German court convicts ex-Nazi camp secretary
By DW
22 December 2022 |
11:16 am
In possibly Germany's last trial for Nazi crimes, a 97-year-old former secretary at the Stutthof death camp was convicted of complicity in the murder of more than 10,000 people.
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