William A. Zeck

William "Bill" Allen Zeck (1915 - October 26, 2002) was a New York State judge and prosecutor at the Nuremberg war-crimes trials.[1]

Biography

Born and raised in Manhattan, Zweck graduated from what became Townsend Harris High School before going on to New York University for both a bachelor's degree and law degree.[1]

When he died, he was survived by his wife, Belle Mayer Zeck (married 1949), daughter Deborah Zeck Thorne, son John G. Zeck and four grandchildren.[1]

Career

Before joining the army, Zeck worked for the Board of Economic Warfare. He was hired to work on preparations for Nuremberg in 1946, on Telford Taylor's prosecution team, working on the trial of the I. G. Farben company (they "produced synthetic rubber and oil for the German war effort, as well as the killer gas Zyklon-B").[2] One of their synthetic rubber factories was at Auschwitz, where inmates did the work.[3]

While working, he met fellow attorney and future wife Belle Mayer.[4]

In 1981, Zeck became a judge at the State Supreme Court in White Plains.

References
  1. "William Zeck, 87, Prosecutor at Nuremberg". The New York Times. 2002-11-17. Archived from the original on 2018-01-05. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  2. "Belle Mayer Zeck, 87, Nuremberg Prosecutor - The New York Sun". www.nysun.com.
  3. American Public Media. "American RadioWorks : Justice on Trial, The Legacy of Nuremberg, Printable Version". americanradioworks.publicradio.org.
  4. "William (Bill) Zeck". www.ushmm.org.


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