Irmgard Furchner

Irmgard Furchner
Born
Irmgard Dirksen[1]

(1925-05-29) 29 May 1925 (age 99)
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Secretary, stenographer
Known forWorking at the Stutthof concentration camp
Spouse
Heinz Furchtsam
(died 1972)
Conviction(s)Accessory to murder (11,412 counts)
Accessory to attempted murder (18 counts)
Criminal penaltyTwo-year suspended jail term

Irmgard Furchner (née Dirksen; 29 May 1925) is a German war criminal. She is a former concentration camp secretary and stenographer at the Stutthof concentration camp, where she worked for camp commandant Paul-Werner Hoppe.[2] In 2021, at the age of 96, she was charged with 11,412 counts of accessory to murder and 18 additional counts of accessory to attempted murder,[3][4][5] and in December 2022, she was found guilty and sentenced to a suspended jail term of two years.[6][7] This conviction would also later be upheld by the German Federal Court of Justice in August 2024.[8][9]

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