This 97-year-old woman was just convicted for Nazi war crimes that led to the deaths of 10,505 people …
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00:00A 97-year-old woman was just convicted of aiding and abetting the murder of 10,505
00:05people. The woman was a Nazi concentration camp secretary for two years, a job she began when
00:10she was 18 years old. She was convicted in a German court of Nazi war crimes and received a
00:15two-year suspended sentence given her age at the time. The concentration camp where the woman worked
00:20is responsible for an estimated 65,000 deaths. According to a court statement, the 97-year-old
00:26was responsible for completing paperwork that was necessary for the organization of the camp
00:31and the execution of the cruel systematic acts of killing. Earlier in the trial, the woman
00:36apologized and regretted that she worked at the concentration camp during that time. Her trial
00:40was originally set to begin in September 2021, but was delayed when she attempted to go on the run.
00:45It was mere hours before she was apprehended. According to Reuters, this conviction could be
00:50one of Germany's last trials related to World War II crimes.