Benjamin Ferencz, Nuremberg prosecutor and peace advocate / Tom Hofmann.
2014
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Author
Title
Benjamin Ferencz, Nuremberg prosecutor and peace advocate / Tom Hofmann.
Published
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Call Number
KF373.F395 H64 2014
ISBN
9780786474936 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0786474939 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0786474939 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Description
vii, 273 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)820788131
Summary
" At the conclusion of World War II, war crimes tribunals were carried out at Nuremberg, Germany. Justice was meted out for countless war criminals, and Benjamin Ferencz was one of the chief prosecutors for one of the largest murder trials in history. This is the biography of the last living Nuremberg prosecutor. "-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 263) and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Murray Fund
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
vii
Preface
1
Introduction
5
PART I
1.
Growing Up in Hell's Kitchen and Becoming a Lawyer (1920 to 1943)
15
2.
From Army Enlistment to War Crimes Commission (1943 to 1944)
27
3.
Initiating War Crimes Investigations (1944 to Early 1945)
46
4.
Major War Crimes: Ohrdruf, Buchenwald, and Flossenburg Concentration Camp Investigations and Salt Mine Loot Discovery (April 1945)
53
5.
Major War Crimes: Dachau and Mauthausen-Gusen (Including the Ebensee Sub-Camp) Concentration Camp Investigations (May 1945)
78
6.
Final War Crimes Investigations and Discharge from Army (Late May 1945 to December 1945)
90
7.
Collecting Evidence to Support Nuremberg Tribunals (1946 to Mid-1947)
105
8.
The Einsatzgruppen Tribunal (Mid-1947 to April 1948)
119
9.
Running a Restitution Organization (Mid-1948 to 1949)
150
10.
Getting Bulk Settlements from the German Government and Starting Work on Reparations from Industrialists (1950 to 1956)
160
PART II
11.
Starting Over in New York (1956 to 1968)
175
12.
Beginning to Work Toward Peace Through Law (1968 to 1990)
188
13.
Establishing an International Criminal Court (1990 to Present)
204
14.
The Future
230
Appendices
A.
Additional Ferencz Interviews
235
B.
A World of Peace Under the Rule of Law: The View from America
241
C.
Benjamin B. Ferencz Collection at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
249
Chapter Notes
258
Bibliography
263
Index
265