97-year-old former Nazi death camp secretary appeals conviction
A 97-year-old woman is appealing her conviction in Germany for being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders when she was secretary to the commandant of the Nazi concentration camp Stutthof during World War II.In a December 20 verdict, Itzehoe State Court gave Irmgard Furchner a two-year suspended sentence for accessory to murder in 10,505 cases and accessory to attempted murder in five cases. The court said Wednesday that both the defense and a lawyer for a co-plaintiff filed appeals with the Federal Court of Justice.It was not immediately clear when the federal court will consider the case.Furchner was accused…
