Ben Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials, answered the phone in bright spirits.
The trials marked the first time in history that mass murderers were prosecuted for war crimes, and Ferencz was only 27 at the time.
He went on to play a crucial role in securing compensation for Holocaust survivors and in the creation of the International Criminal Court at The Hague.
Now he was sitting at his desk in Delray Beach, Florida, a 102-year-old man answering a reporter’s questions with wit and remarkable recall.
“Goodbye, Mr. Ohlendorf.”What did he think about the war in Ukraine and the uptick in antisemitic incidents around the globe?