The story of the Holocaust isnt of great suffering and mass extermination, the late survivor Kitia Altman once told me as she tried to explain the mechanisms of the Nazi slave labor enterprise that imprisoned her and my own mother. The last Nuremberg prosecutor still alive, Ferencz is turning 100. Getty Not to elicit a confession or probe his mind. Ben Ferencz. I am naive? Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is seen on the stand during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge on December 19, 2015 in London, England. Rich Schapiro is a reporter for the NBC News Investigative Unit. It is as if the Vatican had interceded in favor of the Gambino [crime] family because they are all good Catholics.. Dont tell me we cant put them on trial., He said, Well, can you do it in addition to your other work?, I said, Sure. Thats how I got my first case.. The 96-year-old Zilli Schmidt has made it her mission to tell the world what was done to the Romani people by the Nazi regime. Another company that was vital to the Nazis was I.G. Wage growth is slowing. Please only use it for a guidance and Ben Ferencz's actual income may vary a lot from the dollar amount shown above. Ben Ferencz has led an extraordinary life. These men would never have been murderers had it not been for the war. There is zero reason these nonprofits should have taken this money in the first placeand now they have a moral imperative to return it. Get notification with the latest net worth updates for free. Indelibly seared into my memory are the scenes I witnessed while liberating these centers of death and destruction. Now, at 102 years old, he was sitting at his desk in Delray Beach, Florida, answering a reporters questions with wit and remarkable recall. Ferencz was tasked with securing them before they were destroyed. And the father had routinely saved a piece of his bread for his son, and he kept it under his arm at He kept it under his arm at night so the other inmates wouldn't steal it, you know. Tom Hofmann. Maher: 'It's not wrong' to have debate about transgender issues, See why 'Dilbert' comic strips got dropped from US newspapers, Hit horror film is inspired by real events. Only one piece of film is known to exist of the Einsatzgruppen at work. The first and best-known trial in Nuremberg kicked off in November 1945. Ferencz came home, married his childhood sweetheart and vowed never to set foot in Germany again. This was the basis he and his team used to issuearrest warrants. Benjamin Ferenczs story will be featured June 30, 2019 on an episode of 60 Minutes. Lesley Stahl: Did you look at the defendants' faces? My goal was clear: Grab the documents, he recalled. Ferencz has donated millions to the U.S. Mr. Ferencz was sent to Berlin to oversee a team of fifty researchers investigating official Nazi records, which provided overwhelming evidence to implicate German doctors, lawyers, judges, generals, industrialists and others in genocide. One of these-- my defendants said-- He gets up, and he says, "[GERMAN]," which is, "What? . Lesley Stahl: Did you meet a lot of people who perpetrated war crimes who would otherwise in your opinion have been just a normal, upstanding citizen? One thing that people dont realize is how incredibly dangerous it was for these people, said Greg Schneider, executive vice president of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, or Claims Conference, an organization created to negotiate the agreements and later handle the dispersal of the money. Kena Betancur / AFP via Getty Images file. On Wednesday he will enter the history books in a new way. I got on the next plane, flew from Berlin down to Nuremberg, and I said to Taylor, "General, we've gotta put on a new trial.". Good morning, he hollered. Benjamin Ferencz: Same thing, not guilty. Well, see here, this-- they rounded 'em up. He said, "OK. Ferencz discovered detailed lists of a murderous program the SS used to killhundreds of thousands of Jews, Sinti and Roma people in Eastern Europe. Lesley Stahl: Did anybody ever say that you're naive? The appreciation for Ferencz has been going on for years . Ferencz is 99 years old (100, if you ask him in person), and the only surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor. The book, entitled Parting Words: 9 Lessons for a Remarkable Life,willbe published in English on December 31, 2020. Skeletal figures with hollow eyes pleading for help many too weak or too sick to move. Its a form of reparations without any admission of guilt or wrongdoing, and thats something Ferencz, who helped draft the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, establishing every human beings inalienable rights to freedom, dignity and equality, and negotiated the terms of restitution to victims of Nazi slave labor after the Holocaust, would know. They ended up being reports from SS special unitsdisguised under the name "Einsatzgruppen," the term used to refer to SS mobile death squads. On June 6, 1944, D-Day, he and his comrades jumped from a landing craft and pushed towardOmaha Beach, on the northern French coast of Normandy. Benjamin B. Ferencz was born in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania in 1920, his website biography reads. As a former Nuremberg investigator and prosecutor, Mr. Ferencz is one of the most iconic voices in the field of international justice and one of the most effective change-makers for justice. He continues to advocate for international law and global peace. 2. The same should apply to Russian oligarchs.. TTY: 202.488.0406. Nothing new ever happened before. TEDxTeen opening music by Madijuwon. General Telford Taylor, in charge of the Nuremberg trials, asked him to direct a team of researchers in Berlin, one of whom found a cache of top-secret documents in the ruins of the German foreign ministry. Judge: How do you plead to this indictment, guilty or not guilty? That must end now. Although he witnessed atrocities as a US soldier in the Second World War, gathered evidence of Nazi war crimes after the war ended, and prosecuted Nazis in the subsequent Nuremberg Trials, his rosy outlook on life didn't change. At the age of 101 years, Ben Ferencz weight not available right now. A few months later, Transylvania was ceded to Romania under the Treaty of Trianon (1920), the result of World War I. Or as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinskyy tweeted the day Russian missiles rained down on Babin Yarthe ravine where nearly 34,000 Jews were massacred over the course of two days during the Holocaust and whose oligarch-funded memorial was left miraculously unscathedwhy say never again while enabling 80-year old history to repeat itself? Illustrations. Please scroll down to see information about Ben Ferencz Social media profiles. And I also learned that if we did not devote ourselves to developing effective world law, the same cruel mentality that made the Holocaust possible might one day destroy the entire human race. Ben Ferencz. As I prepare to drop the torch I am grateful to you and those like you who will follow my advice to never give up!. You know? As U.S. forces liberated concentration camps, his job was to rush in and gather evidence. You ask them, he recalled telling the officials. A bust of Ferencz was just installed outside that Nuremberg courtroom where he argued almost three-quarters of a century ago. Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. He went on to play a crucial role in securing compensation for Holocaust survivors and in the creation of the International Criminal Court at The Hague. Ferencz had long lamented to his family that, during the 10 years he lived in Germany, no one apologized to him for the Nazis actions. Benjamin Ferencz: And I'm still in there fighting. West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer was first to sign the deal in Luxembourg in 1952, but his pen had run out of ink so he borrowed one of Ferenczs a pen that his wife, Gertrude, whom he had started dating as a teenager, had gifted him when he graduated from law school. I applaud those who have since distanced themselves from oligarchs, like the Guggenheim, which announced the resignation of Vladimir Potanin from its board after a 20-year tenure, and pledged to return a portion of his donations. Mr. Ferencz deserves our respect and appreciation. From immigrant to lawyer to WWII soldier to Nuremberg prosecutor the amazing life of Ben Ferencz, 60 Minutes wrote in its promotion for the segment. After his studies, he joined the U.S. Army, where he served in the 115th AAA Gun Battalion, an anti-aircraft artillery unit. He became the first in his family to go to college, then got a scholarship to Harvard Law School. And no amount of reparations can erase it., Or as Ferencz wrote in the preface for his book, Less Than Slaves, about his efforts to seek compensation for Holocaust survivors enslaved by I. G. Farben, Krupp, AEG, Rheinmetall and Daimler-Benz, the German term for the varied restitution programs, Wiedergutmachung, literally means making good again. But it was a Mission Impossible since the harms sought to be remedied can never be made good again.. 'I am heartbroken': Last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor on war in Ukraine. Although he witnessed atrocities as a US soldier in the Second World If everyone thought the way we do it would be a more humane and peaceful world, he wrote, according to a copy of the email shared with NBC News. Abramovichs proactive use of Yad Vashem to get ahead of the sanctions and sanitize his world standing is reputation laundering, as Casey Michel called it in his book America Kleptocracy: How the U.S. Ask your questions. However, according to Ferenczs bio, the United States decided to hold a wider swath of Nazis responsible than just Hitlers highest profile henchmen. It also raises the question: should nonprofits be taking money from those linked to criminal enterprises, let alone lobby for them? But Telford said it wasnt possible. He also lobbied for the creation of the International Criminal Court and was selected, at age 91, to deliver a closing statement in the courts first case, the prosecution of the Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo. His job duties also consisted of unceremoniously cleaning toilets and scrubbing pots and floors. The son of Hungarian Jews, he was 10 months old when his family immigrated to the U.S. in 1920 and settled in New York City. What theyre saying and doing have nothing to do with each other. He fought in every campaign in Europe, according to his website, and he was later tranferred to the War Crimes Branch of the Army that was charged with documenting Nazi atrocities and arresting those responsible. Of course after the war, these titans of German industry disavowed knowledge of the war crimes their money fueled (and for which they were charged at the Nuremberg Trials), much in the way so many oligarchs now are claiming they have nothing to do with Putinand if anything are against the war and are working to broker peace and providing humanitarian aid. 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Others crawling around garbage piles, digging for scraps of food. That is the current system. More than 70 years ago, Ben Ferencz became the chief prosecutor of 22 commanders of the Einsatzgruppen Nazi death squads at trial number 9 at Nuremberg. The Nazis were well known for keeping detailed records. The defendants were the cruel executioners whose terror wrote the blackest page in human history, he said in his opening statement. Benjamin Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg war-crimes prosecutor, gave $1 million through his Planethood Foundation to the museums Simon-Skjodt Center for the Then a series of subsequent trials were mounted against other Nazi leaders, including 22 SS officers responsible for killing more than a million people -- not in concentration camps -- but in towns and villages across Eastern Europe. Blame the Federal Reserve. also know about his Social media accounts i.e. Ben Ferencz Born: March 11, 1920 (age 102years), Transylvania, Romania, Ben Ferencz Spouse: Gertrude Ferencz (m. 19462019), Ben Ferencz Education: The City College of New York, Harvard Law School, Townsend Harris High School, Ben Ferencz Awards: Erasmus Prize, National Jewish Book Award for Holocaust. And look at you. Camps like Buchenwald, Mauthausen, and Dachau are vividly imprinted in my minds eye. Mr. Ferencz served for the United States under General So you do it.". And you shouldn't-- you know-- be despairing because it's never happened before. In his role as war crimes investigator, Mr. Ferencz gathered evidence about the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis, visiting concentration camps as they were liberated. He is a treasure of humanity, Schneider said of Ferencz. Lesley Stahl: You don't think they turn into savages even for the act? Ferencz married his teenage sweetheart Gertrude, in New York in 1946, and they stayed married for more than 70 years, until Gertrudes death in 2019. In 1945, he was transferred to the headquarters of General Pattons Third Army, where he was assigned to a team tasked with setting up a war crimes branch and collecting evidence for such crimes. Discovery Company. Because I want peace instead of war. Benjamin Ferencz: Well, I'm still a young man. In the decades since the Nuremberg Trials, Mr. Ferencz has dedicated his life to ending war and promoting justice. At the very least, their names shouldnt be gracing the boards of our most respected institutions. These were people who could quote Goethe, who loved Wagner, who were polite--. In 2017, Ben Ferencz partnered with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museums Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide to establish the Ferencz International Justice Initiative to continue his legacy of demanding justice for victims of atrocity crimes. Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and billionare, businessman Oleg Deripaska (L) are seen visiting the RusVinyl Russian-Belgian joint polymer plant, near Nizhny Novgorod, 430 km. Referring to family separations, he accused Trump of committing a crime against humanity., According to The Independent, Ferencz made the remark during a recent interview with outgoing United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Raad Al Hussein., He described how he found it painful to hear about the family separations at the U.S. border with Mexico. But not long after that interview in November, Ferenczs health took a turn for the worse. When Ferencz was ten months old, his family emigrated to the United States, which, according to his own account, was to avoid the persecution of Hungarian Jews by Romania after Romania gained formal control of Transylvania. I don't. And that's just the beginning. His website says he served in an anti-aircraft artillery battalion preparing for the invasion of France.. You can watch it in full here. Benjamin Ferencz: Of course. And you know what keeps me going? Without calling a single witness, he entered into evidence the defendants' own reports of what they'd done. Benjamin Ferencz, Nuremberg Prosecutor and Peace Advocate. But the trials were already underway, and prosecution staff was stretched thin. They should remember, from me, it takes courage not to be discouraged. Most recently, he was selected in December to receive the Congressional Gold Medal, Congresss highest civilian honor. At the end of 1945, Mr. Ferencz was honorably discharged from the US Army with the rank of Sergeant of Infantry and returned to New York where he prepared to practice law. But only four were executed, including Otto Ohlendorf, a notorious SS commander. They included detailed reports on the Einsatzgruppen, special SS units that roamed Nazi-occupied Europe and killed more than 1 million people. Their words arent only empty, they are disgraceful. A Warner Bros. Over the years, Ferencz has received a boatload of awards and honors. The Holocaust is the story of greed and corruption.. Altman argued that had German industrialists not colluded with Hitler, the Nazis would never have had the resources to kill 6 million Jews, let alone funnel hundreds of thousands of Jewish youth (like herself and my mother) into work camps where they fought for their lives and endured unspeakable brutality. Lawsuits claim it wrecked their teeth. He is compelled by the imperative to replace the rule of force with the rule of law, by ending warfare in favor of judicial mechanisms that can resolve conflict. Nevertheless, Ferencz and his 50-person teamwere givenfree rein to securevast amounts of documents and incriminating evidence from the extensive Nazi bureaucracy. Discover Benjamin Berell Ferenczs Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. The chancellor rewarded his donors by allowing them to operate the Monowitz slave labor camp at Auschwitz and contracted them to manufacture Zyklon B, used in the gas chambers. Some of his titles include: Mr. Ferencz lives in Florida and has four grown children. He went on to campaign for the establishment of international law, including the creation of the International Criminal Court (ICC), and to ensure restitution and rehabilitation for the victims of Nazi war crimes, the UN says. But, as Ferencz recalls,noone knew what thosewere at the time. In the spring of 1947, a team member happened to come across three thick folders in the filing cabinets of the foreign officelabeled "Event dispatchesfrom the Soviet Union Reports from the Eastern Front." But Ben always spoke about it as if he had no other choice given what the survivors endured, that it would be unimaginable to him to give up despite whatever dangers he might face.. Mikhail Fridman, co-founder of Alfa-Group and one of the creators of the Genesis Prize (which Time dubbed the Jewish Nobel Prize), who also funded the memorial at the Holocaust site Babin Yar (which was bombarded by Russian missiles), is throwing his charity rubles around to try to cover up the news that he found himself locked out of the company he founded in London last week. I had to refrain from letting it get to me emotionally.. So he finished at Harvard then enlisted as a private in the Army. Mr. Ferencz speaks at an event for the launch of the Ferencz International Justice Initiative. As for the oligarchs claims that they have nothing to do with Putin or his war in Ukraine, Ferencz adds: I dont buy it. Now I will tell you something very profound, which I have learned after many years. Ferencz attendedHarvard Law School on a merit scholarship. I asked him, I see from your correspondence, that you had to sign off on all the slave labor your firm used. He denied it.. Ben Ferencz receives the Legion of Honor Insignia at an awards ceremony to honor World War II veterans in New York in 2015. I hear it here for the first time." Benjamin Ferencz: He gave me a bunch of binders, four binders. Benjamin Ferencz: We're marching forward. Grim as hell, Ferencz said. Before his health deteriorated, he reflected on his extraordinary life in a 45-minute interview with NBC News. Stupid to an incredible degree to send young people out to kill other young people they don't even know, who never did anybody any harm, never harmed them. 200 years, Countless Stories: Benjamin Ferencz '43, Ben Ferencz '43, the last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, has spent his life advocating for law, not war. Benjamin Ferencz: There was only one time I wanted to-- really. $45.00 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4766-0363-6. Would love your thoughts, please comment. During the advance of the UStroops, Ferencz and his unit broke through the Nazis' western line of defense, the Siegfried Line,fought onthe front line of the Battle of the Bulge and crossed the Rhine river over the Remagen bridge in the spring of 1945. Ten months later, his family moved to the United States, where he grew up in Manhattan. The USinvestigative team was headquartered in the war-ravaged capital of Berlin. I had peered into Hell, Ferencz said, according to his website. Ben is a phenomenal celebrity influencer. Lesley Stahl: So they went right in after the troops? Ferencz called only one witness a man who verified the authenticity of the records that documented the cleansing of Jews in cities across Europe. Powered by. Benjamin Ferencz, who turned 100 in March, remains a fundamentally optimistic person. Benjamin Ferencz: They were 3,000 SS officers trained for the purpose, and directed to kill without pity or remorse, every single Jewish man, woman, and child they Ferencz was one of the American service members who went into the camps at the end of the war. Hitler's top lieutenants were prosecuted first. Having witnessed the horrors perpetrated by the Nazis during World War II, Mr. Ferencz has fought tirelessly to build the architecture of international justice around deterrence, prevention, and accountability for mass atrocities.. Benjamin Ferencz: No. Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and much more. And you're full of energy and passion. 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