Benjamin Ferencz

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Benjamin Ferencz

Born March 11, 1920 · Csolt, Szatmár County, Hungary [now Ciolt, Șomcuta Mare, Romania]

Died April 7, 2023 · aged 103

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…

Known For

The Anatomy of EvilThe Anatomy of Evil · 2005
The Anatomy of Evil
7.52005
MovieDocumentary
A Danish film essay about human evil and the motivations of mass murderers in war situations. A number of executioners divulge their bloody tales.
Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust" · 2022
Ordinary Men: The "Forgotten Holocaust"
7.42022
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Six million Jews died during World War II, both in the extermination camps and murdered by the mobile commandos of the Einsatzgruppen and police battalions, whose members shot men, women and children, day after day, obediently, as if it were a normal job, a fact that is hardly known today. Who were these men and how could they commit such crimes?
The Accountant of AuschwitzThe Accountant of Auschwitz · 2018
The Accountant of Auschwitz
6.92018
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Oskar Gröning, known as the "Accountant of Auschwitz," was charged with the murder of 300,000 Jews. When he took the stand in 2015, at the age of 94, his trial made headlines worldwide.
Bullets And BlueberriesBullets And Blueberries · 2025
Bullets And Blueberries
2025
MovieDocumentaryHistory
The Holocaust began with the indiscriminate mass shootings by the Einsatzgruppen in the bloodlands of Eastern Europe and was perfected in the gas chambers at Auschwitz. “Bullets And Blueberries” explores the motives, methods and madness of the perpetrators, using never-before-seen images captured by the killers themselves — images that fully capture the banality of evil.
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben FerenczProsecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz · 2018
Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
6.32018
MovieDocumentaryHistory
A fascinating portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, who continues to wage his lifelong crusade in the fight for law and peace.
War and JusticeWar and Justice · 2024
War and Justice
2024
MovieDocumentary
War and Justice is the first and only true-life documentary about the International Criminal Court (ICC), thanks to unprecedented access to Ben Ferencz, Luis Moreno Ocampo (ICC’s first prosecutor), and Karim Khan (its current prosecutor). Film directors Marcus Vetter and Michele Gentile follow Ocampo around the world as he enlists the support of Academy Award-winning Angelina Jolie and as they join Ferencz in the uphill battle against wars in the Congo, Libya, Palestine, and Ukraine.
Getting Away with Murder(s)Getting Away with Murder(s) · 2021
Getting Away with Murder(s)
10.02021
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Almost 1 million people in 22 countries carried out the unprovoked murder of 11 million innocent men, women and children. The Allies knew where a great many of the murderers could be found - Germany, Austria, Italy, the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, and numerous countries in South America. The Allies unanimously agreed to prosecute those responsible when they drew up The London Agreement in August 1945, but, after the late 1940s, these very same Allies did almost nothing. Why were so many were actively permitted to get away with their crimes?
Law Not WarLaw Not War · 2015
Law Not War
2015
MovieDocumentary
Chronicles the adventurous life of Hungarian-born Jewish lawyer Benjamin Ferencz, who fled to the USA as a child and later became chief war crime prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials of 1945-1949 and one of the founding members of the International Criminal Court, which entered into force in 2002.

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