Benny Stories
Introduction
Chapter 1: From Hell’s Kitchen to Harvard (1920 to 1943)
Story 1: Starting Life in America
Story 2: An Enterprising Young Man
Story 3: Education on the Sidewalks of New York
Story 4: Growing Up Feeling Lost
Story 5: The Hazards of Being Mickey Mouse
Story 6: The Happy Man Moves On
Story 7: No High School Diploma for Me
Story 8: Life at City College and the Beginning of Romance
Story 9: Lessons Learned at Harvard Law School
Chapter 2: Preparing for War (1943 to 1946)
Story 10: Getting Into the Army
Story 11: Basic Training
Story 12: Mutiny on the HMS Strathnaver
Story 13: England as a Staging Area
Story 14: Preparing for War
Chapter 3: The War Years (1943 to 1946)
Story 15: The Liberation of France
Story 16: Advancing Into Germany
Story 17: Farewell Artillery, Hello General Patton
Story 18: Trials by U.S. Military Commissions
Story 19: Investigating Concentration Camps
Story 20: Looking for Hitler and Looted Art
Story 21: Getting Home as a Stowaway
Story 22: Starting a New Life
Chapter 4: Nuremberg Trials and Tribulations (1946-1949)
Story 23: Detained for Impersonating an Officer
Story 24: How to Gain Fame in Nuremburg
Story 25: From Nuremberg to Berlin
Story 26: Life in Berlin 1946
Story 27: The Case of the Missing Maybach
Story 28: Kidnapping Germany’s Greatest Surgeon
Story 29: Sliding Off the Alps
Story 30: Unplanned Parachuting Into Berlin
Story 31: The Making of a Prosecutor
Story 32: Preparing for Trial
Story 33: The Biggest Murder Trial in History
Story 34: Mass Murderers Seek to Justify Genocide
Story 35: Judgment Day for Mass Murderers
Story 36: Death by Hanging
Story 37: Closing Down the Nuremberg Trials
Chapter 5: Seeking Redress for Hitler’s Victims (1948-1956)
Story 38: Restitution of Confiscated Property
Story 39: Retrieving Sacred Treasures
Story 40: Reclaiming Cemeteries
Story 41: Bulk Settlements for Property Claims
Story 42: A Treaty to Compensate Victims
Story 43: Seeking Fair Compensation – A Mission Impossible
Story 44: Implementing Compensation Agreements
Story 45: Some Unanticipated Consequences
Chapter 6: Practicing Law in New York (1956-1970)
Story 46: Returning Home to New York in 1956
Story 47: Creative Approach to Law Practice
Story 48: Reimbursing Good Samaritans
Story 49: The Joy of Practicing Law
Story 50: You Can’t Win Them All
Story 51: A Mélange of Vignettes
1: Vietnam War on Mock Trial
2: Priests on Trial in Hawaii
3: Cracking a Safe in Frankfurt
4: Friends Who Have Made a Difference
5: Peace Advocates Unite
Chapter 7: The Search For World Peace (1970-onward)
Story 52: Looking for the End of the World
Story 53: Contemplating Life and Death n Puerto Rico
Story 54: Starting a New Career
Story 55: Getting Aggressive About the Crime of Aggression
Story 56: Aggression Defined by Consensus
Story 57: Writing for World Peace
Story 58: Teaching for Peace
Story 59: The Pace Peace Center
Story 60: Reaching Out for the Public
Chapter 8: The Path to Global Survival
Story 61: My Guiding Stars
Story 62: Getting Down to Earth
Story 63: Reaching for the Unreachable
Story 64: Setting the Scene for Progress
Story 65: What Really Happened in Rome
Story 66: Misguided Fears About an International Criminal Court
Story 67: The Overdue Baby is Born
Story 68: You Can’t Fool All the People
Story 69: Where the ICC Stands and Where It is Going
Chapter 9: Family Life
Story 70: A Packet of Kids
Story 71: Coping with Adolescence
Story 72: Mama Goes to School
Story 73: The Children Grow Up
Story 74: The Happy Ending
Appendix 1:
Some Key Players Who Ran the Show
Appendix 2:
Additional Reading
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