💰 Ben Ferencz, last surviving Nuremberg prosecutor, dies at 103

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April 8 (Reuters) - Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials in Germany that brought Nazi war criminals to justice after World War Two and a longtime apostle of international criminal law, died on Friday at age 103, NBC News reported, citing his son. "It is with sorrow and with hope that we here disclose the deliberate slaughter of more than a million innocent and defenseless men, women, and children," Ferencz said in his opening statement at the trial. Over the years, Ferencz was critical of actions by his own country including during the Vietnam War

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