‘Bookkeeper of Auschwitz’ Oskar Groening dies while prison sentence under appeal The former guard, 96, died without spending a day serving his four-year sentence for his role in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews.
Convicted Auschwitz guard, 96, files last chance clemency request Oskar Groening had been expected to enter prison at the end of January, but continued wrangling over the state of his health has kept him from beginning to serve his four-year sentence his role in the murder of 300,000 Hungarian Jews .
Convicted Auschwitz guard, 96, loses clemency bid Oskar Groening, the "bookkeeper of Auschwitz," is scheduled to enter prison by the end of January.