Benjamin Ferencz
Benjamin Ferencz · Civil Rights & Human Rights
Chief prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen trial at Nuremberg and lifelong campaigner for an International Criminal Court and the rule of law over aggression.
1920, Somcuta Mare, Transylvania (then Hungary, now Romania) — 2023, Boynton Beach, Florida, USA
New York; The Hague; Florida
Benjamin Ferencz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Civil Rights & Human Rights — Chief prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen trial at Nuremberg and lifelong campaigner for an International Criminal Court and the rule of law over aggression.
Benjamin Ferencz was a Jewish American lawyer, born in Transylvania, who at 27 served as chief prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen trial at Nuremberg, prosecuting mass murderers of the Holocaust. He spent the rest of his life campaigning for an International Criminal Court and for the rule of law over the crime of aggression. He became a global symbol of accountability for atrocity.
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Chief prosecutor at the Einsatzgruppen trial at Nuremberg and lifelong campaigner for an International Criminal Court and the rule of law over aggression.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_B._Ferencz
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