Germans Charge Former Belzec Guard as Participant in the Murder of 430,000 Jews

Germany has indicted a former guard at the Nazi death camp of Belzec with participating in the deaths of 430,000 Jews, the Associated Press reports.

Samuel Kunz, 90, served as a guard at the camp in Poland from January 1942 to July 1943. Kunz is also charged with "personal excesses," over the shooting of 10 Jews.

Kunz was No. 3 on the Simon Wiesenthal list of most-wanted Nazis. Samuel Zuroff, Wiesenthal's top Nazi hunter, said Kunz participated in the operation to eliminate Polish Jewry.

''The indictment of Samuel Kunz is a very positive development,'' Zuroff told AP from Jerusalem. ''It reflects recent changes in the German prosecution policy, which have significantly enlarged the number of suspects who will be brought to justice.''