German prosecutors charge 95-year-old female Nazi camp secretary over murder of 10,000 people
The woman worked as a secretary at the Stutthof camp, 20 miles from the Polish city of Gdansk, between June 1943 and April 1945 The main entry to Stutthof concentration camp, better known as the Death Gate . (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
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Updated: Feb 6, 2021, 06:33 PM IST
Public prosecutors in Germany on Friday indicted a 95-year-old woman for her role in supporting the Nazis as a secretary in a concentration camp during the Second World War, charging her with 10,000 counts of being an accessory to murder, and complicity in attempted murders.
According to the New York Times, the woman was identified as Irmgard F under German privacy laws. Her indictment followed a five-year-old investigation. As she was under 21 at the time of the accused offenses, prosecutors said that she would be tried in a juvenile court, where she is likely to receive a milder sen
Woman, 95, Indicted on 10,000 Counts of Accessory to Murder in Nazi Camp
German prosecutors indicted the woman, who once worked as a secretary to the commander of the Stutthof concentration camp, after a five-year investigation.
The main gate leading into the former Nazi Stutthof concentration camp in Sztutowo, Poland.Credit.Czarek Sokolowski/Associated Press
Feb. 5, 2021
Public prosecutors in Germany have indicted a 95-year-old woman for her role supporting the Nazi killing machinery as a secretary in a concentration camp, charging her with 10,000 counts of being an accessory to murder, and complicity in attempted murders.
The indictment against the woman, identified only as Irmgard F. under German privacy laws, followed a five-year investigation, prosecutors said Friday. Because she was under 21 at the time of the offenses she is accused of, they said, she would be tried in a juvenile court, where she is likely to receive a milder sentence.
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