The trial of a 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary has begun in Germany after she was detained following an attempt to flee over charges of complicity in the murder of thousands of people during the war.
Irmgard Furchner is the first woman to go on trial for decades over crimes committed by the Nazis, having been charged with complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people at the Stutthof concentration camp, in occupied Poland, where she served as a secretary.
The 96-year-old went on the run earlier this year in an attempt to avoid attending a court hearing over the charge, leaving the retirement home where she lived on September 30 in the German town of Quickborn. She was later caught in Hamburg and released “under the condition of precautionary measures” after being fitted with an electronic tag.
The pensioner worked in camp commander Paul Werner Hoppe’s office, as a secretary, between June 1943 and April 1945, taking dictation and handling correspondence. Hoppe was later tried and convicted as an accessory to murder, being sentenced to nine years in prison by a court in Bochum, Germany.
Around 65,000 people are thought to have died at Stutthof camp, including “Jewish prisoners, Polish partisans and Soviet Russian prisoners of war,” according to court documents.
Having told the judge that she does not wish to appear in the dock during her trial, the International Auschwitz Committee claimed she has shown a “contempt for the survivors and also for the rule of law” during court proceedings.
The trial of Furchner comes as a 100-year-old man stands trial accused of aiding and abetting the killing of thousands of prisoners at the Sachsenhausen concentration camp in Brandenburg, Germany. Josef Schuetz, who is the oldest man to stand trial for Nazi-era crimes, has claimed he is innocent.
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source: RT
Împotriva articolelor redacției noastre, persoanele nemulțumite pot formula Contestație în termen de 10 zile de la publicarea articolului, la judecătoria Orășenească nr. 1 München Bayern Deutschland, in conformitate cu Legea federală Germană. Considerăm că nu se pot formula acțiuni la instanțele din România deoarece nici o persoană care activează în trustul nostru nu poate fi extrasă de sub jurisdicția federală germană. Considerăm că redacția noastră nu răspunde în fața autorităților din România ci doar celor federale sau civile germane. deoarece legea română nu are efecte de extraneitate asupra redacției chiar dacă subiectul știrilor face obiectul unor evenimente sau persoane din România și sunt scrise în limba română. Limba română nu este izvor de extraneitate a legii.
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