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Engraved sterling silver tea tray honoring recipient's service to the URO

Object | Accession Number: 1994.97.1
1994.97.1 front Engraved sterling silver tea tray honoring recipient's service to the URO Click to enlarge 1994.97.1 back Engraved sterling silver tea tray honoring recipient's service to the URO Click to enlarge

Sterling silver tea tray presented to Benjamin Ferencz from the staff of the JRSO, LAD, and URO (United Restitution Organization) commemorating his service from 1948-1956 in Nuremberg and Frankfurt, Germany.

Date
commemoration:  1948-1956
received:  1956
Geography
received: Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Language
English
Classification
Household Utensils
Category
Tableware
Object Type
Tea trays (lcsh)
Credit Line
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Benjamin B. Ferencz

About This Object

Physical Description
Large oval sterling silver tray with a raised, beveled, scalloped edge that was part of a coffee and tea service, with an engraved inscription in English on the underside.
Dimensions
overall: Height: 14.750 inches (37.465 cm) | Width: 18.625 inches (47.308 cm) | Depth: 0.313 inches (0.795 cm)
Materials
overall : silver
Inscription
reverse, engraved : To Benny and Gertrude, presented by JRSO LAD and URO Staff Members in friendly remembrance of common work for a good cause 1948-1956, Nurnberg; Frankfurt / M. ( list of staff members from the URO and JRSO follows.)
Contributor
Subject: Benjamin B. Ferencz
Biography
Benjamin B. Ferencz was born in Șomcuta Mare, Romania (Nagysomkút, Hungary) on March 11, 1920, to Joseph and Sarah Ferencz. At the time, Șomcuta Mare was still part of Hungary but was occupied by Romania. The city was ceded to Romania under the Treaty of Trianon shortly after Benjamin’s birth, and the Ferencz family immigrated to the United States at the end of the same year. Benjamin Ferencz received a Bachelor of Science in Social Science from the City College of New York in 1940, and a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1943. Mr. Ferencz served in the U.S. Army from 1943-1945 and then held a variety of positions related to the Holocaust. Some of those positions included Executive Counsel, Office of the Chief of Counsel for War Crimes, Nuremberg, 1946-1948; Chief Prosecutor for the U.S. in the war crimes trial against Nazi extermination squads, 1947; Director General, Jewish Restitution Successor Organization, 1948-1956; Director of Operations, United Restitution Organization, Ltd., 1954-1956; Special Legal Advisor at Hague reparations negotiations, Germany-Israel, 1952; Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, 1953-1956; Counsel, International Council of B'nai B'rith, 1958-1961; Counsel, American Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants, 1959-1961; and numerous other councils and conferences related to the Holocaust. He held the position of Adjunct Professor of International Law at Pace University in White Plains, NY, and is founder and Executive Director of the Peace Center. Ferencz is the author of numerous monographs, articles, and commentaries, primarily on matters of international law, the need for an international criminal court, and world peace. Mr. Ferencz married Gertrude Ferencz (née Fried) in 1946, and is father to four children; Carol, Robin, Donald, and Nina. Mr. Ferencz resides in New Rochelle, New York where he continues to strive for universal peace.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

Legal Status
Permanent Collection
Provenance
The tray was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1994 by Benjamin Ferencz.

Rights and Restrictions

Conditions on Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions on Use
No restrictions on use

 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 18:32:37
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