<span style="color: #222222;">Benjamin Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor from the Nuremberg trials in Germany after World War Two, passed away at the age of 103 in the United States. Ferencz fought in Europe during the Second World War and helped liberate several concentration camps before turning to the courtroom.<br />”</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Benjamin Ferencz was just 27 year old when he was named Chief Prosecutor for Nuremberg’s Einsatzgruppen trial and secured the convictions of 22 Nazi officers for crimes against humanity. Ferencz championed the creation of an international court which could prosecute any government’s leaders for war crimes. Those dreams were realized in 2002 with establishment of the International Criminal Court in The Hague.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Ferencz died on Friday evening at an assisted living facility at Boynton Beach in Florida in the United States.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Confirming his death, the US Holocaust Museum said, the world had lost a leader in the quest for justice for victims of genocide.</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">&nbsp;</span><br />” <span style="color: #222222;">Ferencz was born in Transylvania, part of Romania, in 1920, but his family emigrated to the US when he was young to escape antisemitism, later settling in New York. After graduating from Harvard Law School in 1943, he enlisted in the US Army and took part in the Allied landings at Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He rose to the rank of Sergeant and ultimately joined a team tasked with investigating and gathering evidence of Nazi war crimes. Shortly afterwards, he was recruited to help prosecute Nazis at the Nuremberg trials, despite having no prior trial experience</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span><br />