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- August 20, 2024
- 6:38 pm
- World News
Irmgard Fürchner worked as a secretary to the SS commandant at the Stutthof concentration camp, where at least 65,000 people died. In 2022, she was convicted of complicity in the murder of 10,505 people during her time at the camp. She was sentenced to two years in prison for incitement and aiding and abetting murder. Rejecting her lawyer's argument that she was performing “routine” duties, the court found her guilty.
Germany's Federal Court upheld the ruling and did not allow an appeal. Irmgard Fürchner became the world's oldest fugitive when she failed to show up for the opening of her trial in 2021. She was arrested on that basis. She is the last nonagenarian to be convicted of Holocaust crimes.
The Stutthof camp, located near modern-day Gdansk, was the site of the deaths of some 65,000 people from starvation, disease, and gas chambers. The camp housed prisoners of war and Jews who had been victims of Nazi horrors. In an attempt to bring justice to the victims of one of the worst mass murders in history, prosecutors convicted and arrested Irmgard Fürchner.
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