The man , from the German state of Lower Saxony , is accused of having helped remove the luggage left by new arrivals to the camp at the Birkenau rail platform . A 93-year-old man is charged with being an accessory to at least 300,000 murders . Prosecutors in Germany say he removed luggage left by new arrivals at Auschwitz . The man, who was born in the former Soviet Union, has been held since his arrest on April 1 and faces up to 20 years behind bars if found guilty of aiding a crime against humanity. Prosecutors says the man must have known that those arriving would be murdered .
A 93-year-old man is charged with being an accessory to at least 300,000 murders . Prosecutors in Germany say he removed luggage left by new arrivals at Auschwitz . The man, who was born in the former Soviet Union, has been held since his arrest on April 1 and faces up to 20 years behind bars if found guilty of aiding a crime against humanity. Prosecutors says the man must have known that those arriving would be murdered .