Benjamin Ferencz

Benjamin Ferencz

Born: March 11, 1920
Died: April 7, 2023
in Csolt, Szatmár County, Hungary [now Ciolt, Șomcuta Mare, Romania]
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.

Movies for Benjamin Ferencz...

War and Justice
Title: War and Justice
Character: Self
Released: June 6, 2024
Type: Movie
War and Justice is the first and only true-life documentary about the International Criminal Court (ICC), thanks to unprecedented access to Ben Ferencz, Luis Moreno Ocampo (ICC’s first prosecutor), and Karim Khan (its current prosecutor). Film directors Marcus Vetter and Michele Gentile follow Ocampo around the world as he enlists the support of Academy Award-winning Angelina Jolie and as they join Ferencz in the uphill battle against wars in the Congo, Libya, Palestine, and Ukraine.
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Ordinary Men: The “Forgotten Holocaust”
Title: Ordinary Men: The “Forgotten Holocaust”
Character: Self - Jurist
Released: January 25, 2022
Type: Movie
Six million Jews died during World War II, both in the extermination camps and murdered by the mobile commandos of the Einsatzgruppen and police battalions, whose members shot men, women and children, day after day, obediently, as if it were a normal job, a fact that is hardly known today. Who were these men and how could they commit such crimes?
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Getting Away with Murder(s)
Title: Getting Away with Murder(s)
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 2021
Type: Movie
Almost 1 million people in 22 countries carried out the unprovoked murder of 11 million innocent men, women and children. The Allies knew where a great many of the murderers could be found - Germany, Austria, Italy, the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, and numerous countries in South America. The Allies unanimously agreed to prosecute those responsible when they drew up The London Agreement in August 1945, but, after the late 1940s, these very same Allies did almost nothing. Why were so many were actively permitted to get away with their crimes?
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We Shall Not Die Now
Title: We Shall Not Die Now
Character: Self
Released: October 12, 2019
Type: Movie
A chronicle of the Holocaust, told by the resilient survivors who lived through it.
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Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
Title: Prosecuting Evil: The Extraordinary World of Ben Ferencz
Character: Self
Released: September 7, 2018
Type: Movie
A fascinating portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, who continues to wage his lifelong crusade in the fight for law and peace.
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La justice allemande face aux criminels nazis
Title: La justice allemande face aux criminels nazis
Character: Self
Released: November 19, 2015
Type: Movie
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Law Not War
Title: Law Not War
Character: Self
Released: November 12, 2015
Type: Movie
Chronicles the adventurous life of Hungarian-born Jewish lawyer Benjamin Ferencz, who fled to the USA as a child and later became chief war crime prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials of 1945-1949 and one of the founding members of the International Criminal Court, which entered into force in 2002.
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Watchers of the Sky
Title: Watchers of the Sky
Character: Self
Released: January 20, 2014
Type: Movie
Five interwoven stories of remarkable courage from Nuremberg to Rwanda, from Darfur to Syria, and from apathy to action.
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Title: ZDFzeit
Character: Self - Interviewee
Released: January 17, 2012
Type: TV
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The Anatomy of Evil
Title: The Anatomy of Evil
Character: Self
Released: November 25, 2005
Type: Movie
A film essay which includes interviews with the perpetrators of genocide committed over the last 50 years - from World War II to the Balkan conflict. What enables some people to commit mass killings during war? And how do they live with such deeds on conscience? This is at the heart of director Ove Nyholm's long-awaited film 'Anatomy of Evil'. Behind the film lies extensive scientific research, resulting in numerous impressive candid interviews with World War II hangovers and the Balkan war, which lift the carpet for some of the reflections behind their gruesome actions. Each interviewed has their personal story to tell. The sound side plays a significant role in the film and reinforces the emptiness and melancholy expressed by the interviewed persons.
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Title: American Experience
Character: Self
Released: October 4, 1988
Type: TV
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.