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The passing of Benjamin Ferencz

Published by jalbertini on April 9th, 2023 in Military, Public Events, Social Justice, Take Action!.

Today, Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, marked the passing of a remarkable man –Benjamin Ferencz.  He died at the age of 103.  Ben was the last living Nuremberg WWII war crimes prosecutor.  I met him in 1972.  He voluntarily came to Hawaii to offer his help in a Vietnam war resistance trial I was involved in with Jim Douglass for pouring our blood on top secret files at Hickam Air Force Base, the HQ of the US Pacific Air Force.  We took that action at Hickam as an act of non-violent resistance to try and stop US war crimes in Vietnam.  Ben Ferenca and another former Nuremberg prosecutor, the late Mary Kaufman, came to assist us in our defense.  It was quite an honor to have them backing us. 

Jim Albertini

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