A former Nazi SS guard known as the “Bookkeeper of Auschwitz”, now 96, is fit to serve out his sentence, German prosecutors said on Thursday.
Oskar Groening was found guilty in July 2015 of being an accessory to the murders of 3,00,000 people at the camp and sentenced to four years in prison.
“The prosecutor has rejected the application from the defence for a sentence suspension,” court spokeswoman Kathrin Soefker said, confirming local media reports.
A summons for the start of the sentence has not been issued, she said, adding that the prosecutor will make a decision separately on this.
Groening’s lawyer Hans Holtermann said he would appeal the decision as soon as possible, arguing that the doctor named by prosectors had not done a proper examination.
