1st Edition
The Origins of Genocide Raphael Lemkin as a historian of mass violence
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
128 Pages
by
Routledge
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This year the United Nations celebrated the 'Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide', adopted in December 1948. It is time to recognize the man behind this landmark in international law. At the beginning were a few words: "New conceptions require new terms. By ‘genocide’ we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group". Rarely in history have paradigmatic... Read more
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- What you see before your eyes: documenting Raphael Lemkin's life by exploring his archival Papers, 1900-1959 Tanya Elder
- Raphael Lemkin as historian of genocide in the Americas Michael A. Mcdonnell and A. Dirk Moses
- Raphael Lemkin's view of European colonial rule in Africa: between condemnation and admiration Dominik J. Schaller
- Raphael Lemkin on the Holocaust Dan Stone
- Hostage of politics: Raphael Lemkin on "Soviet genocide" Anton Weiss-wendt
Biography
Dominik J. Schaller is Editor of the Journal of Genocide Research and Assistant Professor at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Jurgen Zimmerer is Editor of the Journal of Genocide Research. he is also Reader in International History and Director of the Centre for the Study of Genocide and Mass Violence at the University of Sheffield.
