ADHis father had been a bookkeeper at a family candy store, and his mother was a dressmaker. After the war, the family adopted false identities to secure U.S. immigration visas. “But for dint of circumstance, I might be in their boots.”Gerson and earned degrees from the University at Buffalo in New York, New York University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and Yale University. ADAs a Justice Department trial lawyer, Gerson pursued Nazi war criminals who immigrated to the United States. ADHe later was part of a team representing many families of those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Source: Washington Post December 03, 2019 11:48 UTC