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Presented by 
The David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliance,

the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

and the Greater Philadelphia Law Professors鈥� Ethics Consortium

Join us for a virtual conversation with Ben Ferencz, last living Nuremberg prosecutor.

Thursday, October 29
5:00 p.m.
Virtual Event

After the end of World War II, members of the Nazi leadership were tried in Nuremberg, Germany. Benjamin Ferencz served as a war crimes investigator shortly after liberation and later as the lead prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen case, which the Associated Press called 鈥渢he biggest murder trial in history.鈥� He was 27 years old. It was his first case. All 22 Nazi officials tried for murdering over a million Jews were convicted.

Now, 75 years after the opening of the Nuremberg trials, join the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museumm the David F. and Constance B. Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliance and the Greater Philadelphia Law Professors鈥� Ethics Consortium for a conversation to explore how the next generation can continue this fight for justice for victims of atrocity crimes.  

Featured Speakers:

• , last living Nuremberg prosecutor and lifelong advocate of "law not war"
• , Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
• , Director and Producer, (available to stream on Netflix)

Welcome from:

• Mark C. Alexander, The Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law, 草榴社区 Charles Widger School of Law

Moderated by:

• , Partner, Morrison & Foerster; Member, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council; Member, Committee on Conscience

This lecture is approved by the Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board for 1 Ethics Distance CLE credit. Please note, those who register will receive an email with the link to the Zoom Webinar prior to the event.