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Benjamin B. Ferencz
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Ferencz standing in the courtroom where the Nuremberg trials were held, 2012
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| Born | March 11, 1920 |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Harvard Law School City College of New York |
| Occupation | Lawyer |
Benjamin Berell Ferencz (born March 11, 1920) is a Romanian-born American lawyer of Hungarian-Jewish descent. 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 twelve military trials held by the U.S. authorities at Nuremberg, Germany.
Later, he became an advocate of the establishment of an international rule of law and of an International Criminal Court. From 1985 to 1996, he was Adjunct Professor of International Law at Pace University.
Ferencz was interviewed by Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes about his role at the Nuremberg Trials. He was 99-years-old at the time of the television interview.
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Benjamin Ferencz, aged 27
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