Benjamin Ferencz

Acting

Born: 1920-03-11
Died: 2023-04-07
From: Csolt, Szatmár County, Hungary [now Ciolt, Șomcuta Mare, Romania]
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.1

Also Known As

Benjamin Berell FerenczBenjamin B. FerenczBen Ferencz

Biography

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 of an International Criminal Court. From 1985 to 1996, he was an adjunct professor of international law at Pace University.

Awards & Nominations7 won · 0 nominated

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Congressional Gold Medal

2022
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Pahl Peace Prize

2021
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Medal of honor Dag Hammarskjold

2013
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Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

2010
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Erasmus Prize

2009
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National Jewish Book Awards

1980
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