Memoirs of Ben - Nuremberg Prosecutor and World Peace Advocate

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Benjamin Ferencz tells the story of New York in the 1920s, his adolescence in poor neighborhoods. A Harvard graduate (in law) when nothing destined him for it, he joined the army in 1943 under the orders of General Patton and was confronted with the violence of the Second World War: he witnessed the landing at Omaha Beach and the liberation of certain concentration camps, investigation for the first war crimes trials. In 1946, he was sent back to Germany to participate in the Nuremberg trials. He would be at the origin of the Einsatzgruppen trial. He shares his memories of this trial, the hearing and the lack of remorse of the accused. From 1948, Benjamin Ferencz was entrusted with various victim reparation programs, first in Berlin until 1956 then in New York where he was in charge of the IG Farben and Krupp files (forced labor of concentration camp inmates). From 1970 onwards, he concentrated on legal and diplomatic work and personally contributed to the establishment of the International Criminal Court. Today he is called upon on all major international legal issues. In this text, he notably reacts to the trial of Saddam Hussein and the assassinations of Bin Laden and Gaddafi.