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      • In 1944, Lemkin made up a new word to describe these crimes: genocide. Lemkin defined genocide as “the destruction of a nation or an ethnic group.” He built the word, he said, “from the ancient Greek word genos (race, tribe) and the Latin cide (killing), thus corresponding in its formation to such words as tyrannicide, homicide, infanticide, etc.”
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      Raphael Lemkin and the Genocide Convention

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    Aug 2, 2016 · Lemkin defined genocide as “the destruction of a nation or an ethnic group.” He built the word, he said, “from the ancient Greek word genos (race, tribe) and the Latin cide (killing), thus corresponding in its formation to such words as tyrannicide, homicide, infanticide, etc.”

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    Raphael Lemkin (Polish: Rafał Lemkin; 24 June 1900 – 28 August 1959) was a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent who is known for coining the term genocide and campaigning to establish the Genocide Convention.

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    Raphaël Lemkin (1900-1959) coined the word "genocide" in the winter of 1942 and led a movement in the United Nations to outlaw the crime, setting his ...

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    Polish-Jewish lawyer Raphael Lemkin introduced the word genocide in 1944 and lobbied tirelessly for its addition as a crime in international law.

  8. academic.oup.com › edited-volume › 40215Raphael Lemkin, Culture, and the Concept of Genocide

    This article describes the genocide concept of Raphael Lemkin. Genocide is a curious anomaly in the post-war regime of international humanitarian law, which is dominated by the discourse of human rights with its emphasis on individuals.

  9. academic.oup.com › hgs › articleRaphaël Lemkin and the Concept of Genocide - Oxford Academic

    Aug 27, 2018 · Douglas Irvin-Erickson’s book develops both the heroic and tragic aspects of Raphaël Lemkin’s life. Born in 1900 in the Russian Empire, Lemkin was exposed to the worst of human history. Early in his life he learned about pogroms that shattered the lives of Jews in Eastern Europe.

  10. link.springer.com › chapter › 10What Is Genocide? - SpringerLink

    Jan 16, 2021 · As the creator of the word genocide Lemkin gave us the first definition of the act. Lemkin said that genocide was a coordinated plan with the aim of destroying the essential foundations of the life of national groups so that these groups wither and die.