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Former SS medic at Auschwitz going on trial in Germany

The undated photo provided by the Archive of the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau shows SS Oberscharfuehrer Hubert Zafke. Zafke, now 95, is scheduled to go on trial Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 in Neubrandenburg, north of Berlin, on 3,681 counts of accessory to murder on accusations he served as a medic at an SS hospital in Auschwitz in 1944. (The Archive of the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau via AP) The undated photo provided by the Archive of the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau shows SS Oberscharfuehrer Hubert Zafke. Zafke, now 95, is scheduled to go on trial Monday, Feb. 29, 2016 in Neubrandenburg, north of Berlin, on 3,681 counts of accessory to murder on accusations he served as a medic at an SS hospital in Auschwitz in 1944. (The Archive of the State Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau via AP)

By Associated Press February 29, 2016 1 min read

NEUBRANDENBURG, Germany (AP) – A 95-year-old former SS medic is going on trial on 3,681 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he helped the Nazis’ Auschwitz death camp function.

Prosecutors allege Hubert Zafke’s unit was involved in putting gas into gas chambers to kill Jews and others, screening blood and other samples from hospitalized women prisoners and otherwise helping the camp run by treating SS guard personnel.

They say the unit was also involved in auxiliary guard duties.

Zafke’s attorney insists his client did nothing criminal at Auschwitz.

The charges stem from a one-month period in 1944 and involve 14 transports of Jews, including Anne Frank and her family. Frank died later in Bergen-Belsen.

As the Neubrandenburg state court trial opens Monday, judges are expected to evaluate whether Zafke’s fit to stand trial.