Raphael Lemkin
Raphael Lemkin (June 24, 1900 – August 28, 1959) was a Polish lawyer who emigrated to the United States in 1941. He is best known for his work against genocide, a word he coined in 1943 from the rooted words genos (Greek for family, tribe, or race) and -cide (Latin for killing). He first used the word in print in Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation - Analysis of Government - Proposals for Redress (1944), and defined it as "the destruction of a nation or an ethnic group."
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| Birth date | June 24, 1900 |
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| Date of death | August 28, 1959 |
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External resources
- http://archives.nypl.org/mss/1730
- http://digifindingaids.cjh.org/?pID=109202
- http://findingaids.cjh.org/?pID=109202
- http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Lemkin_Discusses_Armenian_Genocide_In_Newly-Found_1949_CBS_Interview
- http://www.auschwitzinstitute.org/lemkin.html
- http://www.ceeol.com/aspx/issuedetails.aspx?issueid=2fe9afee-b2cb-4b5f-a875-7ac04d2f2f39&articleId=f4d6f676-a459-4a77-acac-edabb070627c
- http://www.europaworld.org/issue40/raphaellemkin22601.htm
- http://www.facinghistory.org/resources/publications/lemkin
- http://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/exhibit/raphael-lemkin-and-the-quest-to-end-genocide/AQJNMxJ8?hl=en
- http://www.hrweb.org/legal/genocide.html