Was Irmgard Furchner Guilty?

Irmgard Furchner is being charged with killing over 10,000 people at Stutthof Concentration Camp in Poland. At first, she did try to avoid the case. Why would she flee the case if she is not guilty? Furchner was 17 at the time. Born on May 25, 1925, Irmgard Furchner grew up to be a secretary and stenographer for the Nazi concentration camp, Stutthoff. Now 76 years later she is being put on trial for the crimes she committed. She worked there in her teenage years. Furchner is now 98 years old.

First, why didn’t she say anything about the screaming and voices? Is she evil, or is she scared? She aided and abetted in over 10,000 assisted murders. She knew she was working for the Nazis and that they were killing millions of people. Why would she not have said that she heard the people in pain and screaming in agony?

“Furchner went on the run weeks before her trial was due to begin, but was found by authorities after several hours.” ( Rob, Pinchetta).

Then, did she not notice the condition of the people? How were they sick and dying? Why didn’t Furchner say anything when she saw the people come in but not back out? “Roughly 65,000 people died at the Stutthof camp near Gdansk, among them “Jewish prisoners, Polish partisans and Soviet Russian prisoners of war,” according to the indictment read out by public prosecutor Maxi Wantzen.” (Sebatian, Bronst). There were water shortages. Deadly diseases were spreading around, like typhus. There were also food shortages.

Lastly, while some people believe that she is not guilty, it isn’t true. Furchner could have reported the people and the killings. But she couldn’t have been scared. At the time she did mean to do these things. She regrets that she went to that concentration camp at the time. She realized the things that were wrong. She had recently visited the camp and noticed the bad things that had happened while she was there