English source-aligned edition
Irmgard Furchner
Irmgard Furchner served as stenographer in the camp commandant’s office. The profile reconstructs the person’s function in Stutthof through documented office, decisions, supervision or operational conduct. It does not assign every crime committed by an institution or region to one individual.
Confirmed findings
- Irmgard Furchner, née Dirksen, was born on 29 May 1925 and died on 14 January 2025. (Source: cited record)
- From 1 June 1943 to 1 April 1945 she worked as a stenographer in the commandant’s office of Stutthof concentration camp. (Source: cited record; Source: cited record)
- The court found that through clerical work necessary to the commandant’s office she knowingly aided the murder of 10,505 prisoners and attempted murder in 5 cases. (Source: cited record; Source: cited record)
- On 20 December 2022 she received a suspended sentence of 2 years; on 20 August 2024 the Federal Court of Justice upheld the conviction. (Source: cited record; Source: cited record)
Place in the chain of responsibility
The profile attributes to her only the aiding and abetting established by the final judgment, not the personal commission of killings. (Source: cited record; Source: cited record)
Key events and mechanisms
- From 1 June 1943 to 1 April 1945 she worked in the office of the Stutthof commandant. (Source: cited record; Source: cited record)
- She was convicted on 20 December 2022, and on 20 August 2024 the Federal Court of Justice dismissed her appeal. (Source: cited record; Source: cited record)
The circle records authority, function and agency. Several profiles may describe different parts of the same persecution chain, so profile-level totals must not be added together.
Postwar accountability
She was convicted in 2022; the judgment became final after the Federal Court of Justice ruling in 2024. Because the sentence was suspended, she did not serve it in prison. (Source: cited record; Source: cited record)
Limits of the evidence
The profile is limited to the courts’ findings about her work in the commandant’s office. It does not attribute direct killing or conduct not identified in the judgment. No portrait with clearly documented reuse rights was found. (Source: cited record; Source: cited record; Source: cited record)
Sources
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