THAT WAS SIX HOURS OLD AT THE
TIME.
IN ALL, 500 PAGES OF
TRANSCRIPTS WERE RELEASED.
NOW TO A STORY ABOUT A TOP
FLORIDA MAN WHO IS LITERALLY A
LIVING LEGEND.
AT 96, BEN IS THE LAST
SURVIVING PROSECUTOR FROM THE
TRIALS HELD AFTER WORLD WAR II.
HE SAW FIRST-HAND THE
ATROCITIES OF THE HOLT COST AND
HAS DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO WORKING
SO THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.
WE WANT TO WARN YOU THIS STORY
CONTAINS GRAPHIC FOOTAGE FROM
THE HOLOCAUST WHICH MAY BE TOO
DISTURBING FOR YOUNG KIDS.
WE SHALL ESTABLISH BEYOND A
REALM OF DOUBT FACTS, WHICH
BEFORE THE DARK DECADE OF THE
THIRD -- WOULD HAVE SEEMED
INCREDIBLE.
AND I CONNECTED 22 DEFENDS
OF MURDERING MORE THAN A
MILLION PEOPLE IN COLD BLOOD.
I RESTED MY CASE IN TWO DAYS
AND CON SELECTED ALL OF THEM.
NEVER MATCHED THAT RECORD.
HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
DO YOU WOULD BE HARD-PRESSED TO
FIND A BIGGER LEGAL VICTORY
THAN THE ONE.
IN GERMANY.
GENOCIDE, THE EXTERM --
EXTERNAL NATION OF WHOLE
CATEGORIES OF HUMAN BEINGS OF
THE FOREMOST INSTRUMENT OF THE
NAZI DOCTRINE.
Reporter: HE WAS ONLY 27
YEARS OLD, A HARVARD LAW GRAD
TURNED SOLDIER, PLUCKED FROM
THE BATTLEFIELDS AND MADE NEW
PROSECUTORS IN THE BIGGEST
MURDER TRIAL IN HISTORY.
HOW DID YOU GET THE
ASSIGNMENT?
WELL, I DID TRUTHFUL.
NOBODY WILL EVER BELIEVE IT.
Reporter: A FORMER PROFESSOR
URGED THE MILITARY TO TRACK HIM
DOWN.
THEY DID, AND IT CHANGED HIS
LIFE FOREVER.
TO GET CAN INTO THE CAMP.
FIND THE RECORDS OF WHAT
HAPPENED IN THE CAMP.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.
THIS IS WHAT HE SAW.
THESE WERE THE CRIMES HE WOULD
PROSECUTE H. MURDER ON AN
UNIMAGINABLE SCALE.
IT HAPPENED.
I WAS THERE, AND I SAW IT
HAPPENING.
AND I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
INDESCRIBABLE, INCONCEIVABLE,
BUT IT'S TRUE.
I WITNESSED IT.
AND IT HAD A TRAUMATIC IMPACT
ON ME.
THE CHARGES BEHAVE BROUGHT
ACCUSED THE DEFENDANTS OF
HAVING COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST
HUMANITY.
THE LEAD PROSECUTOR
REMARKABLY HIS VERY FIRST
TRIAL.
AND IT IS AMAZING TO ME
THAT YOU WOULD WALK INTO THAT
COURTROOM WITH THE WEIGHT OF
THE WORLD ON YOUR SHOULDER.
SMALL IN STATUE, BUT A
GIANT IN EVERY OTHER WAY.
AND NOW A PART-TIME RESIDENT
WHETHER HE IS NOT AT DELRAY
BEACH TEACHING, LECTURING,
LOBBYING.
AND THIS IS THE ONLY.
AND THAT IS THE SYSTEM.
AND THREE WORDS, LAW, AND.
I THINK THE WORLD IS CAPABLE OF
REACHING ADEQUATE COMPROMISES
THROUGH THE RULE OF LAW.
TO END THIS MADNESS TO WHICH WE
ARE GOING THROUGH ALL OVER THE
WORLD STILL TODAY.
AND HE HAS BEEN PREACHING
COMPROMISED OVER KILLING FOR
OVER HALF A CENTURY.
AND THE BEST.
WHAT CAN I DO TO PREVENT
ANOTHER HIGH SCHOOL COST.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THAT QUITE A
BIT.
QUITE A MISSION.
KEEPING YOU VERY BUSY.
HOW DO YOU MAINTAIN A SENSE
OF HOPE AND OPTIMISM?
I HAVE NO CHOICE.
IF YOU ARE CRYING ON THE
INSIDE, YOU BETTER BE LAUGHING
ON THE OUTSIDE.
YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT IS
POSSIBLE TO CHANGE THE.
I DO BELIEVE IT IS POSSIBLE TO
CHANGE NOT QUICKLY, NOT EASILY.
NOT IMMEDIATELY.
IF YOU HAVE NO HOPE IN THE
WORLD WE HAVE LOST, HOPE IS THE
ENGINE THAT DRIVERS HUMAN
ENDEAVOR.
Reporter: IT DRIVES BEN WHO
AT 96 SAYS HE STILL HAS A LOT
OF WORK TO DO, NOT YOUR TYPICAL
SOUTH FLORIDA SNOW BIRD.
AND I FEEL LIKE ISOLATED
LIKE SOME OLD PERSON WHAT IS
GOING OUT TO REST ON HIS
LAURELS IN THE SUNSHINE.
AND THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
EARNED THEIR REST, TO ENJOY
THEIR REST.
I HAVEN'T COME TO THAT STAGE
YET.
MAYBE WHEN I GET OLDER, I'LL
FEEL THE SAME WAY.
Reporter: I ASKED BEN ABOUT
HIS LEGACY, HOW HE WOULD LIKE
TO BE REMEMBERED.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT MY
LEGACY.
I CARE ABOUT MYSELF AND KNOWING
THAT I DID THE BEST I COULD TO
CHANGE THINGS.
THAT IS ALL I CARE ABOUT.
AND THANK YOU TO THE U.S.
HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM WHO
PROVIDED US WITH THE FOOTAGE OF
THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AND
ALSO OF BEN IN ACTION.
AND WE SHOULD MENTION THAT BEN
HAS JUST ANNOUNCED HE IS
DONATING A MILLION DOLLARS TO
THE MUSEUM'S CENTER FOR THE
PREVENTION OF GENOCIDE, A
DONATION THAT WILL RENEW EVERY
YEAR FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
WOW.
AN INCREDIBLE AND TOUCHING
STORY AND HARD TO WATCH.
IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT THAT
HAPPENED.
BUT SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP
SHOWING THOSE IMAGES SO THAT IT
DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN, AND IT
MUST HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLE JUST
TO BE IN MISS PRE-- HIS
PRESENCE.
IT REALLY WAS.
I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
INTERVIEWING A LOT OF VERY
IMPORTANT PEOPLE OVER THE
YEARS.
I CAN'T THINK OF ANYONE MORE
INSPIRING THAT THE -- THAN THE
TIME.
I AM SO GRATEFUL THAT I HAVE