Draggingtree Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Former Auschwitz guard asks God for forgiveness at trial By DAVID RISING, Associated Press | July 1, 2015 | Updated: July 1, 2015 9:59amBERLIN (AP) — A 94-year-old former SS sergeant who served in Auschwitz testified Wednesday he helped the death camp function in his role sorting cash and valuables seized from Jews after they arrived in cattle-cars. Oskar Groening told the Lueneburg state court in a statement read by his attorney that it was hard today to understand the blind obedience he had to the Nazi system even when witnessing the terrible atrocities perpetrated at the death camp in German-occupied Poland. http://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Former-Auschwitz-guard-asks-God-for-forgiveness-6360043.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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