Benjamin Ferencz, the last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis, dies at the age of 103

Benjamin Ferencz, the only surviving prosecutor from the Nazi trials at Nuremberg, died on Sunday at the age of 103.

Between 1945 and 1946, following the end of World War II, a series of trials known as the Nuremberg Trials were place in Nuremberg, Germany. Former Nazi commanders were indicted and convicted as war criminals by the International Military Tribunal. Before entering the courts, Ferencz fought in Europe during WWII and contributed to the liberation of different concentration camps.
As per CNN, Benjamin Ferencz at the age of 27, was named Chief Prosecutor for the Einsatzgruppen trial in Nuremberg, where 22 Nazis were charged with crimes against humanity.

After Munich, Nuremberg is the second-largest city in the German state of Bavaria.
Following Germany’s defeat in 1945, the Allies held the Nuremberg trials in an attempt to try Nazis for crimes committed during WWII.
While the Einsatzgruppen trial was Benjamin Ferencz’s first legal proceeding, he was able to close the case in just two days thanks to evidence he discovered well preserved and documented in the Nazi headquarters, CNN reported.

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington also confirmed his death.
“Today, the world lost a leader in the fight for justice for genocide and other crimes against humanity. Ben Ferencz, the last Nuremberg war crimes prosecutor, has died. At the age of 27, he secured guilty verdicts against 22 Nazis despite having no prior trial experience,” the museum tweeted.