Irmgard Furchner, Last Person Convicted for Holocaust Crimes in Germany, Dies at 99

Her death marks the symbolic closure of Nazi-era prosecutions, decades after her role in aiding mass atrocities at Stutthof concentration camp.

Irmgard Furchner, a former Nazi secretary convicted in 2022 for complicity in the murder of over 10,000 people, has died at the age of 99.
She served as a secretary to SS commander Paul-Werner Hoppe at the Stutthof concentration camp between 1943 and 1945, directly supporting systemic atrocities.
Furchner was sentenced to a two-year suspended term in a juvenile court due to her age at the time of the crimes, with her appeal rejected in 2024.
Her conviction underscored the legal accountability of administrative roles in genocide and was described as one of the final reckonings for Holocaust crimes.
Her death brings a symbolic end to Germany’s decades-long pursuit of justice for Nazi-era atrocities, nearly 80 years after the Holocaust.