Nazi-hunter Eli Rosenbaum will be the speaker for 2019 Arthur Gale Family Lecture.
Eli Rosenbaum is the longest-serving prosecutor and investigator of Nazi criminals and other perpetrators of human rights violations in world history, having worked on these cases at the U.S. Department of Justice for more than 30 years. Now the Director of the Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy in the Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section of the Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, he previously served as Director of the Justice Department’s Office of Special Investigations (OSI).
He will discuss his ongoing work investigating and prosecuting individuals for genocide, torture, and war crimes. Among the many war criminals whom his office found and deported is John Demjanjuk, a former Nazi guard convicted of being an accessory to the murder of more than 28,000 Jews.
His talk, entitled “Prosecuting Nazi War Criminals & Other Human Rights Violators in the United States” will take place Tuesday, November 19, at 7 p.m. at the Kaplan Feldman Complex, 12 Millstone Campus Dr. A reception will follow (dietary laws observed).
This presentation is open to the public and free of charge.
Seating is limited, reservations required. For further information, please contact Dan Reich at 314-442-3714. RSVP at HMLC.org/Gale.
This program is generously sponsored by Dr. Arthur Gale and Family in loving memory of Marilyn Gale.