Former SS Oberscharfuehrer Hubert Zafke. (The Archive of the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau via AP)
It appears that the German justice system is allowing Hubert Zafke, a former SS medic and an accessory to the death of thousands of Jews, to escape justice due to his age.
A German court says a doctor has determined a 95-year-old former SS medic who served at the Auschwitz death camp is not fit to stand trial.
The Neubrandenburg state court told the dpa news agency Friday that a court-appointed doctor had determined Hubert Zafke’s health was too poor.
The examination was made after Zafke’s trial — on 3,681 counts of accessory to murder, for allegedly helping the Nazi camp function — failed to get underway as planned Monday because a doctor ruled him unfit to be transported to the court building.
The doctor said he was suffering from a broken arm, high blood pressure and stress.
Other experts are still expected to examine Zafke ahead of the next scheduled date for a hearing, March 14.
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