a german court this Tuesday, a foreigner was sentenced to two years probation whose secretary was Stutthof Nazi concentration campon the territory of Poland, by declaring Convicted 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.
The judge sentenced the defendants after a total of 40 days of hearing. Irmgard Furchner, 97, has been charged with complicity in more than 10,505 murders.as by complicity in five other attempted murdersas reported by the regional public channel NDR.
In about 14 months, the trial files grew to about 3,600 pages, to which a USB stick containing about two thousand query reports was added.
14 witnesses, eight of whom survived, testified From Stutthof concentration camp.
The trial, the beginning of which had to be postponed, the accused fledit finally started on October 19th 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.
accused From June 1943 to April 1945, aged 18 to 19, he worked as a civilian employee as a stenographer and typist at the command headquarters at the Nazi camp in Stutthof.almost Gdanskinside 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 stated that they believed that Furchner contributed to the operation of the camp with his office work and that he provided an important support to the camp commander and his deputies with his volunteer work.
They died during the Stutthof concentration camp. World War II about 65,000 prisoners, including most Jewsmainly due to weakness and illness.
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.