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Remembering Ben Ferencz, the US lawyer behind the Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen trial

Original: 'No one showed any sign of remorse': The heroic US lawyer who put Nazi death squad members on trial at Nuremberg On 29 S

US lawyer Ben Ferencz is being remembered for his role as chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg trial that opened on 29 September 1947 against 22 members of Nazi death squads, described as the biggest murder trial in history. In interviews, Ferencz recalled that none of the defendants showed remorse. He spent decades campaigning for international criminal justice.

Why now: Anniversary coverage of the 1947 Einsatzgruppen trial and Ferencz's legacy has drawn renewed attention.

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• 'No one showed any sign of remorse': The heroic US lawyer who put Nazi death squad members on trial at Nuremberg On 29 September 1947, the "biggest murder trial in history" began. Seventy years on, the chief prosecutor, Ben Ferencz, told the BBC how he fought to bring 22… · McDonald_69 · 1

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