Irmgard Furchner, 99, was found guilty in 2022 of being an accessory to killings at Stutthof concentration camp
A German court has rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,500 murders during her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during the second world war.
The federal court of justice upheld the conviction of Irmgard Furchner, who was given a two-year suspended sentence in December 2022 by a state court in Itzehoe, northern Germany.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/20/irmgard-furchner-germany-court-upholds-conviction-ex-nazi-secretary
Author : Associated Press in Berlin
Publish date : 2024-08-20 08:57:04
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