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   She held an administrative job in northern Germany. Information on   
   survivors was not available.   
      
   When Ms. Furchner appealed her conviction, her lawyer argued that she was   
   only carrying out ordinary duties.   
      
   But in the ruling against her by Germany’s federal court of justice in   
   August 2024, the judges wrote, “The principle that typical, neutral   
   professional activities of an ‘everyday’ nature are not criminal does not   
   apply here since the defendant knew what the main perpetrators were doing   
   and supported them doing it.”   
      
   Christopher F. Schuetze contributed reporting.   
      
   Richard Sandomir, an obituaries reporter, has been writing for The Times   
   for more than three decades.   
      
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