OPINION: 'The German judiciary is finally showing clearly that anyone and everyone who participated in the running of the concentration camp system during the Nazi era must answer for it one day.' DW's RichthofenLuisa comments on the trial in Itzehoe:
., aged 97, was given a two-year suspended sentence. She was charged with accessory to murder in thousands of cases. near the city of Gdansk, which was then part of Nazi Germany. As a secretary to the camp commander, she aided and abetted Nazi Germany's killing machinery. Now, she has to answer for that. For me, it's a historic verdict.First of all, it is because with Ms. F., one of the last links of a long chain of perpetrators and accomplices of theon trial.
Secondly, more has become known about Stutthof as a result of the verdict. Such proceedings always entail extensive investigations. In the 14 months since the trial began, the files have grown significantly. Fourteen witnesses testified, eight of them were Stutthof survivors. Some told their stories to the public for the first time. None of this is legal paper-pushing. They are important historical testimonies and findings.Thirdly, this trial might have a healing effect in particular for the victims and their families. Here, before a German court, their suffering and their terrible experiences in the camp are recognized, something some of them have had to wait for all their lives.
Finally, there is perhaps hope that this message is a global wake-up call and a warning. And that the perpetrators of
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