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Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Nazi secretary in court in Germany after trying to flee trial
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe trial of a 96-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary who attempted to flee before proceedings began has started in Germany.
The first woman to be prosecuted for Nazi-era crimes in decades, Irmgard Furchner is charged with complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people at Stutthof camp in occupied Poland.
Furchner left the retirement home where she lives on September 30, as her trial was set to begin, and headed to a metro station.
#Alemania El juicio de la ex secretaria del campo de concentración Irmgard Furchner de 96 años comenzará hoy martes por la mañana (10 horas) en el Tribunal Regional de Itzehoe (Schleswig-Holstein). pic.twitter.com/c4Hr3dezPW
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The pensioner managed to evade police for several hours before being apprehended in the nearby city of Hamburg and temporarily held in custody by authorities.
The Times of Israel Community.