A paper pass that’s been filled out using a typewriter. At the top left is a black and white photograph of a man with light skin tone and dark hair wearing a suit. The top right has a space for an official stamp. The stamp has been embossed on the paper with part of it going over the photograph. It is signed in black ink.
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Ben Ferencz's pass

Pass issued to Benjamin Ferencz, war crimes investigator and later chief prosecutor in the Einsatzgruppen Trial. This pass granted the bearer free movement within the US-occupied zone of postwar Germany.


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  • US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Benjamin Ferencz
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