Croatian prosecutors announced today the commencement a war crimes investigation into a suspected former guard of several Nazi concentration camps during World War II.
The suspect in question, Jakob Frank Denzinger, is alleged to have been a guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau, where over one million Jews were killed within the space of 5 years.
Denzinger lived in the United States until 1989, when judicial proceedings resulted in the loss of his US citizenship. The suspect is part of a list of 60 people complied by German prosecutors that are tasked with investigating Nazi war crimes.
The suspect in question, Jakob Frank Denzinger, is alleged to have been a guard at Auschwitz-Birkenau, where over one million Jews were killed within the space of 5 years.
Denzinger lived in the United States until 1989, when judicial proceedings resulted in the loss of his US citizenship. The suspect is part of a list of 60 people complied by German prosecutors that are tasked with investigating Nazi war crimes.