CITY OF MIAMI TAXPAYERS.
BOAT OWNERS IN FLORIDA DO NOT
NEED TO HAVE INSURANCE WHICH IS
LIKELY WHY ALL THESE BOATS WERE
LEFT UNCLAIMED.
THE U. S. HOLOCAUST
MEMORIAL MUSEUM IS HOLDING ITS
25th ANNIVERSARY LAST NIGHT IN
BOCA RATON.
I WAS HONORED TO BE THE Mc FOR
THE EVENT WHICH ALSO FEATURED
BENJAMIN FRIENDS, THE LAST
LIVING PROSECUTOR FROM THE
NUREMBERG TRIAL WHERE NAZIS
WERE BROUGHT TO TRIAL FOR THEIR
ATROCITIES.
HIS AGE AND SIZE, THE TWINKLE
IN HIS EYE MAKES HIM STAND OUT
BEFORE YOU HEAR HIS STORY.
THEN, HE TELLS YOU ABOUT HIS
WORK AT NUREMBERG AND YOU
REALIZE YOU WERE TALKING TO A
LIVING LEGEND.
BEEN FRIENDS, TOO MUCH SHY
OF HIS 90th BIRTHDAY SHOWS ME
ABOUT HIS YARD. WE MET A YEAR
AGO WHEN I CAME TO INTERVIEW
HIM ABOUT HIS LIFE'S WORK.
I HAVE A SOLUTION, LAW NOT
WAR.
HE HAS A LAW DEGREE FROM
HARVARD THAT THE U. S.
GOVERNMENT PUT TO USE.
AT 27 HE WAS APPOINTED THE
PROSECUTOR AT THE NUREMBERG
TRIALS.
AS THE ALLIES LIBERATED THE
CONCENTRATION CAMPS, FRIENDS
WHEN IN AND DOCUMENTED THE
EVIDENCE, MASS MURDER ON AN
UNIMAGINABLE SCALE THAT HE
PRESENTED THE EVIDENCE IN COURT.
THEY MILLIARD OVER A MURDER
-- 1 MILLION PEOPLE IN COLD
BLOOD -- THEY MURDERED OVER 1
MILLION PEOPLE IN COLD BLOOD.
I CARE ABOUT MYSELF AND
KNOWING I DID THE BEST THEY
COULD TO CHANGE THINGS.
THAT IS ALL I CARE ABOUT.
VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU.
I'M GLAD YOU APPROVE.
I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT
BETTER MYSELF.
IT'S AMAZING TO SEE THE
BLACK-AND-WHITE FOOTAGE IN
1947, THE FIRST EVER TRIAL.
I SEE THERE IS ANOTHER
OBJECTION COMING.
WOULD YOU REMEMBER ABOUT
MAKING THE OPENING STATEMENT?
I REMEMBER SITTING THERE IN THE
QUARTER MAKING THE OPENING
STATEMENT AND ASKING MYSELF
WHAT AM I GOING TO ASK FOR?
THE CASE I PRESENT IS A PLEA
OF HUMANITY TO LAW.
IT WILL BE MY PLAY TO
HUMANITY TO LOT TO CREATE A NEW
STRUCTURE OF HUMANITY WERE THIS
COULD NOT HAPPEN.
THAT IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO DO
IN MY OPENING STATEMENT. 13
OF THOSE TRIED RECEIVED DEATH
SENTENCES BUT HEARING THE
PUNISHMENTS READ ALOUD IN OPEN
COURT MADE HIM PHYSICALLY ILL.
THE TRIBUNAL WILL NOW RISE.
THAT WAS SO PAINFUL FOR YOU
TO HEAR THOSE WORDS.
I THINK I REALIZED EVENT
THAT HAD THERE NOT BEEN A WAR
THAT THESE MEN WOULD NOT HAVE
BEEN TRIED FOR ANYTHING.
THEY WERE NOT LEAST OR WILD
ANIMALS.
THEY WERE ORDINARY PATRIOTIC
CITIZENS WHO BELIEVED IN A
POLITICAL SYSTEM OFFERED BY
HITLER AND DID WHAT THEY FELT
WAS NECESSARY FOR THEIR COUNTRY.
THIS AWARENESS THAT EVERY TIME
THEY WERE SENTENCED TO DEATH, I
FELT A LITTLE GUILTY ABOUT THAT.
YOU FELT GUILTY?
I FELT GUILTY, YES.
IT'S AMAZING TO HEAR YOU SAY
THAT.
I SUPPOSE IT IS.
WAR IS THE ENEMY, NOT THE
PEOPLE WHO FIGHT IN THEM, THE
IDEA OF WAR IT HEALTH.
THE CURRENT SYSTEM IS DEATH,
LAW NOT WAR IS BENZ SLOGAN.
HIS ADVICE FOR THE WORLD IS
SETTLE DIFFERENCES IN A
COURTROOM NOT ON A BATTLEFIELD.
JUDGES AND JURIES NOT BLOOD AND
TREASURE.
YOU KNOW PEOPLE WILL LISTEN
TO YOUR MESSAGE OF THE LAW NOT
WAR AND CALL YOU NAOVE.
AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY FOR
YEARS HAS BEEN CONCENTRATED ON
PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH SO WE
HAVE BUILT UP OUR MILITARY AND
WE CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
ARE YOU SAYING WE ARE WRONG
ABOUT ALL OF THAT? NOT ONLY
AM I SAYING YOU ARE WRONG IT IS
CRIMINAL.
THIS IS INSANE.
I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYTHING MORE
COOL THAN TO USE YOUR MONEY TO
GET INSTRUMENTS TO KILL PEOPLE
INSTEAD OF HELP PEOPLE.
THAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF
THE WORLD.
AM I GOING TO CHANGE IT?
NO.
AM I GOING TO CHANGE IT?
DAMN TOOTIN I AM.
HE TRAVELS THE WORLD
PREACHING LAW NOT WAR.
YOU MADE IT YOUR LIFE'S
MISSION TO TRY TO PREVENT A
ANOTHER HOLOCAUST AND YOU HAVE
BEEN TIRELESSLY AND YET IT
CONTINUES.
SEDAN.
OTHER COUNTRIES.
YES.
IT MUST BREAK YOUR HEART.
IT DOES BUT I DO THE BEST I
CAN TO CHANGE IT.