Auschwitz suspect: 94-year-old man charged with 3,681 counts of accessory to murder over allegations he served as death camp medic

Man is one of 30 former Auschwitz suspects facing charges after a change in German law

The 94-year-old man has been charged with 3,681 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served in the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp (AP)

A German court has charged a 94-year-old man with 3,681 counts of accessory to murder on allegations he served at a Nazi death camp.

Stefan Urbanek, a spokesman for prosecutors in the German city of Schwerin, said that the suspect – whose name was not released for legal reasons - was a former SS sergeant who served as a medic at a hospital run by the paramilitary unit in Auschwitz.

His lawyer, Peter-Michael Diestel, told the Bild newspaper there's no evidence of any "concrete criminal act" by his client.

Earlier this month it was revealed that a former Nazi death camp guard is to face trial in Germany in April, charged with at least 300,000 counts of accessory to murder.

Additional reporting by PA