Defendant Reinhold Hanning, a 94-year-old former guard at Auschwitz death camp, is brought to courtroom on a wheelchair before the continuation of his trial in Detmold, Germany, April 28, 2016. REUTERS/Bernd Thissen/Pool
BERLIN (Reuters) - A 94-year-old former Auschwitz guard on trial in Germany over accusations that he was an accessory to the murder of at least 170,000 people is on Friday expected to have a statement read out by his lawyers in court.
Holocaust survivors, who detailed their horrific experience at the trial which opened in February, have pleaded with Reinhold Hanning to break his silence.
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