Who were scenting us out did not have the foggiest idea what we were supposed to do. We knew we were supposed to do something connected to war crimes trials, but as an attorney i knew the rules required. Of course, i knew that what constitutes admissible evidence in a court of law, and we were trying, of course, to collect that kind of evidence to make the convictions hold up. How did you make up these claims . Mr. Ferencz we had to improvise as we went along to we didnt have a regular courtroom where you could call in a witness and examine him with a secretary present and someone else crossexamining or securing his rights. Testimony from friendly witnesses. We had taken affidavits from them. If it was from a hostile witness, we would interrogate him privately in order to see if we could ascertain the truth. When we reach the point where without we had ascertained the truth, we asked him to write it out in his own hand. And usually broaden an officer to witness that. Depositiona separa
Former chief prosecutor. To as born in transylvania jewish family and immigrated to america when he was an infant. He enlisted in the u. S. Army after earning his law degree and was later assigned to set up a War Crimes Branch to investigate nazi atrocities. In part two of his interview, he discusses the war crimes trials and help prosecutors collected evidence against nazi leaders. He also discusses how the u. S. Dealt with restitution toward jewish families who survived the holocaust. This is the second of a threepart interview and was conducted by the United States Holocaust Memorial museum in washington, d. C. It is about an hour and a half. I want to go back to when you were put on the team. Were there rules . There were nocz rules because the people sending this out had not the foggiest idea of what we were supposed to do. We knew we were supposed to do something connected to the war crimes trials. As an attorney, i knew the rules of evidence and what was required. I have been in
Welcome. Welcome to the september meeting of the Lincoln Group of the district of columbia. Im david j. Kent on the president of the Lincoln Group of district of columbia. And this is kind of a special night because not only is our first meeting since june, but we also have zoom. We have a video being recorded and this is my official book launch for my new book, lincoln the fire of genius. So thank you. I know a lot of people like when are coming in and i really appreciate that. Im going to give a talk tonight about about lincoln and the fire and basically look at well, i just let me look at just the the the subtitle because that i think that really describes the book. Its however ham lincolns commitment to science and Technology Helped modernize america. So thats what im going to talk about tonight. And just to give you a little background, im going to talk about, i guess start with the book is really kind of the kind of piece set out in the three different sections. The first is like
Welcome. Welcome to the september meeting of the Lincoln Group of the district of columbia. Im david j. Kent on the president of the Lincoln Group of district of columbia. And this is kind of a special night because not only is our first meeting since june, but we also have zoom. We have a video being recorded and this is my official book launch for my new book, lincoln the fire of genius. So thank you. I know a lot of people like when are coming in and i really appreciate that. Im going to give a talk tonight about about lincoln and the fire and basically look at well, i just let me look at just the the the subtitle because that i think that really describes the book. Its however ham lincolns commitment to science and Technology Helped modernize america. So thats what im going to talk about tonight. And just to give you a little background, im going to talk about, i guess start with the book is really kind of the kind of piece set out in the three different sections. The first is like
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