[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 20, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E345]
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                      IN HONOR OF BENJAMIN FERENCZ

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                           HON. LOIS FRANKEL

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, March 20, 2018

  Mr. FRANKEL of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I along with Representative 
Deutch, am pleased to honor Benjamin Ferencz, an investigator of Nazi 
war crimes following World War II and the chief prosecutor for the 
United States at the Einsatzgruppen trial at Nuremberg.
  Benjamin was born in Somcuta Mare, a village in Romania, and 
emigrated to the United States with his family when he was 10 months 
old. He attended Harvard Law School and joined the Army following his 
studies. Assigned to General Patton's Third Army, he was tasked with 
gathering evidence of the Nazi's war crimes. After the war he was named 
the chief prosecutor for the United States in one of the Nuremberg 
Trials, at only 27 years old, and his prosecution resulted in 22 
convictions. Mr. Ferencz became a global advocate for the establishment 
of an international rule of law and the International Criminal Court, 
and served as an adjunct professor of international law at Pace 
University in New York.
  Benjamin has contributed immeasurably to the international rule of 
law and his service to our country and the world is worthy of great 
recognition.
  Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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