Raphael Lemkin

Raphael Lemkin (June 24, 1900 – August 28, 1959) was a Polish lawyer of Jewish descent. He is best known for his work against genocide, a word he coined in 1943 from the root 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), to define the massacres of 1915 against the Armenians and Assyrians.

Read more about Raphael Lemkin:  Early Life and Education, Working Life, World War II, Postwar, Recognition, Death

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