Former Nazi concentration camp guard Josef Schuetz (R) hides his face with a folder as he arrives on June 28, 2022, at a gym used as a makeshift courtroom in Brandenburg an der Havel, eastern Germany, where his verdict was spoken. (Photo by ADAM BERR BERLIN - A 101-year-old man was convicted in Germany of 3,518 counts of accessory to murder on Tuesday for serving at the Nazis’ Sachsenhausen concentration camp during World War II.The Neuruppin Regional Court sentenced him to five years in prison.The man, who was not identified, had denied working as an SS guard at the camp and aiding and abetting the murder of thousands of prisoners.In the trial, which opened in October, the man said that he had worked as a farm laborer near Pasewalk in northeastern Germany during the period in question.However, the court considered it proven that he worked at the camp on the outskirts of Berlin between 1942 and 1945 as an enlisted member of the Nazi Party’s paramilitary wing, the German news agency dpa reported."The court has come to the conclusion that, contrary to what you claim, you worked in the concentration camp as a guard for about three years," presiding Judge Udo Lechtermann said, according to dpa, adding that in doing so, the defendant had assisted in the terror and murder machinery of the Nazis."You willingly supported this mass extermination with your activity," Lechtermann said.RELATED: Twin brothers detail meeting the Nazi 'Angel of Death' and surviving the HolocaustProsecutors had based their case on documents relating to an SS guard with the man’s name, date and place of birth, as well as other documents.For organizational reasons, the trial was held in a gymnasium in Brandenburg/Havel, the 101-year-old’s place of.