During his four-month trial, Hanning admitted serving as an Auschwitz guard. The International Holocaust Remembrance Day marks the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi death camp on Jan. 27, 1945. — Reinhold Hanning, former Auschwitz guard"It disturbs me deeply that I was part of such a criminal organization," he told the court in April. The precedent for the Groening and Hanning cases was set in 2011, with the conviction in Munich of former Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk on allegations he served as a Sobibor death camp guard. The Detmold state court sentenced Reinhold Hanning to five years in prison, though he will remain free while any appeals are heard.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 17, 2016 14:32 UTC