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Former Auschwitz guard again fit for trial in Germany

Former SS guard Oskar Groening, center, is being led into the courtroom for his trial in Lueneburg, northern Germany, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Groening, 93, is accused of helping to operate the death camp Auschwitz in Nazi-occupied Poland between May and June 1944, when some 425,000 Jews from Hungary were brought there and at least 300,000 were almost immediately gassed to death. (Philipp Schulze/Pool Photo via AP) Former SS guard Oskar Groening, center, is being led into the courtroom for his trial in Lueneburg, northern Germany, Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Groening, 93, is accused of helping to operate the death camp Auschwitz in Nazi-occupied Poland between May and June 1944, when some 425,000 Jews from Hungary were brought there and at least 300,000 were almost immediately gassed to death. (Philipp Schulze/Pool Photo via AP)

By Associated Press May 12, 2015 1 min read

BERLIN (AP) – The trial of a 93-year-old former Auschwitz death camp guard has resumed after the suspect was deemed fit to face the court following a canceled session last week.

As the trial of Oskar Groening restarted, Lueneburg state court spokeswoman Frauke Albers said Auschwitz survivor Ivor Perl was due to take the stand Tuesday.

One session was cut short last week, and then the following day’s proceedings canceled, after the court said Groening was too sick to stand trial.

The former SS sergeant is being tried on 300,000 counts of accessory to murder and faces a possible sentence of three years to 15 years if convicted. Prosecutors argue his role sorting prisoners’ stolen valuables, which he admits, helped Auschwitz function.

His trial began in April and is scheduled through July.