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In 1947, Benjamin Ferencz, a 27-year-old Jewish American immigrant from Transylvania became the chief prosecutor of the largest murder trial in history. He convicted 22 members of the Einsatzgruppen, the Nazi task forces whose sole mission was to murder Jews. Ben uncovered the evidence of these war crimes and during their trial in Nuremberg, Germany used the word “genocide” for the first time ever in a court of law. Now, at the age of 101, he continues to seek out truth and create a more ethical and less violent world. His mantra is law, not war. In this episode of The Memory Generation, we explore Ben’s legacy, the precedent set at the Nuremberg trials and speak with Jonathan Dotan, an expert in blockchain technologies (and one of the writers and producers of HBO’s Silicon Valley) about his mission to change the way that video and photographic evidence can be authenticated and preserved for a court of law. This episode is about truth-seeking and the use of technology in the pursuit of justice.
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In 1947, Benjamin Ferencz, a 27-year-old Jewish American immigrant from Transylvania became the chief prosecutor of the largest murder trial in history. He convicted 22 members of the Einsatzgruppen, the Nazi task forces whose sole mission was to murder Jews. Ben uncovered the evidence of these war crimes and during their trial in Nuremberg, Germany used the word “genocide” for the first time ever in a court of law. Now, at the age of 101, he continues to seek out truth and create a more ethical and less violent world. His mantra is law, not war. In this episode of The Memory Generation, we explore Ben’s legacy, the precedent set at the Nuremberg trials and speak with Jonathan Dotan, an expert in blockchain technologies (and one of the writers and producers of HBO’s Silicon Valley) about his mission to change the way that video and photographic evidence can be authenticated and preserved for a court of law. This episode is about truth-seeking and the use of technology in the pursuit of justice.