Papers, 1942-1959.

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Papers, 1942-1959.

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Correspondence, memoranda, newsclippings, speeches, press releases, and printed material relating to Lemkin's crusade for the adoption of an international law making genocide a crime; together with materials on the Nuremberg trials and the Nobel Peace Prize.

2.3 linear ft.

The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

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The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives

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Lemkin, Raphae͏̈l, 1900-1959

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Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959), a Polish-born lawyer who coined the term "genocide", emigrated to the U.S. in 1941 and devoted his life to the crusade for the international adoption of the U.N. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. From the description of Raphael Lemkin papers, 1947-1959. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122607891 From the guide to the Raphael Lemkin papers, 1947-1959, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division....