Status: 05.10.2021 3:28 p.m.
The trial of a former concentration camp secretary was due to begin last Thursday. But she had previously fled her nursing home in Quickborn. The 96-year-old defendant was released from pre-trial detention, which was then ordered.
According to a spokeswoman for the Itzehoe Regional Court, the defendant had filed a complaint. As a result, she was brought before the court again today. The third large youth chamber of the Itzehoe regional court examined the complaint and subsequently suspended the arrest warrant. As a result, the former concentration camp secretary will be released from custody until the start of the trial.
Defendants should be present at the beginning of the trial
The Itzehoe Regional Court has not commented on the content of the complaint. There was also no information on further security measures ordered by the chamber. According to a court spokeswoman, it is ensured that the 96-year-old will be present on the next day of the trial in two weeks. The defendant was last Thursday did not appear at the beginning of the trial. According to the court, she fled her nursing home in Quickborn in a taxi that morning. After her escape, the defendant said she was innocent and would not appear at future hearings either.
Indictment: Aiding and abetting murder
The 96-year-old has been charged with complicity in murder in more than 11,000 cases. She had worked as a typist in the Stutthof concentration camp near Danzig from 1943 to 1945. At that time she was 18 and 19 years old respectively. There the secretary in the commandant’s office is said to have known about what was going on in the camp. It is the first time that a civil employee should be negotiated. Because of the great interest in the process, the district court had moved the hearing to a hall of a logistics company in Itzehoe.
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