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German prosecutors charge man with tattoo of Auschwitz death camp, Buchenwald slogan on back

Published December 16, 2015

Associated Press

German prosecutors say they've charged a far-right politician with incitement after he appeared at a swimming pool with a tattoo of what appeared to be the Auschwitz death camp on his back.

Neuruppin prosecutors' spokeswoman Lolita Lodenkaemper said Wednesday that Marcel Zech is accused of violating the country's prohibition of the public display of Nazi symbols.

Another bather took a photo of the tattoo, which also carried the slogan from the Buchenwald concentration camp's gate, "Jedem das Seine" — "to each his own" — at a pool in Oranienburg, north of Berlin, on Nov. 21 and passed it on to authorities.

The 27-year-old member of the far-right National Democratic Party, who sits on the county council in an area outside Berlin, faces up to five years in prison if convicted.

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