impersonate the final judgment against a member of the SS, the new cause belies the point and suggests that, sooner or later, more such cases may occur in your day.

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