Raphael Lemkin
Raphael Lemkin · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Polish-Jewish lawyer who coined the word 'genocide' (1944) and single-handedly campaigned for the UN Genocide Convention, adopted in 1948. Lost 49 relatives in the Holocaust; twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
1900, Bezwodne, Russian Empire (present-day Belarus) — 1959, New York City, United States
Poland · United States
Raphael Lemkin is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Polish-Jewish lawyer who coined the word 'genocide' (1944) and single-handedly campaigned for the UN Genocide Convention, adopted in 1948. Lost 49 relatives in the Holocaust; twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Lemkin was a Polish-Jewish lawyer who coined the word 'genocide' in 1944 and campaigned almost single-handedly for the UN Genocide Convention, adopted in 1948. He was Jewish and lost dozens of relatives in the Holocaust; he was twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, and his work is the foundation of modern international criminal law on genocide.
Verify and go deeper with these external references.
Source: Wikipedia; UN.org; USHMM
Polish-Jewish lawyer who coined the word 'genocide' (1944) and single-handedly campaigned for the UN Genocide Convention, adopted in 1948. Lost 49 relatives in the Holocaust; twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Source: Wikipedia; UN.org; USHMM
Similar Contributors
Arno Klarsfeld
Reinhard Selten
Peter Benenson
Joel Mokyr
Edmund Husserl
