Overview
- Summary
- "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.
- Series
- Routledge approaches to history
Routledge approaches to history. - Format
- Book
- Published
- Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024
©2024 - Locale
- Poland
United States
États-Unis
Pologne - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781032584898
1032584890
9781032584904
1032584904 - Physical Description
- viii, 286 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps ; 24 cm.
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Lawyers--Poland--Biography. Lawyers--United States--Biography. Human rights workers--Poland--Biography. Human rights workers--United States--Biography. Genocide (International law) Genocide--Prevention. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide--(1948 December 9) World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. Civil rights workers--United States--Biography. Avocats--États-Unis--Biographies. Défenseurs des droits de l'homme--Pologne--Biographies. Défenseurs des droits de l'homme--États-Unis--Biographies. Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945--Atrocités. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948 December 9) Atrocities Genocide--Prevention Human rights workers Lawyers Poland United States Biographies Lemkin, Raphael,--1900-1959. Lemkin, Raphael,--1900-1959
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