In the News podcast: In the News podcast: Irish Times Berlin correspondent Derek Scally discusses the implications of Germany’s belated wave of Nazi-era prosecutions.
Irmgard Furchner was confirmed guilty of being an accessory to 10,505 murders while working as a secretary in the Stutthof concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland. Photograph:Christian Charisius/Pool/AP
This week, a 99-year-old German woman, who worked in a Nazi-era concentration camp office in her late teens, was confirmed guilty of being an accessory to murder on more than 10,000 counts. Irmgard Furchner worked as a secretary in the Stutthof concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland between June 1943 to April 1945, when she was aged 18 and 19. Up to 65,000 people are estimated to have died in the camp.
80 years later, Furchner is still alive – and facing the consequences of her involvement in the camp.Heat-related deaths likely to increase significantly in Ireland over coming decadesToday, on In the News, Irish Times Berlin correspondent Derek Scally discusses why this 99-year-old woman was put on trial and the implications of Germany’s belated wave of Nazi-era prosecutions.
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