Germans investigate former Nazi

German prosecutors are investigating a suspected former member of Hitler’s mobile killing squads for involvement in Second World War massacres.

The case against Wilhelm Karl Friedrich Hoffmeister, 95, is part of an 11th-hour effort to bring elderly ex-nazis to justice.

It is the third case opened in Germany in recent months targeting individuals believed to have been part of the Einsatzgruppen death squads.

All three are being investigated under a new legal argument that someone who helped the Nazi killing machinery run can be convicted of accessory to mass murder.