German prosecutors say they have reopened hundreds of dormant investigations of former Nazi death camp guards under a new precedent set by the conviction of 91 year old U.S. autoworker who served as a guard at the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.

Dr Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Centre is leading the relaunch of "Operation Last Chance" and explains what they hope to achieve.

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