Auschwitz

Convicted Auschwitz guard, 96, files clemency plea

The request comes after Germany's highest court ruled that Oskar Groening, known as the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz," should serve is four-year prison sentence.

German neo-Nazi gets prison sentence for offensive Auschwitz social media post

He posted a photo of a miniature of Auschwitz and an offensive caption that made fun of Holocaust survivors.

Auschwitz guard, 96, must serve prison sentence, Germany’s highest court rules

Oskar Groening was convicted and sentenced in July 2015 to four years in jail for his role in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews at the concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

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