Eli Rosenbaum
Eli Rosenbaum | |
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Rosenbaum (left) on television discussion program After Dark in 1987 (more here) | |
| Born | May 8, 1955 (age 70) New York, United States |
| Education | W. Tresper Clarke High School |
| Alma mater | Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Employer(s) | United States Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section |
| Title | Director of Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy |
Eli M. Rosenbaum (born May 8, 1955) is an American lawyer and the former Director of the United States Department of Justice, Office of Special Investigations (OSI), which was primarily responsible for identifying, denaturalizing, and deporting Nazi war criminals, from 1995 to 2010, when OSI was merged into the new Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section. He became the Director of Human Rights Enforcement Strategy and Policy in that section and in 2022 he was appointed by U.S. Attorney General Merrick B. Garland to launch and lead the Department's War Crimes Accountability Team (WarCAT), to pursue justice in the wake of war crimes and human rights crimes committed following Russia's invasion of Ukraine earlier that year. He has been termed a "legendary Nazi hunter." Rosenbaum retired from federal service in January 2024.