German battery cell manufacturer Customcells has opened its new company headquarters in Itzehoe whose foundation stone was laid in November 2022 will house a research center in addition to the administration “Our new building at the Itzehoe site is more than just our company headquarters – it is our laboratory for the future,” says Dirk Abendroth “Research is fundamental to systematically underpinning and expanding our own claim as a premium battery cell manufacturer We want to continue investing in Germany and massively increase our track record of patent applications,” says Abendroth Around 160 employees will use the new company headquarters in future The new building is a four-storey timber construction was built “in a particularly resource-efficient manner” the adaptable room layout enables flexible new work concepts and space for meetings dialogue and exchange,” says the company The building is powered entirely by electricity from renewable energy sources and there are also e-charging stations on the factory premises The investments in the Itzehoe site are not over for Customcells A machine for global battery production has already been ordered and the next expansion stages are being planned The company had already announced at the foundation stone ceremony in November 2022 that it would be expanding the acquired site by a further 5,749 square meters over the next five years Customcells likes to see itself as a pioneer of modern battery technology and therefore emphasizes the research focus of the company and the new company headquarters “With state-of-the-art battery cell technology we have the key to the opportunity of the century in our hands,” says Abendroth “Because the sustainable energy transition is not possible without high-performance batteries But without political support and a clear commitment to companies from the region The Customcells boss also used his speech at the opening to comment on the federal budget and the cuts to the Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF) “I think it is legitimate to demand that domestic hidden champions in Germany receive equal support alongside American Chinese and Swedish companies,” appealed the CustomCells CEO in his speech at least the agreement in the Budget Committee provides for a small portion of the originally cut funding for battery research to be retained after all presseportal.de (in German) I agree with the Privacy policy electrive has been following the development of electric mobility with journalistic passion and expertise since 2013 we offer comprehensive coverage of the highest quality — as a central platform for the rapid development of this technology semiconductor group Vishay has begun building a new chip factory in Itzehoe at a cost of USD 400 million (EUR 372 million) and creating 150 new jobs Company representatives as well as politicians and business people attended the groundbreaking ceremony on Monday (March 20 2023) for the new factory which is expected to double production from 2025 This comes as the group’s existing factory reaches its limits Vishay is on course for growth with rising demand for its silicon wafers on which microchips are manufactured Hopes are now high that the second factory the shell of which is due for completion in late 2023 Managing Director of Vishay Siliconix Itzehoe GmbH we are proud to be making Europe less dependent on producers in other parts of the world and vulnerable supply chains." Tilo Bormann added: "We will not let short-term fluctuations in the semiconductor market dissuade us from pursuing long-term strategies The automotive industry will continue to rely on our technologies in future." Vishay’s wafers which have been produced in Itzehoe since 2015 The new factory should secure the jobs of 500 employeesat present The search is now underway for another 150 employees to produce 300-millimetre wafers The investment in the factory in the Hamburg Metropolitan region is one of the largest in Vishay’s history with first deliveries expected from early 2026 the Itzehoe Regional Court in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein sentenced 97-year-old Irmgard Furchner a former secretary at the Stutthof concentration camp near Gdansk to a suspended juvenile sentence of two years for aiding and abetting murder in more than 10,500 cases Furchner worked at the concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Poland between June 1943 and April 1945 as a secretary to camp commandant Paul Werner Hoppe she “assisted those in charge of the camp in the systematic killing of detainees.” It is the first trial in which a civilian employee of a concentration camp stood trial Since Furchner was between 18 and 19 years old at the time the trial against her was held before the Juvenile Chamber of the Itzehoe Regional Court The trial took place in a warehouse in the industrial area of Itzehoe which had been converted into an improvised courtroom numerous joint plaintiffs and their attorneys and social distancing rules from coronavirus protection measures as the defendant had initially attempted to evade the start of the trial by fleeing from her senior citizens’ residence in Quickborn by cab on September 30 the court heard witness testimony of eight joint plaintiffs over 40 days These concentration camp survivors recounted the suffering and mass death at Stutthof they desired to present the monstrous crimes of the Nazi regime Through the international media they also wanted to let a larger audience know what had been done to them and their relatives All those involved were well aware that the sentence could only have a symbolic character after such a long time But it was important to them that these acts as well as those who had participated in and enabled them They did not want what had happened at that time to be forgotten survivors of the Stutthof concentration camp and their relatives simultaneously made a case against the current dangers of fascism and war Whoever worked in it was guilty of making these atrocities possible Claims by the defendants and their defense attorneys that they had no knowledge of much of what went on in the camp were not very credible from the outset and were refuted during the trial both by the historical expert and by the testimony of survivors of the Stutthof concentration camp The Stutthof concentration camp is less well known than the camps at Auschwitz The camp in Nazi-occupied Poland was opened on September 2 one day after the German Wehrmacht [military] invaded Poland It stood until the end of World War II and was liberated by Red Army soldiers on May 9 Immediately after the invasion of Poland by the Wehrmacht members of parliament and academics from Danzig the prisoners were forced to construct the buildings on the camp grounds themselves Of several hundred Danzig Jews who were captured and brought to Stutthof by mid-September 1939 Stutthof is considered the first concentration camp outside the German border which it retained until the end of the war Its incorporation into the concentration camp system enabled integration of the prisoners into the war economy of the German Reich The economic profit that the SS derived from the exploitation or “renting” of prisoners to private companies and farms amounted to an estimated 10 million Reichsmarks for the years 1942 to 1944 the SS imprisoned more than 100,000 people in deplorable conditions during World War II At least 65,000 people were murdered at Stutthof Many died by a gunshot to the neck (there was a special facility for this) or in a gas chamber built on the camp grounds and epidemics due to the deliberately inadequate food supply and nonexistent medical care A key witness in the trial was historian Stefan Hördler who spoke as an expert witness at 14 sessions Among the testimonies Hördler read out in court on March 1 2022 was that of an SS man who had married the defendant after the war He had testified in 1954: “In the Stutthof camp This was talked about in the commandant’s staff.” Another SS man that in about six cases he had observed men and women being forced to climb into narrow gauge rail cars whose doors had then been closed based on several statements made by SS men and civilian employees of the Stutthof concentration camp in the post-war period that the camp’s staff knew very well about the crimes committed in the camp The expert rejected the defendant’s claim that only orders and invoices had passed over her desk he cited several letters concerning prisoner transports: One of these letters was about the deportation of almost 2,000 Jewish prisoners to Auschwitz testified as a witness before the court in Itzehoe Salomonovic was the only survivor of the Stutthof concentration camp to appear in court in person He had long hesitated on whether to testify and came to Itzehoe only with the greatest reluctance and only because his wife and his lawyer had convinced him of the importance of his testimony In an interview with NDR shortly before the end of the trial In court he described the deportation and the suffering of his family Salomonovic was deported from Prague first to Auschwitz and then He had been deported together with his mother His father was murdered in September 1944 in the Stutthof concentration camp with a phenol injection to the heart when he asked for medicine in the camp hospital barracks In the interview shortly before the end of the trial Salomonovic and his wife stated that they were convinced of Irmgard Furchner’s guilt “This is symbolic,” Josef Salomonovic explained For conscience.” He stressed that it was also important for future generations to understand that in a crime like the Holocaust 93-year-old Asia Shindelman recounted her ordeal via video link from the United States she and her parents were initially moved to a ghetto they were deported to the Stutthof concentration camp near Danzig She described how SS guards received her and her parents an uncle and grandmother with whips and dogs “The Germans could also beat us to death.” After a month she was taken to a external camp where she and other Jewish women were made to dig trenches for military defense Shindelman described her experiences on the death march from Stutthof concentration camp and her mother had had to help dig trenches and build tank traps as forced laborers in the bitterly cold last months of the war 94-year-old concentration camp survivor Abraham Koryski described the atrocities he had witnessed and suffered as a 16-year-old in the Stutthof concentration camp between September 1944 and the end of January 1945 He addressed the court by video from Israel Koryski reported how he had to collect the still-hot human bones in the crematorium and that he had been surrounded by corpses every day and on several occasions he had observed executions Important in connection with the trial of Furchner was his testimony that everyone in the camp had known about the goings-on 97-year-old Towa-Magda Rosenbaum testified as a survivor had been deported to the Stutthof concentration camp together with her sister the plague of lice and the blows of the guards and many of them succumbed to their illnesses shortly thereafter 95-year-old survivor Halina Strnad of Melbourne I was spat on.” When she collapsed in pain and lay on the ground she suffered a fractured skull and several broken ribs she had to undergo two operations as a result Strnad had been taken from Auschwitz to the Stutthof concentration camp near Danzig in September 1944 almost all the women who were imprisoned with her in a barrack fell ill with typhus She was told by fellow prisoners that the many dead were burned in a pit The camp constantly reeked of burning corpses “I cannot imagine how it was possible not to know what was happening since there was this permanent stench of burned corpses,” Strnad said who testified by video link from Warsaw on June 28 had been taken to the Stutthof concentration camp with his brother in May 1944 He reported that he and his family had previously been active in the Polish resistance against the German occupiers Dunin-Wasowicz said that since his time in the concentration camp he knew what fear and hunger were He likewise reported that there was a constant stench of burned corpses in the camp especially when there was not enough space in the crematoria Then the murdered and deceased were burned on pyres The defendant Irmgard Furchner followed the testimonies of the joint plaintiffs and survivors via a monitor and headphones Furchner remained silent for the entire duration of the trial Only at the end did she utter three short sentences I regret that I was in Stutthof at that time One week after Furchner was sentenced by the Itzehoe Regional Court at the end of December representatives of both the joint plaintiffs and the defendant’s defense filed an appeal against the verdict Furchner’s two defense attorneys demanded an acquittal for their client Even after the trial with its extensive evidence they claim that it could not be proven beyond doubt that Irmgard Furchner had known about the systematic killings in the camp The Federal Supreme Court must now examine whether there was a procedural error As the World Socialist Web Site has previously clarified these trials of the murderous regime’s abettors have come so late because the German judiciary has shown little interest in prosecuting Nazi crimes their perpetrators and supporters throughout the postwar period Earlier efforts to bring to justice those responsible for atrocious mass crimes have often been prevented or rebuffed One important reason for this was the virtually seamless transition of German lawyers judges and prosecutors with Nazi pasts into the judicial apparatus of the Federal Republic there has never been a real coming to terms and reckoning with the monstrous crimes of the Nazi dictatorship For decades, it was necessary to prove that the SS henchmen in the concentration camps had committed specific murders of specific persons in order to be able to bring charges against them at all. This was often very difficult or impossible because fewer and fewer eyewitnesses were still alive. This only changed with the Demjanjuk trial which ended in May 2011 with the conviction of the defendant anyone who participated in any way in systematic killings in concentration camps can be charged with accessory to murder a systematic search was conducted for SS men who were still alive and who had participated in the Holocaust In 2015, the trial of former SS man Oskar Gröning, who worked on the ramp at Auschwitz, took place. Gröning's conviction for aiding and abetting the murder of more than 300,000 Jews at the Auschwitz concentration and extermination camp was upheld by the Federal Supreme Court in September 2016. However, he never served his sentence. Gröning died in a hospital in March 2018 at the age of 96. Armstrong Williams takes on the news of the week and asks the questions you want answered. Don’t miss our weekly town hall. German court convicts 97-year-old ex-secretary at Nazi campby GEIR MOULSON | Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Tuesday convicted a 97-year-old woman of being an accessory to more than 10,000 murders for her role as a secretary to the SS commander of the Nazis' Stutthof concentration camp during World War II The Itzehoe state court in northern Germany gave her a two-year suspended sentence for being an accessory to murder in 10,505 cases and an accessory to attempted murder in five cases The court said judges were convinced that Furchner “knew and through her work as a stenographer in the commandant’s office of the Stutthof concentration camp from June 1 deliberately supported the fact that 10,505 prisoners were cruelly killed by gassings by hostile conditions in the camp,” by transportation to the Auschwitz death camp and by being sent on death marches at the end of the war "The promotion of these acts by the accused took place through the completion of paperwork" in the camp commander's office “This activity was necessary for the organization of the camp and the execution of the cruel The verdict and sentence were in line with prosecutors' demands Defense lawyers had asked for their client to be acquitted arguing that the evidence hadn’t shown beyond doubt that Furchner knew about the systematic killings at the camp meaning there was no proof of intent as required for criminal liability Furchner said she was sorry for what had happened and regretted that she had been at Stutthof at the time Furchner appeared to follow the verdict attentively but didn’t show any obvious emotion It wasn’t immediately clear whether she would appeal though lawyer Wolf Molkentin said the defense team thinks the case presents “insurmountable doubts” as to her guilt But presiding Judge Dominik Gross said it was “simply beyond all imagination” that Furchner didn’t notice the killings at Stutthof He said she could see from her office the collection point where new prisoners had to wait after arrival and the crematorium was in constant use in the fall of 1944 Furchner was tried in juvenile court because she was 18 and 19 at the time of the alleged crimes and the court couldn't establish beyond doubt her “maturity of mind” at the time of the alleged offenses Gross nonetheless noted Tuesday that she could have resigned from her position at any time Furchner tried to skip the start of her trial in September 2021 but police later picked her up and she was placed in detention for several days the top Nazi hunter at the Simon Wiesenthal Center said that “today’s verdict is the best that could be achieved given the fact that she was tried in a juvenile court." “In view of Furchner’s recent statement to the court that she ‘regretted everything,’ we were concerned that the court might accept her defense attorney’s plea for an acquittal," Zuroff said in a statement "Yet given her claim that she had no knowledge of the murders being committed in the camp Prosecutors in Itzehoe said during the proceedings that Furchner's trial may be the last of its kind a special federal prosecutors’ office in Ludwigsburg tasked with investigating Nazi-era war crimes says another five cases are currently pending with prosecutors in various parts of Germany Charges of murder and accessory to murder aren't subject to a statute of limitations Initially a collection point for Jews and non-Jewish Poles removed from Danzig Stutthof was later used as a so-called “work education camp” where forced laborers were sent to serve sentences and often died tens of thousands of Jews from ghettos in the Baltics and from Auschwitz filled the camp along with thousands of Polish civilians swept up in the brutal Nazi suppression of the Warsaw uprising Others incarcerated there included political prisoners people suspected of homosexual activity and Jehovah’s Witnesses More than 60,000 people were killed at the camp Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker who worked at Stutthof concentration camp during the second world war A 97-year-old former secretary at a Nazi concentration camp has been found guilty of complicity in the murder of more than 10,500 people imprisoned there who has been on trial in the northern German town of Itzehoe for more than a year spoke to the court on one occasion earlier this month to say she was sorry for what had happened The start of her trial was delayed in September 2021 when she briefly went on the run she was found by police hours later on the outskirts of Hamburg after which she was held in custody for five days and fitted with an electronic wrist tag Furchner had worked at the Stutthof camp between 1943 and 1945 as a secretary to the camp commandant She was tried in a juvenile court owing to her age at the time the crimes were committed She is the first civilian woman in Germany to have been held responsible for crimes committed in a Nazi concentration camp said the trial would be “one of the worldwide last criminal trials related to crimes of the Nazi era” and took the unusual step of allowing the proceedings to be recorded for “historical purposes” which took place over 40 days of sessions of about two hours’ duration due to the accused’s advanced age heard from 30 survivors and relatives of prisoners of Stutthof from the US It also heard from historical experts who gave details of the daily life at Stutthof and the role Furchner played in assisting the bureaucratic processing of prisoners as well as information about the treatment of prisoners including torture methods and the procedures involved in the systematic murder of thousands of them Many prisoners were left to starve and freeze in the open air for which the prison had a specially built facility One of the most memorable testimonies was that of 84-year-old Josef Salomonovic who survived Stutthof and gave evidence in December 2021 after travelling to the court from his home in the Czech Republic Salomonovic held up a photograph of his father and addressed Furchner directly he said he had wanted to confront her with the image of his father even if she was only sitting in the office,” he said in what was then territory that had been annexed by Germany There they saw for themselves the proximity of Furchner’s desk – in the office she shared with other secretaries – to the workings of the camp’s death machinery They concluded that the view she had from her window along with the orders she was instructed to process on her typewriter and via telephone were enough for her to have had sufficient insight into and have therefore actively participated in what was going on in the camp Furchner conversed regularly with the judge through her lawyer She typically was brought to court in an ambulance flanked by doctors wearing sunglasses and a face mask and in a wheelchair Free weekly newsletterThe most pressing stories and debates for Europeans – from identity to economics to the environment said his client did not deny the crimes that had taken place in Stutthof but denied having been guilty of them herself who was deported to Stutthof in August 1944 and spent more than eight months there as a slave worker before being sent on a death march just days before the war ended and finally being liberated in Germany in May 1945 said he could not believe that Furchner did not know what was happening where she worked “It is my belief that it would have been impossible for Furchner not to have known what was going on there Everything was documented and progress reports including how much human hair had been harvested who later settled in the UK where he married and had children said the importance of the trial was in letting the world know “that there is no limitation of time for crimes of such cruelty or magnitude” but he was disappointed at the two-year suspended sentence No one in their right mind would send a 97-year-old to prison but the sentence should reflect the severity of the crimes how can it be that someone convicted for complicity in 10,000 murders is given the same sentence?” Karen Pollock, the chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust said the trial had shown that the passage of time was “no barrier to justice when it comes to those involved in perpetrating the worst crimes mankind has ever seen “Stutthof was infamous for its cruelty and suffering … the testimony shared by survivors during this trial has been harrowing and their bravery in reliving such horrific memories must be commended.” The half-day escape attempt of a 96-year-old former secretary at the Stutthof concentration camp who was to face trial on Thursday but fled from authorities ended at noon when the police brought her before a judge Irmgard Furchner is charged with being an accessory to 11,000 counts of murder, according to a statement released by Itzehoe Regional Court She worked as a stenotypist and secretary between June 1943 and July 1945 thus allegedly aiding those responsible for the camp in the systematic killing of prisoners “Dear judge,” Irmgard F. wrote in a September 8 letter to the court, according to WELT “Due to my age and physical limitations I will not attend the court dates and ask my defense counsel to represent me I would like to spare myself this embarrassment and not make a laughing stock of myself.” Nobody expected her to follow through with those announcements The former secretary, who usually resides in her home in Quickborn, in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein, began her escape in the early hours of Thursday morning, Süddeutsche Zeitung reports “She took a taxi,” said a court spokesperson Her destination was the Norderstedt subway station and was detained by police at the outskirts of Norderstedt — roughly 10 kilometers from her home as well as 12 representatives of the joint plaintiffs state prosecutors and others sat perplexed in the courtroom as it was announced that Furchner had failed to be picked up by police that morning An estimated 65,000 prisoners died in the Stutthof concentration camp during World War II Furchner is considered a typical “desk criminal,” whose work enabled the Nazis’ destructive regime she claimed she “Didn’t do anything as an 18/19-year-old to answer for as a 96-year-old.” The estimated cost of the necessary supercomputer is between €300 million and €400 million NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino will take over running the company Technology to regulate power consumption could also be used to take down Germany’s telecoms networks The Czech Republic is testing a new approach to controlling psychoactive substances "Our technology allows us to make elegant glasses You cannot tell they are augmented reality-enabled," said Ulrich Hofmann square module with an edge length of a few millimeters protective glass dome with a tiny mirror in the centre it can be tilted around two axes up to 100,000 times per second the mirror guides light in the visible spectral range and in the near infrared to a random area in a given space The Fraunhofer Institute's clean production facilities in Itzehoe will not be sufficient to supply enough "light engines." Thus Hofmann is laying plans for production with the European semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics in northern Italy Jena and in the heart of Silicon Valley in Palo Alto the R&D centre for ever better for microelectromechanical modules or MEMS systems will remain in Itzehoe and thus in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.jol/nj/pb BERLIN (AP) — A 96-year-old former secretary for the Stutthof concentration camp’s SS commander appeared before a court in northern Germany on Tuesday to formally hear the charges against her The indictment read out before the state court in Itzehoe charges Irmgard Furchner with more than 11,000 counts of accessory to murder Furchner had tried to skip the start of her trial last month but was later picked up by police and placed in detention for several days The defendant was brought to the courtroom in a wheelchair Tuesday to hear the indictment Prosecutors accuse Furchner of being part of the apparatus that helped the Nazis’ Stutthof camp function during World War II more than 75 years ago She is alleged to have “aided and abetted those in charge of the camp in the systematic killing of those imprisoned there between June 1943 and April 1945 in her function as a stenographer and typist in the camp commandant’s office.” The defendant did not respond to the allegations leveled against her Tuesday Tens of thousands of people died at Stutthof and its satellite camps or on so-called death marches at the end of the war Furchner is being tried in juvenile court because she was under 21 at the time of the alleged crimes rewritten or redistributed without permission '#' : location.hash;window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUQuery = location.search === '' && location.href.slice(0 location.href.length - window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash.length).indexOf('?') !== -1 '?' : location.search;if (window.history && window.history.replaceState) {var ogU = location.pathname + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUQuery + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash;history.replaceState(null "\/liveblog_entry\/germanys-likely-last-holocaust-convict-irmgard-furchner-dies-at-99\/?__cf_chl_rt_tk=lRmGaRGPh1eDCkj2Jl1Vq5Ja9YnWe.vaEfiRRBgKHN8-1746488674-1.0.1.1-CGcBEI.H3p_2mNDvWdR7ewow3eE0HBR98hbwp2br1WU" + window._cf_chl_opt.cOgUHash);cpo.onload = function() {history.replaceState(null ogU);}}document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild(cpo);}()); German battery pioneer CustomCells has opened its new company headquarters in Itzehoe The research center is intended to drive forward the global energy and mobility transition with tailor-made battery cells The location on the so-called Energy Coast in Schleswig-Holstein is set to become a global reference for premium battery cell technology “We want to invest in Germany and massively increase our track record of patent applications,” said CustomCells CEO Dr Dirk Abendroth at the opening with representatives from politics and business in attendance There were already double-digit figures in 2023 CustomCells was founded in 2012 as a spin-off company of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft The company’s new headquarters offers 10,000 square meters of flexible working concepts the investments are not yet complete: An extruder for battery production has been ordered we have the key to an opportunity of the century,” said Abendroth “but we won’t succeed without political support.” CustomCells is working on innovative battery cells using the booster process to increase energy and power density by more than ten times compared to conventional batteries Source:https://www.presseportal.de/pm/156638/5695007 Battery News © 2023 | Imprint | Privacy Policy U.S. semiconductor manufacturer Vishay plans to expand chip production in Itzehoe and build a factory on a three-hectare site at a cost of EUR 300 million Vishay relocated production of its metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) for motor vehicles from the United States to Itzehoe The electronic parts are used to control current flows "The expanded production should meet the needs of the automotive industry in future as Vishay has a solid customer base in Germany and Europe," said Martin Schneider, Vishay's Project Manager. The company expects above-average growth thanks to the development of electro mobility and the expanded charging infrastructure The agreement will boost Itzehoe as a centre of technology and innovation Vishay is expected to create around 150 new jobs during the first phase of expansion which may also lead to more jobs at suppliers in the region Vishay Siliconix Itzehoe GmbH employs over 470 staff and produces semiconductor parts for use in the automotive and industrial sectors as well as consumer electronics. Its customers include Siemens, LG, Philips and Dell. Vishay works with the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT) in Itzehoe and specializes in the development production and integration of microelectrocmechanical components Access to trusted news and information is urgently needed right now - and when you support WXXI’s public media mission today WXXI offers Rochester and the Finger Lakes solid trusted reporting built on a mission that uses the resources and independence of public media to serve the public good Become a monthly sustainer or increase your current sustaining gift now and your gift will be matched every month for a full year Support the facts and the truth right at the source by making a commitment to public media today your generous support for the essential coverage of WXXI is critical Click 'OK' then 'Allow' to enable notifications InstagramXThreadsSnapchatTikTokYouTubeLAD Entertainment Home> News> World News Nazi concentration camp secretary Irmgard Furchner has died at the age of 99 The Itzehoe Regional Court and the Itzehoe Public Prosecutor's Office confirmed to Spiegel that she had actually died earlier this year on 14 January Furchner had been dubbed the 'secretary of evil' for her work in the Stutthof concentration camp during World War Two having been accused of being part of the camp's operation She had worked there between 1943 and 1945 in a concentration camp where over 100,000 people were incarcerated and between 63,000 and 65,000 people were murdered by the Nazi regime Stutthof was the first concentration camp established outside of German territory during the Second World War 1939 and was the last concentration camp liberated by the Allies on 9 May Due to her involvement in working at the Nazi concentration camp, Furchner had been convicted of being an accessory to murder in 10,505 cases and an accessory to attempted murder in a further five cases she was found guilty and handed a two-year suspended sentence with Furchner attempting to appeal her conviction last year but was denied Her lawyers had attempted to claim that she had not really been aware of what was happening in the concentration camp but as a stenographer to the camp commandant Paul-Werner Hoppe through her work as a stenographer in the commandant’s office of the Stutthof concentration camp from 1 June 1943 to 1 April 1945 Furchner had attempted not to attend her trial saying she would boycott it as it was 'degrading' to her She denied ever setting foot in the camp and claimed she did not know what was going on there a few hours before her trial was due to start she took a taxi from her retirement home and headed for a railway station Aged 18 at the time of the offences she was convicted of occurred Furchner went on to marry a former member of the SS The Nazi concentration camp has since been turned into a museum dedicated to preserving the history and records of the crimes against humanity carried out there Many of the camp's records were burned or moved but among the museum's exhibits are piles of thousands of shoes belonging to those who were murdered there Topics: World News Joe graduated from the University of Salford with a degree in Journalism and worked for Reach before joining the LADbible Group. When not writing he enjoys the nerdier things in life like painting wargaming miniatures and chatting with other nerds on the internet. He's also spent a few years coaching fencing. Contact him via [email protected] don't miss a thing: Our newsletter for the chemical industry lab technology and process engineering brings you up to date every Tuesday and Thursday product highlights and innovations - compact and easy to understand in your inbox The function "Store search" is only available to registered users the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT) the Renewable Energies Hamburg Industry Network (EEHH) and the training company Heinze Akademie GmbH The project is sponsored by VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH Schleswig-Holstein's west coast is becoming a battery cluster: Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck gave the go-ahead for the establishment of a qualification centre for battery specialists today in Itzehoe with the handover of a funding decision Battery cell production has developed into a key sector in Germany High-performance energy storage systems are an essential building block of the energy and mobility transition The rapidly increasing demand for batteries is creating an extraordinary market – with forecast growth rates of 30 percent annually The main driver is electromobility on our roads: in Germany alone the  government is planning for 15 million registered electric vehicles by 2030 the Europe-wide shortage of skilled workers is threatening to slow down the industry's high pace of innovation and growth opportunities To counter this in the up-and-coming lithium-ion battery industry on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein Germany's Economics Minister Robert Habeck handed over a federal funding decision for around 20 million euros to a five-member consortium group in the battery hub of Itzehoe A battery cell production miracle in Germany is possible – and an opportunity of the century The representatives of the QuW-LIB competence team (qualification and further training of specialists along the entire value chain of sustainable lithium-ion batteries) from the Hamburg metropolitan region are certain of this The consortium analyzes the battery industry's need for skilled workers and designs tailor-made qualification profiles and qualification concepts sustainability and the introduction of technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) into production require a holistic approach to education and training Production is planned to start by end of 2026 and could reach up to 50 GWh capacity This commitment is intended to close the looming skills gap in the long term – and serve as a model for the whole of Germany Background: According to estimates by the German government more than 10,000 jobs will be created in battery production use and recycling in Germany alone in the coming years With the announcement of new and future projects – especially in the field of electromobility on the road or in the air – this number could again increase significantly Germany’s far north has established itself as an area of energy innovation Due to the planned opening of Northvolt’s battery cell factory in Heide in 2026 and to the expansion plans of CustomCells - apremium battery manufacturer for the automotive and aviation industry based in Itzehoe – the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein alone will need several thousand specialist workers in this field by 2030 In order to take advantage of this positive development unbureaucratic and flexible help is needed This has now come from the German Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) in the form of a funding decision for careers for a green and electrified future in the amount of 20,101,480.65 euros The project was put out to tender two years ago; the competence group from northern Germany took part and won German Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habeck comments: "Battery technology has a key function It is enormously important for the mobility of the future the energy transition and thus for Germany as a business location overall Well-trained specialists are of immense importance for this That's why we are funding six projects across Germany to secure skilled workers in the battery sector it is clear how this implementation can succeed The project can therefore also serve as a blueprint wherever the need for skilled workers cannot be met in the current labor market this will bring us significantly closer to a sustainable and highly innovative battery ecosystem in Germany." The Fraunhofer Institute is one of the five consortium partners involved in the battery cluster on the west coast: In addition they are joined by the battery manufacturers Northvolt Germany GmbH and the CustomCells Group as well as the industry network Renewable Energies Hamburg (EEHH) as a network builder and Heinze Akademie as an education and digitalization innovator in the process The project's sponsor is VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH which initiated the funding project together with Heinze Akademie says: "The electrification of mobility is central to the energy transition And we can only meet this demand if we produce battery cells quickly This can only be done by specialists who have been trained on the latest equipment Our project is therefore a milestone for securing skilled workers in Germany as a battery location and an important step toward a sustainable future." knows that the search for expertise must go beyond the local market and Haux explains: "The European battery cell industry is an industry on the rise While other industries already have established professional roles and training paths Training cooperation with our partners at the Fraunhofer site in Itzehoe will play a key role in this." Northvolt is planning to build a gigafactory 50 kilometers to the north with 3,000 jobs and an annual production volume of 60 GWh The planned annual production could equip one million electric vehicles with batteries a competence center will be built at the site of the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicon Technology (ISIT) providing a learning path that teaches all process steps of the production value chain 600 to 900 specialists per year will be trained there at various levels of the German Qualifications Framework (DQR) – from courses at the level of industrial-technical training to specialist expertise at an academic level "Renewable energies are the engine of progress for Germany as an industrial location Schleswig-Holstein plays a pioneering role in the energy transition and the West Coast stands out as a beacon in the field of research and development far beyond the regional borders I am all the more pleased to contribute our many years of expertise in the development of innovative battery systems to this unique project," says Prof we are creating a talent factory at the highest level for the urgently needed skilled workers in the rapidly growing battery industry." "Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein benefit from good economic cooperation such as the planned establishment of Northvolt in Heide The educational offering we are developing in QuW-LIB is highly relevant for the energy transition and for many of our cluster members," affirms Jan Rispens Managing Director at Branchennetzwerk Erneuerbare Energien Hamburg (EEHH) Managing Partner of the consortium leader Heinze Akademie GmbH adds: "This project is a great opportunity for the entire region and for Germany as a business location and we see it as our responsibility to seize this opportunity in an entrepreneurial way This means that we will not only develop the most innovative and highly scalable specialist training programs but also implement them on a large scale at the earliest possible date." A positive for the battery training location: With the help of the Heinze Akademie's digitalization expertise the number of participants can be significantly increased if necessary through the use of formats in a virtual environment (VR and AR technology) which can be implemented regardless of time and place in order to meet the rapidly growing demand for specialists while at the same time simulate the use of future technologies The focus here is on producing the "green battery" which consumes as few resources as possible and can be recycled efficiently A Europe-wide network enables graduate education in modern data-driven methods for the development of catalytic reactions Artificial intelligence is set to help human examinees study more effectively Reduction of about 1,300 jobs globally intended over the next two years Headcount in Global Business Services will decline by up to 2,000 worldwide by end of 2022 Average annual investment of at least €1.5 billion until 2025 Around 250 vacancies at all locations by the end of 2019 New Teaching and Research Center for Separation The internationally experienced marketing executive joins LUMITOS from Mettler-Toledo Top Employers Institute honors leading employers worldwide Becoming a full time academic at a research university is not an easy road €4.4 million paid out in bonuses to employees each email contains a link to unsubscribe from the corresponding newsletter Very interesting class of materials for electrocatalysts discovered Scientists succeed in fully synthesizing one of the strongest natural cytotoxic substances: a great step forward for cancer research New tool turns complex process of simulating molecules in solution into a user-friendly chat TU Graz and start-up BRAVE Analytics have developed a method for detecting nanoplastics in liquids and determining their composition A third generation of biodegradable plastics could bring hope in the fight against plastic waste This research offers a potential way to repair teeth and a natural dental treatment alternative Unilever announced it has reached a new arrangement for Ben & Jerry’s in Israel which will ensure the ice cream stays available to all consumers New mathematical model demonstrates ratio of potassium to sodium intake key to regulating blood pressure AI-driven biotech research: Connected labs for faster scientific progress Start-up portrait: QuantiLight revolutionizes blood tests with home monitoring platform US laboratory market with top growth forecasts Research team shows very precise and comprehensive correlation between immune profiles and age Mushroom study expands knowledge of natural bitter compounds New insights into the brain’s default mode network Results in seconds rather than hours: Groundbreaking instrument-free assay nears completion Researchers decipher novel mode of action of natural product antibiotic New research finds mangos may be key to reducing insulin resistance in adults who are overweight or obese Interdisciplinary research approach enables breakthrough New approach could potentially mark a turning point in the antibiotics crisis NYU Tandon researchers develop technology to calculate calories and nutrients from food images This could lead to a much more compact design of quantum sensors "Nature" publication reveals the evolutionary link between two fundamental biological processes ProVeg speaks of "intermediate plateau" and underlines call for a future nutrition plan Visualization of molecular structures with unprecedented detail It is a detailed view of the brain like never seen before: allowing users to zoom in and out — from all angles Early detection of strokes and heart attacks Alzheimer's research: New in vitro laboratory study provides important insights Great sustainability ambitions and willingness to innovate despite the need to save money The topic world Battery Technology combines relevant knowledge in a unique way Here you will find everything about suppliers and their products don't miss a thing: Our newsletter for chemistry Customcells has started to expand its production facilities in Itzehoe in order to further increase capacity the newly installed facilities are to be “at the current highest level of production technology” Customcells does not specify the future capacity at the site in the announcement the mere expansion of capacity was not the sole aim of the measures introduced The company also wants to maintain “maintain the quality and safety of lithium-ion battery production at the highest possible level and to further expand capacities” At the Itzehoe site, Customcells says it primarily develops prototypes of application-specific battery cells – i.e. cells whose format and chemistry are precisely designed for the respective application profile. In addition to automotive applications, Customcells develops battery cells for Lilium’s aircraft The actual series production then takes place at the Tübingen site. According to the company, “one of the most modern cell production lines in Europe” went into operation there in the spring. Tübingen is also on the shortlist for the 100 MWh cell factory from Cellforce, the battery joint venture between Porsche and Customcells customcells.org The focus also lies on the entire value chain of lithium-ion battery cells - from development to certification and series production to recycling The workforce is expected to grow from 90 to over 160 staff by mid 2023 a new building is being built on a 10,000 square metre site in the Itzehoe-Nord Technology Park Customcells' research- and high-performance business model requires specialist know-how - and the company is not alone "Several battery plants are being built in Germany and across Europe at present The demand for skilled workers is high," Thönnessen pointed out the current shortage of skilled workers is not causing a headache "Customcells is located in the gap between research development and series production and is active in areas such as sports cars or electric flying That makes us attractive to university graduates." However the same does not apply to workers skilled in battery cells we are involved in training and are now in talks with a Hamburg-based trainer." Plans by Northvolt a Swedish manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries for electric cars to set up a branch in Heide near Customcells do not daunt Thönnessen This environment is less about competition and more about building a viable ecosystem together." Aco Water Management helps a German town reinforce its cultural identity with its Freestyle aesthetic drainage solution Seamlessly balancing the old with the new is always a tricky job for any architect. However, by using Aco Water Management's new Freestyle grating design service the German town of Itzehoe was able to use much-needed municipal infrastructure upgrades to freshen up its principal shopping street and create a bespoke aesthetic drainage solution intrinsically linked to its cultural identity The town is tucked away in the north of Germany on the banks of the River Stör. Despite being one of the oldest towns in the region Itzehoe is a hotbed of activity for start-up businesses Boosted by a thriving retail and commercial scene the town is home to a number of Germany’s leading tech firms One of Itzehoe’s highlights is the Feldschmiede – a pedestrianised area which is lined with a number of shops As part of ongoing works to improve the town’s aesthetic the local authority decided to replace the aging 1970s wastewater and storm water infrastructure underneath the Feldschmiede and combine it with essential upgrades to the area’s broadband cable network rather than a like-for-like replacement they decided to give it a modern – and personal – twist As part of the remedial work Hamburg-based consultants Kontor Freiraumplanung worked with the town’s civil engineering department to create an unmistakeable water management grating that reaffirmed Itzehoe’s proud identity and features three sturgeon motifs ‘swimming’ along the channel’s grating a design service which enables end-users or architects to create bespoke grating designs which Aco then manufactures from coated or uncoated ductile iron to sit on Aco drainage channels The bespoke Aco Freestyle channels form part of a new ‘castle street’ style paving along the Feldschmiede which pays homage to the Gloucester market town of Cirencester, Itzehoe’s twin town The design comprises of natural clinker bricks laid in a traditional herringbone pattern interspersed with sleek Aco MultiDrain channels topped with the town’s Aco Freestyle sturgeon grating The grating is fitted to the Aco MultiDrain channel using Aco’s Drainlock boltless locking system All work was undertaken with minimal disruption to local residents While the new technical infrastructure has provided a welcome modern boost to Itzehoe’s functionality the surrounding surface design innovation has allowed the town to honour its cultural identity head of Itzehoe’s civil engineering department said: 'To accommodate both the water management systems and wider electrical work we decided to lay the water pipes first followed by the broadband cables and surface design elements. This enabled us to keep the project on track with minimal disruption to those living and working locally.' head of Itzehoe’s building control department added: 'The redesign of the Feldschmiede between La-Couronne-Platz and Kirchenstraße has really enhanced the centre of Itzehoe We’ve already had brilliant feedback on this new feature of our wonderful town from both residents and visitors alike.' Freestyle gratings are available in 100mm to 200mm widths and are built to D 400 load classification. The gratings are also compatible with the new Multiline Sealin channel which has an integrated seal for easy installation as well as a being a tested solution for groundwater protection Aco Freestyle is perfect for projects where customers want to add a truly individual finish which can be integrated into the overall design of the building envelope designers can give places like Itzehoe a lasting final touch that is totally unique to a given project For more information and technical support visit: www.aco.co.uk/freestyle technologies@aco.co.uk updates and our weekly newsletter – all designed to bring you the best stories from RIBAJ.com we do not wish to create a United States of Europe but to preserve the constellation of great nations that together make up the bloc." The ceremony took place in the diocese of Cardinal Zuppi famous for his positions in favour of homosexual couples Firefighters of a local fire department clean the platform at the train station in Brokstedt after two people were killed and several others wounded in a knife attack on a regional train between the cities of Hamburg and Kiel Police announced that the alleged assailant had been captured The suspect was taken into custody at the railway station in the town of Brokstedt It was not immediately clear how many people had been injured or how serious their condition was Three months after the deadly knife rampage in Brokstedt that saw two young people murdered and five others injured public prosecutors in Germany have brought forth charges against the perpetrator “The indictment charges the accused, who is in custody, essentially with two counts of murder and four counts of attempted murder, in each case based on the murder characteristics of base motives and maliciousness,” announced senior public prosecutor Peter Müller-Rakow the spokesman for the Itzehoe public prosecutor’s office which took place on January 25th and saw Ibrahim A suddenly attack several passengers with a knife shortly before a regional train traveling from Kiel to Hamburg arrived at the Brokstedt station who had been attending vocational school together in Neumünster before they lost their lives during the attack Two others were critically injured and three more were seriously injured Over 300 friends and family, church representatives, volunteers, and politicians gathered to mourn the victims’ deaths Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein Daniel Günther (CDU) and Hamburg’s Mayor Peter Tschentscher (SPD) attending the ceremony as well Ibrahim. A., who, according to his lawyer, does not deny having carried out the heinous act, was previously known to police for multiple criminal offenses, including a separate knife attack. Despite having been on record saying “there is not just one Anis Amri I am one too,” he was deemed harmless by a prison psychiatrist and released from custody where he was being held because of an earlier knife attack he would go on to murder two and injure five during the knife attack in Schleswig-Holstein a stateless Palestinian who traveled to Germany during the height of the migrant crisis in 2015 it is up to the Itzehoe district court to decide whether to pursue the charges and set a date for an initial hearing 21.6.2021 13:46:49 CEST | news aktuell GmbH | Press release CUSTOMCELLS is one of the world’s leading companies in the development of special lithium-ion battery cells “The battery cell is the combustion chamber of the future the Cellforce Group will be instrumental in driving forward the research production and sales of high-performance battery cells,” says Oliver Blume Chairman of the Executive Board at Porsche “This joint venture allows us to position ourselves at the forefront of global competition in developing the most powerful battery cell and make it the link between the unmistakable Porsche driving experience and sustainability This is how we shape the future of the sports car.” Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and Boris Palmer accompanied the official start of the company foundation Porsche Board Member for Research and Development as well as Leopold König and Torge Thönnessen the managing directors of Customcells Itzehoe GmbH in which Porsche has a majority stake of 83.75 per cent The university town is also on the shortlist for the location of the battery factory which is to be located in close proximity to the research and development center in Weissach as well as the headquarters of Porsche AG in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen The number of employees is expected to grow from the initial workforce of 13 provided jointly by both companies to up to 80 by 2025 The Federal Republic of Germany and the state of Baden-Württemberg are funding the project with around 60 million euros “We founded CUSTOMCELLS with the aim of developing customer-specific battery cells for the most demanding of applications and this is exactly what we can now realise together with Porsche The goal for the planned production plant is to reach a minimum annual capacity of 100 MWh This is equivalent to high-performance batteries for 1,000 vehicles,” according to Torge Thönnessen “We are not only contributing our expertise in cell technology and production into our partnership with Porsche innovative strength and individual problem-solving skills,” says Leopold König “Porsche was founded as an engineering and development office in Stuttgart in 1931 you cannot purchase the technology that is at the heart of our high-performance sports cars We develop it ourselves,” says Michael Steiner “That is why it is only logical for us to develop and build the key technology of the future – the battery cell – ourselves It is just as logical that we first test this new high-tech in the most competitive of environments – motorsport Our electric sports car Taycan also received key developments and its leading technical features from the race track from the Le Mans-winning Porsche 919 Hybrid.” The idea for a manufacturing plant for high-performance battery cells came from an initiative of the P3 Group The Stuttgart-based management consultancy developed the concept and submitted in 2019 a funding application with CUSTOMCELLS as part of the European IPCEI project EuBatIn (Important Project of Common European Interest – European Battery Innovation) which aims to build up a competitive European value chain for lithium ion batteries based on innovative and sustainable technologies From the automotive industry Porsche got involved as a project partner This year P3 Group decided to maintain neutrality and independence in the market and not to be directly involved in the joint venture P3 acts as a technology consultancy with a deep technical understanding in the field of battery cells and has concluded a long-term service contract with the Cellforce Group The idea for a manufacturing plant for high-performance battery cells came from the Stuttgart-based management consultancy P3 Group and CUSTOMCELLS which already operates a small-scale production facility in Tübingen P3 and CUSTOMCELLS as part the autumn IPCEI EuBatIn (Important Project of Common Interest - European Battery Innovation) Porsche joined as a project partner from the automotive industry P3 Group decided this year to act only as an external partner in order to continue working as an independent consultant with an in-depth technical understanding of the field of battery cells Cellforce Group has signed a long-term service agreement with P3 The contracts between Porsche and CUSTOMCELLS were signed on 21 May 2021 The Managing Directors of the new Cellforce Group GmbH are Markus Gräf as Chief Operating Officer and Wolfgang Hüsken as Chief Financial Officer from Porsche and Torge Thönnessen as Chief Technology Officer from CUSTOMCELLS a subsidiary of the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) institutions and associations with effective access to both the media and consumers and supports the organizations in telling their stories easily and successfully Utilizing the digital tools “ots” and “zimpel” PR content reaches all media formats wide-reach online portals or social networks news aktuell publishes all of its clients' PR content on www.presseportal.de one of Germany's widest-reaching PR portals all relevant multipliers are reached worldwide ranging from editors and digital influencers to specialist bloggers and interested consumers Communications specialists from all over Germany rely on the expertise of the dpa subsidiary news aktuell has been on the market since 1989 and employs over 135 people Subscribe to all the latest releases from news aktuell GmbH by registering your e-mail address below Prague – 05.05.2025 - 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Polizisten stehen während der Räumung auf dem Gelände des Schlachthofs in Kellinghusen: "Persönlich finde ich das Verhalten der jungen Leute sehr gut" Stefan Hinrichs hat erst mal zwei Tage frei dass die vergangenen Tage nicht einfach waren für den Pressesprecher Hinrichs Die Polizei trug einige der Teilnehmer davon verteilte Platzverweise - insgesamt sei die Demo ruhig verlaufen Als solcher gab er dem NDR ein Interview  das ihm am Ende einen Rüffel von oberster Stelle einbringen sollte Wörtlich sagte der: "Persönlich finde ich das Verhalten der jungen Leute sehr gut dass sie so mutig sich für das Tierwohl einsetzen aber: Grundsätzlich finde ich es sehr schön dass die Tiere hier Anwälte gefunden haben." dass die Führung das so nicht stehen lassen durfte Zwei Tage nach dem Interview geben Innenstaatssekretär Torsten Geerdts (CDU) und Landespolizeidirektor Michael Wilksen eine Pressemitteilung heraus  die deutlich formuliert ist: Pressesprecher seien zu Neutralität verpflichtet bei denen der Betrieb eines Schlachthofs gestört werde dass Pressesprecher nicht zwischen offiziellem Auftrag und persönlicher Meinung unterscheiden könnten Die Deutsche Polizeigewerkschaft sagte den "Kieler Nachrichten " die Kritik hätte über den direkten Vorgesetzten erfolgen müssen Überraschend ist die Rüge auch deshalb, weil die Polizeidirektion Itzehoe schon am Tag vor der Meldung des Innenstaatssekretärs eine "Klarstellung " veröffentlicht hatte Darin wurde auf die Neutralitätspflicht der Landespolizei verwiesen dass in dem TV-Beitrag ein anderer Eindruck entstanden sei Unterschrieben hat die Meldung: Stefan Hinrichs They would have been struck by the overhead line According to local media the two people were teenagers Drama am Bahnhof in #itzehoe - 4 Jugendliche klettern auf Kesselwagen - zwei Jugendliche (17 und 18) werden durch einen Stromschlag sofort getötet - die beiden anderen flüchten (SH) pic.twitter.com/1AwLDh0LTT