The einsats group were assigned to kill every single jewish man, woman or child they could lay their hands on. They also killed gipsies and anybody else who might be a suspected potential enemy of the rite. When i reached a million, over a million people murdered by these groups isaid. We have to put out a new trial. This is the biggest murder trial in history. You cannot just simply say, because we run out of space or money, you can' you can't let em go.
When Benjamin Ferencz was 27 years old, he prosecuted his very first trial. There were 22 defendants, each of them high-ranking members of Nazi Germany’s death squad. The entire world was watching.
Today, we take a look at the Nuremberg trials and their role in defining international law after World War II.
This episode originally aired in 2018—this version includes an update with Benjamin Ferencz, who celebrated his 101st birthday earlier this year.
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