this is benjamin ferentz with a different take on the potential for injustice. i should hope in and i want to scale to do it. on the one hand, i'm not 20, it's a nuisance. oh, you know, i haven't got a 1000000 victims. that it can't be done. you know, nobody justice in a situation like this. so barry white with we had for there were french and british and soviet and american lawyers drawing up a vis procedure. was there unanimity about what justice looked like? yes, i think by the time of the trial, it wasn't a foregone conclusion that there would be a trial at the end of the war. churchill in-style were still arguing for summary executions of nazi leaders. but the united states in particular, argued that they really needed to be a different process that not just another incident of victors exacting vengeance on the defeated. but a process that people, especially the germans, would see as fair and also processes that were certain not only to punish nazi germany's leaders for their crimes, but also to prevent those kinds of crimes from being committed in the futu

this is benjamin ferentz with a different take on the potential for injustice. i should hope in and balance the scales and judge who's on the one hand. i'm not 20 minutes. oh, you know, i haven't got a 1000000 votes that can't be done. well, you know, reach out to us in a situation like this. so barry white with we had for a, there were french and british and soviet and american lawyers drawing up a vis procedure. was there unanimity about what justice looked like? yes, i think by the time of the trial, it wasn't a foregone conclusion that there would be a trial at the end of the war. churchill in-style were still arguing for summary executions of nazi leaders. but the united states in particular, argued that they really needed to be a different process that not just another incident of victors exacting vengeance on the defeated. but a process that people, especially the germans would see is fair. and also process that we're certain, not only to punish nazi, germany's leaders for their crimes, but also to prevent those kinds of crimes from being committed in the

this is benjamin ferentz with a different take on the potential for injustice. actually, how can i balance the scales and judge who's on the one hand, i'm not 20, it's a nuisance. oh, you know, i haven't got a 1000000 victims. that it can't be done. you know, nobody justice in a situation like this. so barry white with we had for a day were french and british and soviet and american lawyers drawing up a vis procedure. was there unanimity about what justice looked like? yes i think by the time of the trial it wasn't a foregone conclusion that there would be a trial at the end of the war. churchill and stalin were still arguing for summary executions of nazi leaders. but the united states in particular, argued that they really needed to be a different process that not just another incident of victors exacting vengeance on the defeated. but a process that people, especially germans would see is fair. and also crosses that we're certain not only to punish nazi germany's leaders for their crimes, but also to prevent those kinds of crimes from being committed in the f

so the president's speech really looking at a broad view, we also heard from benjamin ferentz. he was somebody who was involved in the nuremberg trials as the chief prosecutor in the so-called s.s. einsatzgruppen trial. one of the follow up trials to the main tribunals that happened in the late forty's. and he appealed to people listening to him to really turn away from war to assert the principle of law rather than war. and he pointed out that even now 75 years on from the nuremberg trials, wars are still going on. and atrocities are still being committed in the name of governments. stay with us. we're going to hear from benjamin parents who you mentioned that part of a prosecution team and who helped to build the case against nazi officials. he's been speaking today about his historic role, and i got 30 indignant. i said, loath i got if i han't you matt meagher, to run for president. i'm not going to have you back to go. benjamin ferenc was the chief prosecutor in the trial of s.s. death squad members at nurnberg in 1947. he was 27 years old and had already fought as a us sol