The article starts off with a quote by Benjamin B. Ferencz explaining that a world with tolerance and compassion is hard. Therefore if we do not develop law we could reenact a holocaust and wipe out everyone.
In the second paragraph of the article it states that in 1920 Benjamin was born and then 23 years later graduated from Harvard Law School. He later then joined an anti-aircraft artillery force to protect from France. After the invasion he was sent to find evidence of the crimes by Germany.
After searching for evidence he was sent to Berlin along with fifty other researchers. When they got to Berlin they saw millions of dead bodies and they called “The Worlds Biggest Murder Trial”.
During the trial twenty two defendants were guilty. Fourteen of them sentenced to death, two were sentenced to life terms, five were sentenced to 10-20 years, and four of the death sentences were carried out.
Works Cited
"Holocaust History." "The Biggest Murder Trial in History" United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, 11 May 2012. Web. 15 Jan. 2013.
That is very interesting I thought the punishment for the Nazi officers would be more severe so it surprised me that they all didn't get life sentences
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised they found evidence. I thougth the Nazis went back and destroyed most of the evidence.
ReplyDeleteYeah like Michael said I' am also surprised that the Nazi Officers didn't get life sentences, But great blog summary. Good Job!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much.
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