Benjamin Ferencz, age 7

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Date

1927

Description

Benjamin Ferencz at age seven holding a book. Born in the Carpathian Mountains to a Jewish family, at the time of this picture Ferencz spoke only Yiddish, causing him much difficulty at school. However, this early picture of him fortells of his studiousness. In 1943 Ferencz would graduate from Harvard Law School and in 1947 would be chosen as the chief prosecutor of the Einsatzgruppen Trial which tried 24 leaders of the SS in what some would deem "the biggest murder trial in history."

Type

Photograph

Era

Turn of the Century and WWI, The Great Depression and WW II

Topic

Genocide, Jewish History, World War II

Repository

Ben Ferencz.org

Source

Ben Ferencz.org. Photos 1910s - 1930s: https://benferencz.org/gallery/1910s-to-1930s/

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