Benjamin Ferencz, Last Living Nuremberg Prosecutor of Nazis, Dies

He worked under Justice Robert Jackson at the war crimes trial.

Armin Weigel / Pool Photo via AP, File
Benjamin Ferencz, Romanian-born American lawyer and chief prosecutor of the Nuremberg war crimes trials, speaks during an opening ceremony for the exhibition commemorating the Nuremberg war crimes trials at Nuremberg, Germany, November 21, 2010. Armin Weigel / Pool Photo via AP, File

Benjamin Ferencz, the last living prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, who tried Nazis for genocidal war crimes and was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps, has died. He turned 103 in March.

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