At the time, aged 18-19, Irmgard Furchner worked as a typist and secretary to the camp commandant, Paul Werner Hoppe. According to her defense, the trial did not prove that she had knowledge of the systematic murders in Stutthof. But the argument was quickly brushed aside by the judges.
Refuting the idea that she had been, as she claimed, “a naive young secretary”, the Court held it “nothing” has not been “hidden from the defendants”. Elle “he had a relationship of trust” with the commander, the verdict continues. By typing the latter’s letters, Irmgard Furchner gained access to the “confidential information”.
Irmgard Furchner’s support for the Nazi machine was therefore consistent “write the commanding officer’s orders”Judge Dominik Gross explained. Due to his age at the time of the crimes, he appeared before a special juvenile court.
