Benjamin Ferencz

Almost 1 million people in 22 countries carried out the unprovoked murder of 11 million innocent men, women and children. The Allies knew where a great many of the murderers could be found - Germany, Austria, Italy, the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, and numerous countries in South America. The Allies unanimously agreed to prosecute those responsible when they drew up The London Agreement in August 1945, but, after the late 1940s, these very same Allies did almost nothing. Why were so many were actively permitted to get away with their crimes?

Ce documentaire examine comment et pourquoi des milliers d'Allemands ont participé à des atrocités de masse au sein des bataillons de police nazis pendant l'Holocauste.

En compagnie de Luis Moreno Ocampo, qui fut le premier procureur en chef de la Cour pénale internationale, une réflexion sur le pouvoir du droit et ses limites, à la lumière notamment des guerres en Ukraine et à Gaza.

Chronicles the adventurous life of Hungarian-born Jewish lawyer Benjamin Ferencz, who fled to the USA as a child and later became chief war crime prosecutor in the Nuremberg Trials of 1945-1949 and one of the founding members of the International Criminal Court, which entered into force in 2002.

A fascinating portrait of Ben Ferencz, the last surviving Nuremberg Trial prosecutor, who continues to wage his lifelong crusade in the fight for law and peace.

Five interwoven stories of remarkable courage from Nuremberg to Rwanda, from Darfur to Syria, and from apathy to action.

A chronicle of the Holocaust, told by the resilient survivors who lived through it.

A Danish film essay about human evil and the motivations of mass murderers in war situations. A number of executioners divulge their bloody tales.

Dans l'esprit de la population allemande, le jugement des figures de proue du régime nazi par le tribunal international de Nuremberg l'exonère de sa propre responsabilité et participation aux crimes nazis. Redevenue indépendante en 1949, la justice allemande ne reconnaît pas les jugements prononcés par «la justice des vainqueurs» et libère tous les criminels nazis encore en prison. En 1954, les principaux commandants des Einsatzgruppen, jugés par les Alliés en 1947, sont à nouveaux des citoyens libres.

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