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Johnson gives Congressional Gold Medal to late Nuremberg prosecutor during Holocaust remembrance ceremony

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Johnson gives Congressional Gold Medal to late Nuremberg prosecutor during Holocaust remembrance ceremony

Ben Ferencz, the youngest person to prosecute Nazi war crimes at the Nuremberg trials, was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal on Tuesday. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) presented the body’s highest civilian honor to Ferencz’s family and friends in a ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Capitol, recognizing his “life of servant leadership…

Originally reported by The Hill