German authorities have prosecuted several former Nazis following a precedent-setting 2011 case, but most of the cases have targeted guards and accountants, not secretaries.
German authorities have prosecuted several former Nazis following a precedent-setting 2011 case, but most of the cases have targeted guards and accountants, not secretaries.
Despite her advanced age, the he elderly secretary of the former SS commandant of Stutthof will be tried in juvenile court due to the fact that she was under 21 at the time of the alleged crimes.
Secretary to Nazi Camp Commandant Charged With 10,000 Counts of Accessory Murder: Prosecutors
BERLIN German prosecutors have charged the elderly secretary of the former SS commandant of Stutthof with 10,000 counts of accessory to murder, arguing that she was part of the apparatus that helped the Nazi concentration camp function.
The 95-year-old also faces an unspecified number of counts of accessory to attempted murder for her service at the camp between June 1943 and April 1945, Peter Mueller-Rakow, spokesman for prosecutors in the northern town of Itzehoe, said Friday.
Despite her advanced age, the suspect will be tried in juvenile court due to the fact that she was under 21 at the time of the alleged crimes, Mueller-Rakow said.