Who is the subject of this article?
Johann (John) Breyer
How old is he?
89
Where did he live?
Philadelphia
What was he defending himself from?
accusations that he was more than just a guard at Auschwitz
How many people died there?
more than 1 million
When?
during World War II
What does he say about it?
that he never persecuted anyone.
How old was he when he joined?
17
What did the court rule regarding this?
that he was not responsible for joining a Nazi unit because he was only 17 years old at the time
When?
In 2003
What shows that he had to have been part of it?
new evidence
According to who?
U.S. and German prosecutors
Could he be sent out of the country?
Yes
To where?
to Germany
What do they say he served in?
the Nazi "Death's Head Guard Battalion"
During what time period?
from 1943 to 1945
Where?
at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp and at another location
How many people is he being charged with being involved in the deaths of?
more than 216,000
Where were they from?
Hungary, Germany, and Czechoslovakia
Where did they go?
Auschwitz, in southern Poland