lecture by Prof. Dr. Benjamin Ferencz (chief prosecutor at the Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen processes) in the main auditorium of the Humboldt University, Berlin
report: The chief prosecutor in the biggest murder trial in history, "the Nuremberg Einsatzgruppen process, Professor Benjamin Ferencz, held on 28 May 2010 a public lecture in the lecture hall of the Humboldt University in Berlin. The use of the Security Police (Sipo) and Security Service (SD) were special units of the Nazi regime, which committed particularly in the war against the Soviet Union 1941-1945 mass killings of civilians. Members of the Einsatzgruppen were mostly members of the SS, but also a number of German police officers. Overall, the Einsatzgruppen killed about one million people, including Jews, Gypsies and political opponents of the Nazi regime as communists and partisans. The leaders of the Einsatzgruppen always reported in detail on the killings in Berlin. These files were found after the war and formed the basis for the use of group process from 1946/47. The process took place after the main Nuremberg war crimes trial under the sole responsibility of the United States held in a U.S. military court. All 22 defendants in this process, including SS-group leader Otto Ohlendorf, were convicted, 14 received the death penalty. Four of these death sentences have been on 7 Executed in June 1951, the rest were converted to partial life imprisonment. Benjamin Ferencz
was at 27 the youngest chief prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen process. He was born in 1920 in Romania and grew up in the U.S.. During his law studies at Harvard, he was concerned particularly with international law. During the war, he first came as an ordinary infantry soldier to Europe, but was liberated several concentration camps. After his discharge from the military called him back, but the U.S. military tribunal, led by Robert M. Jackson to Germany: Ferencz should lead the charge against the commanders and leaders of the Einsatzgruppen.
Even after the Nuremberg trials are Ferencz was still committed to building a strong international law: he is a pioneer and long time supporters of the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC). He also published several basic works on the subject and was Professor of International Law in New York. On 27 May 2010 was Benjamin Ferencz for his lifelong commitment to international law in the Foreign Office with the Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany excellent.
The lecture by Prof. Dr. Ferenc on 28 May interest was shown in the auditorium of the Humboldt University was packed to the rafters. The eminent 90th witness on the World War, was witness to the worst human rights violations and experienced the great moments of the development of international humanitarian law. He spoke about his personal experiences and include details about his investigation into the Nazi war criminals. At the end of his lecture he made the audience courage to continue to to fight international justice and, ultimately, global and lasting peace. He, who is investigating the perpetrators of the greatest mass murder in history and has accused them, is an "optimistic realist" which concerns the establishment of effective international sanctions against war crimes. was organized
this talk by the Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility and Future, and the chair of Prof. Dr. Werle for German and International Criminal Law, Criminal Law and Legal Contemporary History at the Humboldt University in Berlin.
lecture by Prof. Dr. Benjamin Ferencz in the main auditorium of the Humboldt University (video)
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