Overview
Benjamin Ferencz
Known For
Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"
Six million Jews died during World War II, both in...
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
A fascinating portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg...
La justice allemande face aux criminels nazis
Law Not War
Chronicles the adventurous life of Hungarian-born Jewish lawyer Benjamin Ferencz,...
Watchers of the Sky
Five interwoven stories of remarkable courage from Nuremberg to Rwanda,...
Biography
Benjamin Berell Ferencz (March 11, 1920 – April 7, 2023) was an American lawyer. He was an investigator of Nazi war crimes after World War II and the chief prosecutor for the United States Army at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, one of the 12 Subsequent Nuremberg Trials held by the U.S. authorities at Nuremberg, Germany. Later, he became an advocate of international rule of law and for the establishment of an International Criminal Court. From 1985 to 1996, he was an adjunct professor of international law at Pace University.