German court upholds conviction of ex-Nazi concentration camp secretary aged 99

The Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction of Irmgard Furchner, who was given a two-year suspended sentence in December 2022 by a state court in Itzehoe in northern Germany

The Federal Court of Justice has upheld the conviction of Irmgard Furchner for being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders in her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp (Christian Charisius/Pool/AP)

Tue, 20 Aug, 2024 - 09:32

Geir Moulson, Associated Press

A German court has rejected an appeal by a 99-year-old woman who was convicted of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders in her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis’ Stutthof concentration camp during the Second World War.

The Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction of Irmgard Furchner, who was given a two-year suspended sentence in December 2022 by a state court in Itzehoe in northern Germany.