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Josef Schuetz, the oldest Nazi ever to be prosecuted for crimes committed during the Holocaust, has died age 102. He was a prison guard at the Sachsenhausen camp in Oranienburg.

(RNS) — In this year we lost people who were known for their political office but for whom religion played roles expectedly and unexpectedly.

Josef Schuetz was found guilty of being an accessory to murder while working as a prison guard at the Sachsenhausen camp in Oranienburg, north of Berlin, between 1942 and 1945.

At his trial in Germany today Josef Schuetz, 101, denied being complicit in war crimes during the Holocaust as his trial drew to a close. He is the oldest person to face trial for Nazi war crimes.

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Schwarzbaum was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust.

Leon Schwarzbaum, a survivor of the Nazis’ death camp at Auschwitz and lifelong fighter for justice for the victims of the Holocaust, has died

Leon Schwarzbaum, a survivor of the Nazis' death camp at Auschwitz and lifelong fighter for justice for the victims of the Holocaust, has died; he was 101

Schwarzbaum was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust.

Leon Schwarzbaum, a survivor of the Nazis’ death camp at Auschwitz and lifelong fighter for justice for the victims of the Holocaust, has died