A man who worked as a medic at the Auschwitz concentration camp goes on trial Monday in Germany.
It is the second such trial this year, as the country tries to bring remaining living Nazis to justice, and give holocaust survivors a chance to face those who were part of the killing machine.
Ira Spitzer reports from Neubrandenburg [NOY BRANDENBURG], Germany.
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VO#1: Her life began during a dark chapter in human history. One of only two people born at Auschwitz to survive, Angela Orosz described her mother's experience.
SOT - Angela Orozs, Holocaust survivor
"She was able to get a sheet, and some hot water, and a pair of scissors. And this is how I was born. I was one kilo, not able to cry, no voice, nothing.
VO#2: Now living in Canada, she returned to Germany to testify against 94 year-old Reinhold Hanning. He was a former guard at the Nazi concentration camp where over more than a million people were killed, most of them Jewish.
SOT - Angela Orozs, Holocaust survivor
"I looked at him, I wanted him to look up, I just wanted him to give something. Not I am sorry, but something, regret. Nothing. No regret.
VO#3: Three similar cases are expected to go to trial this year, in what could be the last chance to prosecute ex-Nazis who are still alive. It follows a landmark decision in 2011. Christoph Heubner, the Executive Vice President of the International Auschwitz Committee explains.
Christoph Heubner
Executive Vice President, International Auschwitz Committee
"The position of the state is now as follows: If you were a cog in the wheel in the systematic murders at Auschwitz, then you share in the responsibility and you share in the guilt."
VO#4: The appeals process and the defendants' ages means that they will are likely to avoid jail time if convicted.
SOT - Angela Orozs, Holocaust survivor
"It doesn't matter how many years, he is going to get in jail. It's not important. Important he was put for trial."
VO#5: Even if she can never forgive those who worked at the camp, said she says she appreciates the German justice system and believes the country is now a different place now.
Another 95 year-old former medic at Auschwitz now faces charges in the town of Neubrandenburg. Hubert Zafke is on trial for his suspected role in the murders of over 3,000 people. The hope is that these trials will help keep the past from repeating… here and around the world.
Ira Spitzer, Neubrandenburg, Germany
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