In a second attempt, the trial against a former concentration camp secretary at the Itzehoe district court is to begin today (10:00 a.m.).
The 96-year-old Irmgard F. is charged with aiding and abetting murder in over 11,000 cases in the Stutthof concentration camp.
When the trial actually began on September 30, the defendant did not appear.
According to the court, she was in hiding.
Itzehoe - hours later, the woman was arrested by the police in Hamburg.
The court issued an arrest warrant.
After five days, the 96-year-old was released from custody under precautionary measures.
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The accused former concentration camp secretary caught after escaping
A 96-year-old defendant has been caught again after fleeing in the meantime.
She has to answer for aiding and abetting murder in more than 11,000 cases in the Stutthoff concentration camp before the Itzehoe regional court.
Now their suitability for detention will be checked.
The accused former concentration camp secretary caught after escaping
Trial against former concentration camp secretary postponed until October
After the defendants had escaped, the Itzeho district court postponed the trial of Nazi crimes in the Stutthof concentration camp until October 19.
"As is well known, the main hearing will not take place against a defendant who has not been charged," said the presiding judge Dominik Groß on Thursday.
The court of course assumes that the defendant will be there at the next appointment.
Trial against former concentration camp secretary postponed until October
Trial against ex-concentration camp secretary delayed after escape
After the accused had fled, the Itzehoe trial of Nazi crimes in the Stutthof concentration camp was further delayed.
Three hours after the scheduled start of the hearing, the court still had no knowledge of the whereabouts of the 96-year-olds on Thursday, a court spokeswoman said.
The presiding judge at the regional court, Dominik Groß, had previously announced that the defendant was, given the state of affairs, volatile and that the chamber had issued an arrest warrant.
Trial against ex-concentration camp secretary delayed after escape
According to the public prosecutor's office, Irmgard F. worked in the headquarters of the German concentration camp near Danzig from June 1943 to April 1945.
As a typist and typist, she is charged with helping those responsible at the camp with the systematic killing of prisoners.
According to the central office in Ludwigsburg responsible for investigating Nazi crimes, around 65,000 people died in the Stutthof concentration camp and its sub-camps as well as on the so-called death marches at the end of the war.
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