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Germany: Court trying SS guard won't hear Auschwitz survivor

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    Auschwitz survivor Joshua Kaufman, speaks to the media in the courtroom during the trial against defendant Reinhold Hanning in Detmold, Germany, Friday May 13, 2016. The German court trying 94-year-old ex-SS sergeant Hanning, who served as an Auschwitz death camp guard has declined to hear evidence from the Auschwitz survivor who traveled from the U.S. The 88-year-old Joshua Kaufman hadn’t been invited to testify but some of the Holocaust survivors and relatives who joined the trial as co-plaintiffs hoped he could tell the Detmold state court about how he had to remove corpses from gas chambers. ( Bernd Thissen/Pool Photo via AP) (The Associated Press)

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    94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp Reinhold Hanning, left, sits next to his lawyer Johannes Salmen, right, during his trial in Detmold, Germany, Friday, May 13, 2016. Hanning faces trial for 170,000 counts of accessory to murder, the first of up to four cases being brought to court this year by German prosecutors to punish Nazi war crimes. (Bernd Thissen/Pool Photo via AP) (The Associated Press)

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    94-year-old former SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp Reinhold Hanning, center, sits between his lawyers Andreas Scharmer, left, and Johannes Salmen, right, during his trial in Detmold, Germany, Friday, May 13, 2016. Hanning faces trial for 170,000 counts of accessory to murder, the first of up to four cases being brought to court this year by German prosecutors to punish Nazi war crimes. (Bernd Thissen/Pool Photo via AP) (The Associated Press)

BERLIN – A German court trying a 94-year-old ex-SS sergeant who served as an Auschwitz death camp guard has declined to hear evidence from an Auschwitz survivor who traveled from the U.S.

The 88-year-old Joshua Kaufman hadn't been invited to testify but some of the Holocaust survivors and relatives who joined the trial as co-plaintiffs hoped he could tell the Detmold state court about how he had to remove corpses from gas chambers.

However, the court already heard evidence about how victims died, news agency dpa reported. Presiding judge Anke Grudda said Friday: "No further evidence is needed. The court has no doubts on this aspect."

Defendant Reinhold Hanning is charged with 170,000 counts of accessory to murder over allegations that as a guard he helped Auschwitz function. Other survivors have testified.

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