02-08-2017 11:27 via yahoo.com

'Bookkeeper of Auschwitz' fit to serve sentence: German prosecutor

A former Nazi SS guard known as the "Bookkeeper of Auschwitz", now 96, is fit to serve out his sentence, German prosecutors said Wednesday.Oskar Groening was found guilty in July 2015 of being an accessory to the murders of 300,000 people at the camp and sentenced to four years in prison."The prosecutor has rejected the application from the defence for a sentence suspension," court spokeswoman Kathrin Soefker told AFP, confirming local media reports.
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