Interview with Ben Ferencz - A Chief Prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials — Transcript

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1. 0:02my name is inder comar and I have the
2. 0:03pleasure of sitting uh sitting here with
3. 0:06Ben Fen uh Ben was a chief prosecutor at
4. 0:09the nberg trials and uh one of the the
5. 0:12key things he did at nberg was convict
6. 0:14the einot group and in one of the
7. 0:16largest murder trials in history and um
8. 0:19thank you for sitting here with me today
9. 0:20it's my pleasure to be here and I just
10. 0:22wanted to ask you Ben uh some some of
11. 0:25your thoughts on the importance of the
12. 0:27rule of law and why uh we need move in
13. 0:30the direction of Law and not war you
14. 0:33always have to consider your
15. 0:35Alternatives if you have leaders who are
16. 0:38unable to settle their disputes by
17. 0:40peaceful means uh unless there is some
18. 0:43alternative organization to turn to to
19. 0:47settle the disputes they have no choice
20. 0:48but to turn to violence and that's what
21. 0:50they're doing because we have failed to
22. 0:52build up the institutions we need to
23. 0:55enforce a rational rule of law to
24. 0:57protect all of humankind and until we
25. 1:00have such a court functioning and
26. 1:03enforcing its decrees I'm afraid the
27. 1:06world will continue the total chaos and
28. 1:08murderous activities which are carried
29. 1:10on all around the world
30. 1:13today all right well thank you thank you
31. 1:15Ben for your thoughts you're very
32. 1:17welcome