German court convicts former secretary at Nazi death camp

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The court said judges were convinced that Furchner “knew and, through her work as a stenographer in the commandant’s office of the Stutthof concentration camp from June 1, 1943, to April 1, 1945, deliberately supported the fact that 10,505 prisoners were cruelly killed by gassings, by hostile conditions in the camp,” by transportation to the Auschwitz death camp and by being sent on death marches at the end of the war.“This activity was necessary for the organization of the camp and the execution of the cruel, systematic acts of killing.”Cheer groups move to dismiss abuse case, racketeering claimsMaine woman sentenced to 47 years in death of 3-year-old sonPolice in Australia co-opted COVID-19 apps to fight crimeFacial recognition wielded in India to enforce COVID policyThe verdict and sentence were in line with prosecutors’ demands.“Yet given her claim that she had no knowledge of the murders being committed in the camp, her regret was far from convincing.”U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, said of the verdict that “it shows that it’s never too late to ensure that there was some accountability for crimes committed of such horrific nature.”Prosecutors in Itzehoe said during the proceedings that Furchner’s trial may be the last of its kind.However, a special federal prosecutors’ office in Ludwigsburg tasked with investigating Nazi-era war crimes says prosecutors in various parts of Germany have five more cases pending, dpa reported.Initially a collection point for Jews and non-Jewish Poles removed from Danzig, Stutthof was later used as a so-called “work education camp” where forced laborers, primarily Polish and Soviet citizens, were sent to serve sentences and often died."

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