Raphael Lemkin
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title:
Raphael Lemkin
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Raphael Lemkin was a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent who is known for coining the term genocide and campaigning to establish the Genocide Convention. During the Second World War, he campaigned vigorously to raise international awareness of atrocities in Axis-occupied Europe. It was during this time that Lemkin coined the term "genocide" to describe Nazi Germany's extermination policies. As a young law student deeply conscious of antisemitic persecution, Lemkin learned about the Ottoman empire's
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Polish lawyer who coined the term "genocide" (1900–1959)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Lemkin
date created:
2004-05-16T12:44:24Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T08:01:18Z
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