German prosecutors conclude probe of 50 Auschwitz guards; expected to recommend charges

Published January 13, 2015

The special German prosecutors' office that investigates Nazi war crimes has concluded a new probe of some 50 former Auschwitz guards and says it is preparing to recommend pursuing charges in most of the cases.

The Ludwigsburg-based federal prosecutors' office does not have the ability to file its own charges, but was to announce later Tuesday how many of the cases were to be passed along to state prosecutors.

Ahead of the announcement the head of the office told The Associated Press that more than 40 suspects were found to be still alive and that there was enough evidence to recommend charges in most cases.

They are being pursued under a newly-established legal argument that anyone who served in a death camp can be charged as an accessory to murder.

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