德国检察机关正在调查一名105岁老人涉嫌在纳粹战俘营期间共谋杀害战俘的案件1。该老人被指控在位于北莱茵-威斯特法伦州Senne地区的Stalag 326 VI K战俘营担任警卫1，该营地在1941年至1945年间关押了18万至20万名苏联战俘1。
德国司法部门此举反映了其在二战结束80多年后继续追诉纳粹杀戮机器参与者的决心1。这类案件的推进得益于2011年的John Demjanjuk案所确立的法律先例——仅需证明被告人参与共谋，而无需提供直接杀害他人的证据即可定罪1。Demjanjuk因担任Sobibór死亡集中营警卫期间与28000多名犹太人遇难的共谋而被定罪1。近年来，德国对纳粹集中营工作人员的追诉仍在进行，包括Stutthof集中营秘书Irmgard Furchner因共谋杀害而被判两年缓刑1，以及Sachsenhausen集中营警卫Josef Schütz在2022年6月被判五年监禁，次年以102岁高龄去世1。历史记录表明，约570万苏联战俘在德国被关押，其中超过一半未能活着离开1。
German prosecutors are investigating a 105-year-old man on suspicion of conspiracy to murder while serving as a guard at Stalag 326 VI K, a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp that held between 180,000 and 200,000 Soviet prisoners from 1941 to 1945.1 The investigation represents ongoing efforts by German judicial authorities to prosecute participants in Nazi killing operations more than 80 years after the end of World War II, as prosecutors seek to bring cases before elderly suspects pass away.1
The prosecution strategy reflects a legal precedent established in the 2011 case of John Demjanjuk, who was convicted of complicity in the deaths of over 28,000 Jews at Sobibor death camp based on evidence of his service as a guard rather than direct proof of individual killings.1 Recent cases have demonstrated the feasibility of securing convictions in advanced age: Irmgard Furchner, a secretary at Stutthof concentration camp, received a two-year suspended sentence, while Josef Schütz, a guard at Sachsenhausen camp, was sentenced to five years imprisonment in June 2022 and died the following year at age 102.1 An estimated 5.7 million Soviet prisoners of war were held in German custody during the war, with more than half failing to survive.1
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