A 94-year-old former SS guard went on trial in Germany on Tuesday over the killing of hundreds of Jewish and Polish prisoners during the Second World War.

In what may prove to be the last Holocaust trial, Johann Rehbogen is accused of being an accessory to the murder of hundreds of prisoners at Stutthof concentration camp, in modern Poland.

Dr Rehbogen has admitted that he served as an SS guard at the concentration camp but denies knowing anything of what went on inside, according to prosecutors.

“I was never a Nazi,” he told Welt newspaper in 2017.

There are no pleas in the German legal system, but Dr Rehbogen’s lawyer said his client intended to make a statement at some point during the trial.

The 94-year-old entered the courtroom in the German city of Münster dressed in a green fishing hat and grey coat, and wept as the charges against him were read. As he was aged 18 to 20 at the time of the alleged crimes, he is being tried in a juvenile court.

Because of his age and frailty, hearings in the trial have been limited to two hours and will only be held two days a week.