Last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis dies at 103.

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Last living Nuremberg prosecutor of Nazis dies at 103.
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Ben Ferencz, the last living prosecutor of the Nuremberg Trials, has died at the age of 103. Ferencz, a Jewish lawyer who had no courtroom experience, prosecuted the largest murder case in history against 22 authorities of the mobile Nazi killing units, called Einsatzgruppen, that operated in Eastern Europe during World War II. All 22 defendants were convicted. Ferencz devoted much of the rest of his life to the cause of international justice and was instrumental in establishing the International Criminal Court at The Hague.

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