A 97-year-old former Nazi teenage concentration camp secretary has been sentenced for her role in assisting in more than 10,000 murders.
In what could be the last trial of its kind, Irmgard Furchner was handed a two-year suspended sentence
The secluded camp, where tens of thousands were murdered, starved and worked to death, was around 20 miles from Gdansk in Nazi-occupied Poland.German pressBut they were able to prove she was aware of the killings and willingly supported the operations of the camp through her work as a secretary.As she worked at Stutthof when she was 18 and 19, Furchner was tried at juvenile court and handed a two-year suspended sentence.
She had written to the judge to ask not to attend the trial, which is illegal under German law. Her claim was denied. Historical experts also gave wrenching accounts of the daily life at the camp and the role bureaucrats like Furchner played in the processing of detainees. Furchner was indicted in February after a five-year investigation as part of a renewed effort by prosecutors to try remaining rank-and-file concentration camp workers.But prosecutors have had to race against the clock to hold these workers to account, including a 101-year-old and a 93-year-old former guard recently.
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