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Remembering Ben Ferencz, Nuremberg's youngest Nazi prosecutor

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

A look back at American lawyer Ben Ferencz, who at 27 served as chief prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen trial at Nuremberg, which opened on 29 September 1947 and has been called the biggest murder trial in history. He brought 22 Nazi death squad leaders to justice and later recalled that none of the defendants showed any remorse for their roles in mass killings.

Why now: Anniversary coverage marking the trial's opening 78 years ago and continued interest in Ferencz's legacy as a war crimes prosecutor

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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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