The former secretary of the German Nazi concentration camp Stutthof was sentenced eight days ago to two years in prison. The 97-year-old has now appealed the verdict. The two defenders had previously pointed out that it could not be clearly proven that the woman was aware of the systematic killings.
In addition to the defense, a co-plaintiff will also contest the sentence. The verdict is not yet final. In a next step, the Federal Court of Justice must examine whether the process has been carried out correctly and whether the law has been correctly applied. There are no plans to gather evidence again.
As reported, on December 20, the former secretary of the Nazi concentration camp Stutthof was sentenced to a two-year suspended prison sentence. Between 1943 and 1945, Irmgard F. worked as a shorthand typist for the commander of the Stutthof concentration camp, when she was between 18 and 19 years old. The court in Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, has found the suspect guilty of more than ten thousand counts of complicity in murder.
The defendant did not want to appear in the trial
Irmgard F. was pushed into the courtroom in a wheelchair and initially did not want to take on the lawsuit. On the first day of the trial, she disappeared from her retirement home early in the morning and hours later the police picked her up on the street in Hamburg. A court order followed. “I’m sorry about everything that happened. I’m sorry I was in Stutthof then. I can’t say more,” the 97-year-old finally said in court.
This followed the application of the prosecutor’s office with its verdict. F. would have helped to write, to write down the commander’s orders. This activity was necessary for the organization of the camp and the execution of the brutal, systematic killings.
The two defense attorneys had demanded an acquittal for their client. On Wednesday, court representatives announced that both the defense and a co-plaintiff have appealed the verdict.
Source: Krone
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