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Ben Ferencz

American lawyer and pacifist born in Romania (Great Romania Kingdom) · United States · Academics · Lived 1920 to 2023 · aged 103

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Benjamin Berell Ferencz 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 US authorities at Nuremberg, Germany.

A life in dates

2023Died7 April 20232022Congressional Gold MedalAward2021Pahl Peace PrizeAward2013Medal of honor Dag HammarskjoldAward2010Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2009Erasmus PrizeAward1980National Jewish Book AwardsAward1920Born11 March 1920

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Friedrich Bergold (attorney for Ernst Biberstein), Ferencz, and Rudolf Aschenauer (attorney for Otto Ohlendorf) during the Einsatzgruppen TrialFriedrich Bergold (attorney for Ernst Biberstein), Ferencz, and Rudolf Aschenauer (attorney for Otto Ohlendorf) during the Einsatzgruppen TrialFerencz in 2012Ferencz in 2012Benjamin Ferencz walkway in The Hague, in the vicinity of the Peace PalaceBenjamin Ferencz walkway in The Hague, in the vicinity of the Peace Palace

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Awards

Congressional Gold Medal2022
Pahl Peace Prize2021
Medal of honor Dag Hammarskjold2013
Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2010
Erasmus Prize2009
National Jewish Book Awards1980
Service Star

About this person

Benjamin Berell Ferencz 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 US authorities at Nuremberg, Germany. When the Einsatzgruppen reports were discovered, Ferencz pushed for a trial based on their evidence. When confronted with a lack of staff and resources, he personally volunteered to serve as the prosecutor.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1920 to 2023 · aged 103

Academics from the United States 6

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