Criminal

An illustrated portrait of Benjamin Ferencz.

Palace of Justice

Episode #97

2018-08-17 12:24:19

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When Benjamin Ferencz was 27 years old, he prosecuted his very first trial. There were 22 defendants, each of them high-ranking members of Nazi Germany’s death squad. The entire world was watching.

Today, we take a look at the Nuremberg trials and their role in defining international law after World War II.