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Oral history interview with Benjamin B. Ferencz

Oral History | Digitized | RG Number: RG-50.030.0269

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    Oral history interview with Benjamin B. Ferencz

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Benjamin B. Ferencz, born in the Carpathian Mountains of Transylvania, Romania in 1920, describes moving to New York City; receiving his education at the City College of New York and Harvard Law School; enlisting in the United States Army in World War II and serving as an anti-aircraft gunner with the 115th A.A.A. Gun Battalion; serving on a war crimes investigation team that was charged with recovering evidence for war crimes in German towns and concentration camps; General Telford Taylor asking him to act as prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen Trial in Nuremberg; returning home, where he became involved in the restitution of goods and money to the victims of Nazi atrocities; his appointments as the Director-General of the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization, where he served until 1956, and as the Director of the United Restitution Organization from 1951 until 1993; publishing several legal texts about world peace and international criminal law, including “Less Than Slaves”; and advocating for an international criminal court as a proponent of the United Nations.
    Interviewee
    Mr. Benjamin B. Ferencz
    Interviewer
    Ringelheim, Dr. Joan
    Date
    interview:  1994 August 26
    interview:  1994 October 21
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Oral histories.
    Extent
    16 videocasettes (Betacam SP) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
    Conditions on Use
    Restrictions on use. The interview may not be used for commercial purposes without the express written permission of Benjamin Ferencz

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    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Oral History Branch conducted the interview with Benjamin B. Ferencz on August 26, 1994 and October 21, 1994.
    Funding Note
    The cataloging of this oral history interview has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
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    2023-11-16 08:01:43
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