Posted on Apr 10, 2022
Last Nuremberg prosecutor: World still doesn't get it
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Benjamin Ferencz says the world still has not learned the lesson he helped lay out 75 years ago during the Nuremberg war crimes trials of Nazi officials that followed World War II.
“My hope was that we could create a more humane and peaceful world where no one would be killed or persecuted because of his race or religion or political belief,” said Ferencz, who is 102 and is the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, which were held in Germany from 1945 to 1949.
But in late February came the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Benjamin Ferencz says the world still has not learned the lesson he helped lay out 75 years ago during the Nuremberg war crimes trials of Nazi officials that followed World War II.
“My hope was that we could create a more humane and peaceful world where no one would be killed or persecuted because of his race or religion or political belief,” said Ferencz, who is 102 and is the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, which were held in Germany from 1945 to 1949.
But in late February came the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Last Nuremberg prosecutor: World still doesn't get it
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."But in late February came the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
"We see it still happening today, people running with their infant children, hospitals being bombed, and we have not yet learned the lesson from Nuremberg despite the fact that we laid it out clear and unmistakable," said Ferencz, who lives in Delray Beach.
On Thursday, Ferencz received the Governor's Medal of Freedom from Gov. Ron DeSantis in a ceremony at Florida Atlantic University. DeSantis also used the occasion to sign a bill making the Governor's Medal a permanent part of Florida law.
Ferencz used his acceptance speech as an opportunity to comment on the Russia-Ukraine war.
“I am trying to change the way people think about war,” he said. “If they don’t think about it, their heart will not change, either. So you have to think about it, and ask yourself, ‘Is this the way for human beings to behave?'”...
..."But in late February came the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
"We see it still happening today, people running with their infant children, hospitals being bombed, and we have not yet learned the lesson from Nuremberg despite the fact that we laid it out clear and unmistakable," said Ferencz, who lives in Delray Beach.
On Thursday, Ferencz received the Governor's Medal of Freedom from Gov. Ron DeSantis in a ceremony at Florida Atlantic University. DeSantis also used the occasion to sign a bill making the Governor's Medal a permanent part of Florida law.
Ferencz used his acceptance speech as an opportunity to comment on the Russia-Ukraine war.
“I am trying to change the way people think about war,” he said. “If they don’t think about it, their heart will not change, either. So you have to think about it, and ask yourself, ‘Is this the way for human beings to behave?'”...
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This aging veteran from Dunkirk and the battle of the Atlantic I said the same thing that man has not learned a thing.
https://youtu.be/XwaJcZnR7us
https://youtu.be/XwaJcZnR7us
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