German prosecutors to ask US for help with investigation of Philadelphia Nazi suspect

BERLIN — German prosecutors said Friday they plan to ask American officials for help in their war crimes investigation of an 88-year-old Philadelphia man who is accused of serving as an SS guard at the Auschwitz death camp.

Gerd Schaefer, the head prosecutor in the Bavarian town of Weiden whose office is leading the investigation, said he was working with the German Justice Ministry to prepare the request and it should be ready within about two weeks.

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