A german court this Tuesday, a foreigner was sentenced to two years probation what was this secretary Stutthof Nazi concentration camp, on Polish soil, by convicting him of complicity in the murder of more than 10,500 prisoners.
The Itzehoe County Court thus responds to the prosecution’s request for two years’ probation for the foreign national, while the defense has requested his acquittal.
After a total trial period of 40 days, judge convicted 97-year-old defendant Irmgard Furchner of aiding in murders in more than 10,505 casesalso for attempted murder complicity in the other five, according to the regional public channel NDR.
At about 14 months, trial files increased to about 3,600 pagesa USB stick containing approximately two thousand interrogation records is attached to them.
14 witnesses testifiedeight escaped from Stutthof concentration camp.
The trial, which had to be postponed after the defendant fled, finally started on October 19 last year.
Between March and April, the trial was suspended due to the defendant’s illness, and both the survivors and their lawyers feared that the stranger would never return to court; however, it has recovered and the first-of-its-kind process against a civilian employee could be resumed on April 26.
Between June 1943 and April 1945, the accused worked from age 18 to age 19.As a civilian employee as a command stenographer and secretary at the Nazi Stutthof camp near Gdansk in Poland.
The prosecutor requested a prison sentence on the basis of the law regulating the criminal liability of minors, which, according to the case, applies up to the age of 21 of the accused, due to his young age at the time.
The prosecution expressed its belief in clerical work, Furchner helped keep the camp going and, at his request, provided substantial support to the camp commander and his deputies.
In the Stutthof concentration camp, World War II. During World War II, about 65,000 prisoners, including most Jews, died, mainly from weakness and disease.
At least 200 prisoners with Cyclone B in the gas chamber and in a closed train car were shot dead in the back of the head in a secret location located in the crematorium and another 30 inmates were killed.
Source: Informacion
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