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Subject(s)

• Lemkin, Raphael 1900-1959 [Browse]
• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948 December 9) [Browse]
• Lawyers—Poland—Biography [Browse]
• Lawyers—United States—Biography [Browse]
• Human rights workers—Poland—Biography [Browse]
• Human rights workers—United States—Biography [Browse]
• Genocide (International law) [Browse]
• Genocide—Prevention [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—Atrocities [Browse]
• Civil rights workers—United States—Biography [Browse]

Series

Routledge approaches to history [More in this series]

Summary note

"The book is the first biography of Raphael Lemkin to draw on a comprehensive body of research into Lemkin as a person and his background and will be of interest to both non-specialists and academics. Drawing on archival materials, a nuanced description is provided of the ethnically mixed Belarusian-Polish-Jewish border region where Lemkin grew up and which shaped him, clarifying at the same time some of the misinterpretations that have surrounded Lemkin's life. Lemkin's professional career, and intellectual interests up to the time of his flight from Poland after the German aggression of 1939, are exhaustively described. In the latter part of the book, the author poses, among other things, the question of how Lemkin's activities in the United States were influenced by the experience of the first almost 40 years of his life"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN

• 9781032584898
• 1032584890 ((hardcover))
• 9781032584904 ((paperback))
• 1032584904

LCCN

2023023552

OCLC

1380385867

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