A 95 year old man was just recently deported from Tennessee as he has agreed to be questioned by German prosecutors as they re-examine evidence from WWII to see if there is enough evidence to bring him to charges. Former Nazi, Friedrich Karl Berger, arrived in Frankfurt on a special flight from the United States just last Saturday. Berger is more than willing to be questioned by investigators with his lawyer present however, the interview will be set at the earliest in a month from now. A United State's immigration judged ordered Berger to be deported last year after finding that his, "willing service as an armed guard of prisoners at a concentration camp where persecution took place", fit with the criteria by investigated by Nazi-sponsored persecutions. Berger has been living in the United States since 1959 and served at a camp in Meppen, Germany. This was a subcamp of Neuengamme concentration camp near Hamburg. During his time in Meppen, it was found that prisoners were, "held in “atrocious” conditions and were exploited for outdoor forced labor, working “to the point of exhaustion and death.”". Berger himself has admitted to American investigators that he did in fact serve in Meppen as a guard for a few weeks near the end of the war but did not witness any abuse or killings. The Memphis, Tennessee court however found that Berger had helped guard prisoners during a forced evacuation that took nearly two weeks and claimed the lives of 70 people. Even though WWII was nearly 75 years ago, older former Nazi soldiers are still being charged as accessories to murder. Berger may find himself in the same situation at 95 years old.
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