Prosecutors said Josef Schuetz "knowingly and willingly" took part in crimes as a guard at the camp. But his case, despite the passing of years since the events of the Second World War, is far from the last. There are still several known cases of former Nazi workers being investigated by the German courts.
The Central Office for the Investigation of National Socialist Crimes, a German body which investigates war crimes committed during Nazi rule, said there are still at least six cases currently being investigated following the sentencing of the 101year-old. "There are mainly men, mainly guards," head of the Central Office Thomas Walther told The Independent. "There are five men and one woman," he added.
Mr Walther, who is known in Germany as the "last of the Nazi hunters" said the six former Nazi workers are all aged between 96 and 99 years old, but investigations were still in their preliminary stages. He added that Germany has no limit on the people who can stand trial.
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