ben ferencz, welcome to hardtalk. you were born in 1920 in transylvania in central europe.o the united states with your family when you were a little baby. you really epitomise the american dream, a kind of rags to riches story, because it was discovered that you were highly intelligent and you were put on a fast track to harvard law school. we arrived in america. my parents were young immigrants fleeing persecution and poverty, no money, no skills, no language, and lucky to have some friendly new yorker offer us, my father, who had been trained as a shoemaker, but they didn't need any boots made in new york, there were no cowboys. but the owner of a building offered us the opportunity to sleep in the cellar and my father would be the janitor. and that's where we began and that's where my memory begins, in a high crime density area known — for good reason — as hell's kitchen. there was a lot of crime there. is that what excited your interest in law and pursuing a career in law? well, it did excite my interest in not being on the criminal side. i mean, put it that way. there

welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi, here in florida, where my guest is 98—year—old ben ferenczhelped liberate the death camps of europe while serving in the us army. so does he believe that the nuremberg trials have made

ben ferencz was just 27 years old when he was selected to take on the biggest criminal trial in historyprosecuting the nazis after world war ii he helped to secure the convictions of 22 nazi death squad commanders ferencz later played a crucial role in securing compensation for holocaust survivors and in creating the international criminal court at the hague. in what turned out to be his last media interview, ferencz told nbc news in november, quote, i was damn lucky to live this long. i hope that i've done some good during that lifetime and that he most certainly did >>> some breaking sports news this morning tiger woods has withdrawn from the masters. he still is suffering visibly from the effects of that severe car crash in 2021. round three of the season's first major tournament was cut short on saturday due to heavy rain this morning, the players will finish the third round and then play the final round this afternoon. american brooks koepka leads the tournament at 13 under par jon rahm is four strokes back, followed by american amateur sam bennett. it should be a fun day at august

ben ferencz was just 27 when he secured the convictions of 22 nazi officers for war crimes and crimeswere moved from another part of the national park. this ambulance had to weave its way past parked cars on these narrow mountain roads. ensuring access for emergency vehicles is one of the reasons why north wales police are taking action. they say that cars parked on double yellow lines, on the clearway, or causing an obstruction will be removed at their own expense. visitors are being encouraged instead to make full use of park—and—ride facilities like this one in nant peris. but are they finding it easy to park in this area? to be honest, i wish there was a bit more, because we did drive around for about an hour and a half now looking for parking. it's just hot and warm and you just want to find somewhere to pull up and get out, it wasjust very long. i think you could come i here and not get a parking space, depending on the time, but we came very early - so we were lucky. busy here today, very busy. nice to have it. local taxi driver paul said the situation was easing, and that prob