Nazi Secretary Irmgard Furchner Dies at 99

hamburg - Irmgard Furchner, former Nazi secretary at Stutthof concentration camp, passed away at 99 after being convicted for complicity in the murder of over 10,000 people.

Nazi Secretary Irmgard Furchner's Death

Irmgard Furchner, a 99-year-old former secretary at the Nazi concentration camp Stutthof, passed away earlier this year. She was the last person convicted for complicity in the murder of over 10,000 people.

Legal Proceedings

• In 2022, Furchner received a two-year suspended sentence for her crimes, which was upheld by Germany's highest court last year.
• She was 18 years old when she worked at the camp.

Case Significance

Furchner's case garnered significant attention in the German media as potentially the final trial for Nazi mass murders. She attempted to escape from a nursing home in Hamburg just before her trial, but was apprehended a few hours later.

Stutthof concentration camp saw the deaths of 65,000 individuals during the war due to starvation, disease, and gas chambers.