They had four children. It was as if I had peered into hell. "It was dead cheap back then," he says. Benjamin Ferencz was born on March 11, 1920 in Soncuta-Mare, Romania. . Its an anti-Semitic computer; it never does what I want, he says and winks. [23], In April 2017, the municipality of The Hague announced the naming of the footpath next to the Peace Palace the Benjamin Ferenczpad ("Benjamin Ferencz Path"), calling him "one of the figureheads of international justice". Holocaust Memorial Museum, specifically to the museums Genocide Prevention Center. Vengeance is not our goal, nor do we seek merely a just retribution. From the UKs vote to leave the EU, to the election of Donald Trump; from the UNs stand-off with Syria and its allies for atrocities committed in its civil war to a colossal refugee crisis, peace and security have not seemed this unstable since the second world war. It was an experience indescribable because of its horror. HAMILTON Gertrude Marion (Zdanowicz) Baranowski Pinto, age 87, of Hamilton, entered into her eternal rest with the Lord on Sunday, February 12, 2023, at Capital Health Hopewell surrounded by her loving family. It did not help, either, that the only languages he spoke fluently were Yiddish and Hungarian. In the spring of 1947, in Berlin, where Ferencz had been sent as the chief of the Berlin Branch to delve through Nazi offices and archives, histeam found a nearly complete set of secret reports describing the daily activities of the Einsatzgruppen. They were married for more than 70 years, "without a quarrel", until her death in 2019. Benjamin Berell Ferencz (born 11 March 1920) is an American centenarian, and lawyer. At that time, he was not familiar with using a typewriter, and he couldn't fire a weapon. Ferencz P. Kallay. I dont like to speak about the inhumane things I saw, he says. Unfortunately, the public isnt interested in things like distant courts in distant places, argued by lawyers who are quibbling about obscure phrases in complex law., On sovereignty and nationalism, Ferencz says the popularity of figures such as Trump, Marine Le Pen and Nigel Farage was never beyond the realms of possibility. Holocaust Survivors and Victims Resource Center, The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive. When visiting Auschwitz for the first time just after the war, Benjamin Ferencz picked up small bones in the grass. In their hands lay overwhelming evidence of Nazi genocide by German doctors, lawyers, judges, generals, industrialists, and others who played leading roles in organizing or perpetrating Nazi brutalities. Foreign Claims Settlement Commission. This reference provides text, photographs, charts, maps, and extensive indexes. He was born into a Jewish. He was an investigator of Nazi war crimes after World War II and the chief prosecutor[1] 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. Oral history interview with Sally Falk Moore, Oral history interview with Bernard Meltzer, Oral history interview with Ernest Michel, Oral history interview with Richard Sonnenfeldt. Was I worried? Current Address: GGDP Seville O, Delray Beach, FL. Even at an early age, he felt a deep yearning for universal friendship and world peace. As Philippe Sands, UCL professor and counsel to the Gambia in its genocide case against Myanmar over its treatment of the Rohingya at, By failing to join as a member of the ICC, the United States has turned its back on the lessons of Nuremberg. [27], On January 16, 2020, The New York Times printed Ferencz's letter denouncing the assassination of the Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, unnamed in the letter, as an "immoral action [and] a clear violation of national and international law". [26], On June 20, 2019, artist and sculptor Yaacov Heller honored Ferenczpresenting him with a bust he createdcommemorating his extraordinary life dedicated to genocide prevention. It was through this work that Ferencz began to develop an expertise in the burgeoning area of war crimes law. No, I was confident. https://www.jns.org/bipartisan-bill-awards-congressional-gold-medal-to-last-living-nuremberg-prosecutor/, Ferencz married his teenage sweetheart Gertrude Fried,[6] in New York[10] in 1946. Ben Ferenzc was born in 1920 in a village in the Carpathian Mountains in Eastern Europe. While still at Harvard, Ferencz had studied jurisprudence with Professor Roscoe Pound, one of the most learned jurists in the world. [6], On Christmas 1945,[7] Ferencz was honorably discharged from the Army with the rank of sergeant. [31], On June 22, 2021, he became the first recipient of the Pahl Peace Prize[32] in Liechtenstein. It's called "A Man Can Make A Difference." Taylor appointed him chief prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen Case Ferencz's first case. Ferencz published another two-volume documentary history, An International Criminal Court-A Step Toward World Peace, which was intended to be a tool that nations could use to build a structure for peace. [12] While pursuing claims of Jewish forced laborers against the Flick concern (the subject of the Flick trial), Ferencz observed the "interesting phenomenon of history and psychology that very frequently the criminal comes to see himself as the victim". Receiving critical acclaim from its readers, with over 450,000 copies printed and served as an inexpensive and easy-to-read Key to Survival and Prosperity.. Thirteen were sentenced to death. Restitution and indemnification claims (1933-). Most people dont know that until about the age of 95 years old, my father stood on his head for about five minutes every single day.. GERTRUDE PINTO OBITUARY. From 1985 to 1996, he was adjunct professor of international law at Pace University. The Museums Collections document the fate of Holocaust victims, survivors, rescuers, liberators, and others through artifacts, documents, photos, films, books, personal stories, and more. This year marks the 70th anniversary of that case and the global postwar order is unravelling at a rapid pace. He has been married to Gertrude since 1946. But you wouldnt treat your family that way, I hope. I did nothing to stop it. All of them were found guilty; some were sentenced to death. Peters, both of Munster. 1991-2010 1; Personal Stories. Gertrude C. Miller. Recently, he donated 1 million U.S. dollars to the the U.S. Mr. Ferencz served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1945 and then held a variety of positions related to the Holocaust. Family (1) Spouse Gertrude Fried ( 29 March 1946 - 2019) (her death) (4 children) Trivia (5) Shared the 2009 Erasmus Prize with Benjamin Ferencz. [9], Ferencz stayed in Germany after the Nuremberg Trials, together with his wife Gertrude,[6] whom he had married in New York[10] on March 31, 1946. By the 1970s, Ferencz was no longer looking just to prosecute those accused of committing atrocities; he was also focusing on prevention. Since my first meeting with him, I have never, ever ceased to be amazed by his moral clarity, indefatigable energy and fighting spirit.. Before Ferencz turned one, his family had fled anti-Semitic persecution, boarding a boat for the United States. [6], Ferencz studied crime prevention at the City College of New York, and his criminal law exam result won him a scholarship to Harvard Law School. Digitized 1; In English 1; Dates. Benj B Ferencz, Benjamin B Ferencz, and two other persons spent some time in this place. Its a straight line from Nuremberg to the Rohingya/Myanmar case in The Hague., Mark Drumbl is a professor of law at Washington and Lee University. Nittany Medical Center. With his wife Gertrude, who died in 2019, Ben has four grown children. It seems fitting that the last living Nuremberg prosecutor, Benjamin Ferencz who turns 100 today was born in the year that the League of Nations was founded and the Treaty of Versailles went into effect. I dont think so; it may be good for the next election, but its shortsighted. Leave your condolences to the family on this memorial page or send flowers to show you care. Ferenczs book Defining International Aggression-The Search for World Peace was published in 1975. Current Address: GGDP Seville O, Delray Beach, FL. All of the defendants were convicted. 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. In 1988 Ferencz wrote Planethood with Ken Keyes, Jr. to offer practical steps for the average citizen to take to help establish international law and urge U.N. reform. A man like Mr Trump doesnt fit the pattern of trained politician or international realist, optimist or idealist, but almost half the people voted for him.. You begin at the earliest level. The city was ceded to Romania under the Treaty of Trianon shortly after Benjamins birth, and the Ferencz family immigrated to the United States at the end of the same year. Ernest Michel, a German Jew and Holocaust survivor, discusses being a 22-year-old reporter for a German news agency at the International War Crimes Trial in Nuremberg; his personal experiences of survival as well as how it felt to be present as a witness when the Nazis were brought to justice; immigrating to the United States in 1946; being committed to making sure people know what happened in the Holocaust so it will not happen again; and his scrapbook of newspaper articles and other documents from the Trials. She is the daughter of the late John and Gertrude Wurtz and wife of the late Simon . I'd go into a village where, say, an American pilot had parachuted and been beaten to death and line everyone one up against the wall. Speaking to Al Jazeera ahead of his birthday, he expanded on this idea, saying: We must stop glorifying war. Acquisition Benjamin B. Ferencz donated his collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Oct. 1994. I have no doubt that my earliest memories and experiences had an influence in sending me on a career to prevent crime.". He didnt call for the death penalty, but he says it was justified. We shall establish beyond the realm of doubt facts which, before the dark decade of the Third Reich, would have seemed incredible.. Do not use this site to make decisions about employment, insurance, credit, leasing, tenant screening or any other purpose covered by the FCRA, 355 Seville Terrace, Delray Beach, FL 33446, Latitude, Longitude: 26.452865, -80.150871. I was the prosecutor in the biggest murder trial in human history," he explains. Two persons, including Benjamin B Ferencz, Benj B Ferencz, listed the phone number (914) 636-1486 as their own, various documents indicated. He soon filed more than 163,000 restitution claims. Thats why Im still fighting, to prevent that from happening again.. Bodies lying around; you cant tell if theyre dead or alive, pleading with their eyes for help. And now I want to make sure that I will leave the world as I came into it as a pauper., PublishedDecember 12, 2016 at 6:37 AM EST, WLRN 91.3 FM | A Former Prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial Benjamin B. Ferencz was born in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania in 1920. He then played a leading role in the successful negotiation of a Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany, an unprecedented nation-to-nation pact for atrocity compensation. Wars shouldnt be glorified, but recognized as what they are, he says. Taylor was preparing for the, They took place in the same courtroom as the International Military Tribunal proceeding, in the, In 2011, Ferencz delivered a portion of the closing statement in the ICCs. Shortly thereafter, he was recruited for the Nuremberg war crimes trials. Phone Number: (561) 499- UGOE +1 phone. Bernard Meltzer discusses his role as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials; how he led a team of lawyers to gather evidence against business executives that helped finance the Nazis and defendants who profited from slave labor; and his reflections upon the legacy and impact of the trials. MyHeritage. Ferencz was honourably discharged from the army in December 1945, having earned five battle stars, and returned to New York, where he married his wife Gertrude on March 31, 1946. Even the UK has limited the courts funding. His efforts to enlist in other branches of the military also came to nought. Gertrude Ferencz Death | Obituary | Gertrude Ferencz Dead | Died | Funeral Plans - We heard about the great loss, that our beloved person is no more and has reportedly passed away. Phone Number: (561) 856- NPVZ +8 phones. He talks about upholding law not war, where Theresa May is going wrong and how to deal with Donald Trump. The U.S. had decided to prosecute a broad cross section of Nazi criminals once the trial against Goering and his henchmen was over. Role in forming the International Criminal Court. [42] They had four children. Ferencz was born on March 11, 1920, in a tiny cottage rented to his poor Jewish parents. So, the movement towards unification was itself a great accomplishment. After George Records link the following phone numbers with Gertrude's details: (914) 633-0005 (Verizon New York, Inc), (914) 636-1486. Mr. Ferencz resides in New Rochelle, New York where he continues to strive for universal peace. He wrote several books outlining his ideas for an international legal body, which became fundamental in the establishment of the International Criminal Court in The Hague. It incorporates all other crimes.. He grew up in a tough New York City neighborhood where his father found work as a. I suppose I could have brandished my weapon or shot in the air, but I was not inclined to do so. The best quote of Bens, which I think summarises his lasting legacy, is I prefer law to war in all circumstances, Teitel explains. There is nobody alive in the world with Ferenczs perspective. It was his first case. The chief prosecutor for the US in the case was former army sergeant Benjamin Ferencz. Was I sad? I once saw DPs [displaced persons] beat an SS man and then strap him to the steel gurney of a crematorium. They took place in the same courtroom as the International Military Tribunal proceeding, in thePalace of Justice in Nuremberg, a city chosen in part because of its symbolism as the site of the Nazi partys annual rallies and because of the Reichstag session that in 1935 passed the anti-Semitic and racist laws known as the Nuremberg Laws. As Philippe Sands, UCL professor and counsel to the Gambia in its genocide case against Myanmar over its treatment of the Rohingya atthe International Court of Justice, puts it: [When it comes to international criminal justice], all roads lead to Nuremberg. It seemed to him that there was little sense in denouncing aggression, terrorism, and other crimes against humanity unless these offenses became part of an accepted international criminal code enforced by an international court. Benjamin B Ferencz, Age 102. aka Ben Ferencz, Benj B Ferenoz, Benj B Ferencz, Benjami Ferencz. Ferencz is 96. His parents were in an arranged family marriage - they were cousins - and later divorced. George Ferencz, a longtime mainstay of the Off Broadway scene who directed premieres and revivals of plays by Sam Shepard, Aishah Rahman and Amiri . [10] He also suggested that Bush should be tried in the International Criminal Court for '269 war crime charges' related to the Iraq War. The discussion, A Relentless Pursuit: Bringing Holocaust Perpetrators to Justice, is free, but registration is required. Washington, DC 20024-2126 Shortly after returning from Europe, Ferencz was standing on a street corner in New York when he bumped into a former classmate from Harvard Law School, Murray Gartner. It was tabulated that over a million persons were deliberately murdered by these special action groups, or Einsatzgruppen. Dalton Jewish Cemetery. Ben Ferencz says the Einsatzgruppen killed over 1 million people. He was 92. George Ferencz, a director who was a fixture at theaters known for experimental work like La MaMa E.T.C. Mr. Ferencz resides in New Rochelle, New York where he continues to strive for universal peace. Gertrude Ferencz discusses her involvement at the trials in Nuremberg in which she prepared and processed documents that were used during the prosecution of Nazi war criminals. Records link the following phone numbers with Gertrudes details: (914) 633-0005 (Verizon New York, Inc), (914) 636-1486. Gertrude Fried Birth 5 Feb 1920 Death 29 Mar 2009 (aged 89) Burial. As a combat soldier Ferencz fought in every. The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories. The men in the dock included the infamous lead defendant, SS Brigade Fuhrer Otto Ohlendorf, an economist with a PhD who was the commander of Einsatzgruppen D, which murdered nearly 100,000 people in southern Ukraine and the Caucasus during 1941-1942. He was rejected because of his height. [38][39], In September 2022, Ferencz appeared in the Ken Burns documentary, "The U.S. and the Holocaust. 2021: honorary Doctorate awarded by the faculty of law of the, This page was last edited on 23 February 2023, at 23:43. I read a number of letters he wrote while he was liberating the camps, what he saw and what he felt. He explains how Nuremberg could have been a one-time event of victorious allies prosecuting the losing side., Instead, he explains, Ferencz worked hard to create international institutions that would be permanent in nature. [36], On April 7, 2022, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis awarded Ferencz the Governors Medal of Freedom[37] at a ceremony held at Florida Atlantic University. Ferencz P. Kallay . His business card actually says: Law, not war.. She and her husband George raised their two daughters and six sons in Elizabeth Township. Think of all the money we are wasting on preserving the outdated nuclear weapons, which nobody knows what to do with and which are obsolete., He remains optimistic about societys inevitable advancement, however. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. By the end of 1944, it was clear that the Germans had been committing egregious and large-scale war crimes. Gertrude Ferencz is a few months older than her husband. In the contrary it was a cry to avoid vengeance and to substitute it with the rule of law., Ben Ferencz says that ever since the Nuremberg trials he has spent his life trying to prevent war. All materials on this site are protected by copyright and intellectual property laws and are the property of benferencz.org. He returned to New York, but was recruited only a few weeks later to participate as a prosecutor (and now made a full Colonel as part of his agreement to go) in the Subsequent Nuremberg Trials in the legal team of Telford Taylor. Now he is 96 years old and the only one of those prosecutors still alive. Obituary for James "Jimbo" Ferencz | James "Jimbo" Ferencz, age 82, of Penn Hills, formerly of West Mifflin, passed away on February 6, 2021 at Forbes Hospital. Born Jan. 1, 1919, in Barree Township, she was the daughter of the late Charles Wesley and Nora Irene (Haulman) Hutchison. Gertrude Ferencz is a few months older than her husband. He is the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials. He says he told himself: I do not want to forget what I came to Germany for.. My dad is a guy who has been traumatised by what he saw, smelt and felt with his own eyes, ears and hands, he told the documentary makers. Reparations Agreement between Israel and West Germany, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly, https://www.jns.org/bipartisan-bill-awards-congressional-gold-medal-to-last-living-nuremberg-prosecutor/, Kriegsverbrechen, Restitution, Prvention. I got lucky on the stock market and lived very modest, hesays, explaining his wealth. Just after the war, he was assigned to collect evidence in the concentration camps in Europe. I had their daily reports and knew exactly, which unit was in charge, how many Jews they killed and who the commanding officer was, he says. Holocaust Memorial Museum public program at B'nai Torah Congregation. Arriving in Europe in December of that year, he found himself at some of the most significant American battlefields of the war, including the landing beaches of Normandy, the frozen forests of the Battle of the Bulge, and the parapets of the Siegfried Line. Gertrude Ferencz Memorial - YouTube In loving memory of Getrude Ferencz, November 5, 1919 to September 14, 2019 In loving memory of Getrude Ferencz, November 5, 1919 to September 14, 2019. His earliest memories are of his small basement apartment in a Manhattan district - appropriately referred to as "Hell's Kitchen." With heavy hearts, we announce the death of James Ferencz of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, born in Duquesne, Pennsylvania, who passed away on February 6, 2021 at the age of 82. This database might contain special categories of Personal Data and Personal Data relating to criminal convictions or offences, which according to article 9, section 2 under j GDPR and article 24 and 32 under f of the UAVG (Dutch personal data protection act) can be used for research purposes only on the condition that there are appropriate safeguards for the rights and freedoms of the data subject. Ben Ferencz: Wiki, Bio, Age, Height, Weight, Nationality, Career, Net Worth, Wife & More: Lawyer Benjamin Berell Ferencz was born in the United States on March 11, 1920.Following World War II, he worked as an investigator of Nazi war crimes and served as the main prosecutor for the US Army at the Einsatzgruppen Trial, one of the 12 Subsequent Nuremberg Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany by the . Benjamin Ferencz, at 97 the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg trials, has fought for the victims of war crimes all his life. [20][21] Also that year he presented a closing statement in the trial of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo in Uganda. [33], In March 2022, an audio clip of Ben Ferencz was played during the Eleventh emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly and he later gave an interview to BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It was thanks to him that the trial against the so-called Einsatzgruppen German for action groups came about. Organization is chronological by year groups; reverse chronological by folder within each box. Weve been 70 years wed without a quarrel. Its unimaginable. If one is rich and the other one is poor, the rich doesnt want to give it up to the poor. Click here to find out more information or call 561-995-6773. After Ben graduated from Harvard Law School in 1943, he joined an anti-aircraft artillery battalion preparing for the invasion of France. Later, he became an advocate of international rule of law and for the . Grave site information of Gertrude Wells Ferenczi (14 Oct 1923 - 8 Jun 2001) at Hillcrest Cemetery in Cary, Wake, North Carolina, United States from BillionGraves . Richard Sonnenfeldt, a Jewish American engineer who served as the United States prosecution teams chief interpreter at the Nuremberg trials, describes what it was like participating in the tribunal; and being assigned to the International Military Tribunal, which was responsible for interrogating some of World War IIs most notorious Nazi leaders. [22], On March 16, 2012, in another letter to the editor of The New York Times, Ferencz hailed the International Criminal Court's conviction of Thomas Lubanga as "a milestone in the evolution of international criminal law". When he was ten months old his family moved to America. I have never heard of a war that does not kill the innocent., Most people dont know that until about the age of 95 years old, my father stood on his head for about five minutes every single day., Al Jazeera Centre for Public Liberties & Human Rights. But, Don points out, he has never been officially recognised by the US government. Mr. Ferencz married Gertrude Ferencz (ne Fried) in 1946, and is father to four children; Carol, Robin, Donald, and Nina. Research family history relating to the Holocaust and explore the Museum's collections about individual survivors and victims of the Holocaust and Nazi persecution. Ferencz became Chief Prosecutor for the United States in The Einsatzgruppen Case, which the Associated Press called the biggest murder trial in history. Twenty-two defendants were charged with murdering over a million people. Upon discovering the secret reports, Ferencz flew to Nuremberg to request authorisation for a new trial. The most significants items he collected, he says, were the death registries, kept as meticulously by the Germans as hospital birth certificates. Ferencz, B.: "The 'Immoral' Killing of the Iranian General", New York Times Letter to Editor, January 16, 2020. [9] He says he works out every day at the gym of the complex. He began the proceedings with one of the most powerful opening statements of the Nuremberg trials: It is with sorrow and with hope that we here disclose the deliberate slaughter of more than a million innocent and defenceless men, women and children. I dont care about glory, I dont care about legacy, I dont care about money, Id give it all away, he says. As an enlisted man under General Patton, he fought in most of the major campaigns in Europe. These days he is hailed as one of the founding fathers of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial body of the United Nationsat The Hague, the Netherlands. These institutions would not have existed without a vision of justice that started at Nuremberg.. In April 1948, all 22 remaining defendants were found guilty. They lived for. Past Addresses: Delray Beach FL, Delray Beach FL +2 more. As the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials, he has witnessed more in his lifetime than most. My wife has dementia, she cant be moved and misses me when Im away, he says. Upon graduating from Harvard Law School in 1943, he joined an anti-aircraft artillery battalion. But ironically, neither France nor the United Kingdom have ratified the ICCs amendments on the crime of aggression. 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