Volume 4 No 1 - Journal for the Study of Antisemitism

Benjamin Ferencz
(1910- )
Benjamin Ferencz was a Romanian immigrant who came to America in
1921 and graduated from Harvard Law School in 1943; he and his wife,
Gertrude, now live in New Rochelle, N.Y. Ferencz enlisted in the U.S.
Army and joined an anti-aircraft artillery battalion preparing for the invasion
of France and fighting every campaign in Europe under General
George S. Patton. As Nazi atrocities began to be discovered, Ferencz was
transferred to the newly created War Crimes Branch to gather evidence; he
became the U.S. chief prosecutor against the Nuremberg Tribunal’s Einsatzgruppen.
A strong supporter of the International Criminal Court (ICC),
he continues to work for his goal of replacing “the rule of force with the
rule of law.” For his lifelong fight for justice and democracy, we dedicate
this special issue on law to Benjamin Ferencz.