Palace of Justice

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
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