German ex-secretary (96) Nazi camp released pending trial | Abroad

The suspect, Irmgard Furchner, in 1944.

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Itzehoe – A secretary of a Nazi concentration camp, the now 96-year-old suspect Irmgard Furchner, was released on Thursday pending her trial. This was announced by the court of Itzehoe, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, on Tuesday. The very old woman had been in police custody since Thursday after fleeing her trial. She took off in a taxi earlier when she was expected in court.

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