Nazi War Crimes Suspect, 96, Caught After Fleeing Trial

Two lawmakers stand next to the empty seat of the accused 96-year-old former secretary to the SS commander of the Stutthof concentration camp, at the Landgericht Itzehoe court, before a trial against her, in Itzehoe, Germany, on Sept. 30, 2021. Markus Schreiber/Pool via Reuters

BERLIN—A 96-year-old German woman was caught hours after failing to turn up for her trial on Thursday on charges of aiding and abetting mass murder in a Nazi concentration camp during World War Two, a court spokesperson said.

Irmgard Furchner is accused of having contributed as an 18-year-old to the murder of 11,412 people when she was a typist at the Stutthof concentration camp between 1943 and 1945.