The ruins of the gas chambers at Birkenau, a part of the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was blown up by the Nazis to erase evidence of their atrocities, is seen in Oswiecim, Poland, Jan. 11, 2007. (AP / Czarek Sokolowski)
BERLIN [AP] — A suspected former Nazi death camp guard has been charged with participating in the murder of 430,000 Jews and other crimes during the Third Reich, German prosecutors said Wednesday.