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Legacy of Nuremberg: 75 Years Later

Virtual Event
Chief prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz presents documents as evidence at the Einsatzgruppen Case. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Benjamin Ferencz

Chief prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz presents documents as evidence at the Einsatzgruppen Case. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Benjamin Ferencz

After the end of World War II, members of the Nazi leadership were tried in Nuremberg, Germany. Benjamin Ferencz served as a war crimes investigator shortly after liberation and later as the lead prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen case, which the Associated Press called “the biggest murder trial in history.” He was 27 years old. It was his first case. All 22 Nazi officials tried for murdering over a million Jews were convicted. 

Now, 75 years after the opening of the Nuremberg trials, join a conversation with Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor; Naomi Kikoler, director of the Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, and Barry Avrich, director and producer of the film Prosecuting Evil, to explore how the next generation can continue this fight for justice for victims of atrocity crimes.

To learn more about the legacy of Nuremberg Prosecutor Ben Ferencz in international justice today, watch Prosecuting Evil on Netflix.

Speakers
Benjamin B. Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor and lifelong advocate of “law not war”
Naomi Kikoler, Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide
Barry Avrich, Director and Producer, Prosecuting Evil

Registration is required.

For more information, please contact Andres Abril at aabril@ushmm.org.

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