Ben Ferencz, Seymour Fortescue, Valerie Elliott, Rachel Pollack
Matthew Bannister on lawyer Ben Ferencz, banker Seymour Fortescue, journalist Valerie Elliott, author Rachel Pollack
Matthew Bannister on Ben Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials. He devoted his life to campaigning for an international system of justice for the victims of such crimes.
Seymour Fortescue, the banker who pioneered the credit and debit card revolution.
Valerie Elliott, the respected journalist who reported on politics and then rural affairs.
Rachel Pollack, the author and trans activist best known for her award-winning novel Unquenchable Fire and for creating the first mainstream transgender superhero. Her friend Neil Gaiman pays tribute.
Producer: Gareth Nelson-Davies
Interviewee: Don Ferencz
Interviewee: Neil Gaiman
Interviewee: Andrea Gittleman
Interviewee: Alisa Kwitney
Interviewee: Rick Kelsey
Interviewee: Jennie Fortescue
Interviewee: Tony Harrop-Griffiths
Archive used:
British Pathe, The Nuremberg Trials (1945), VS Court Assembling, YouTube, uploaded 13/04/2014; Ben Ferencz interview, ±«Óãtv News, HardTalk, 22/07/2017; Rachel Pollack interview on The Tarot of Perfection, YouTube uploaded 14/07/2010; Rachel Pollack discussing her inspirations, Fortress Comics, YouTube uploaded 04/05/2022; Valerie Elliott, Genethod Gwent, Come Down to Earth Boy, YouTube, uploaded 18/12/2018;
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Ben Ferencz
The last surviving prosecutor from the post-World War Two Nuremberg trials.Â
Last Word spoke to his son Don Ferencz and to Andrea Gittleman of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Born 11 March 1920, died 7 April 2023, aged 103.Â
Seymour Fortescue
The banker who pioneered the credit and debit card revolution.
Last Word spoke to his wife Jennifer Fortescue and to financial journalist Rick Kelsey.
Born 28 May 1942, died 14 March 2023, aged 80.Â
Valerie Elliott
The respected journalist who reported on politics and then rural affairs
Last Word spoke to her husband Tony Harrop-Griffiths.
Born 3 February 1956, died 26 February 2023, aged 67.
Rachel Pollack
The author and trans activist best known for her award winning novel Unquenchable Fire and for creating the first mainstream transgender superhero.
Last Word spoke to author and writer Neil Gaiman and to author and former DC Comics editor Alisa Kwitney.
Born 17 August 1945, died 7 April 2023, aged 77
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Last Word
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