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Raphael Lemkin Biography

Raphael Lemkin (June 24, 1900 – August 28, 1959) was a lawyer of Polish-Jewish descent who is best known for coining the word genocide and initiating the Genocide Convention. Lemkin coined the word genocide in 1943 or 1944 from genos (Greek for family, tribe, or race) and -cide (Latin for killing).

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Only man has law. Law must be built, do you understand me? You must build the law.

Law, Man, Men, Understand, Understand Me

I became interested in genocide, because it happened so many times. It happened to the Armenians and after the Armenians, Hitler took action.

Action, Armenians, Became, Genocide, Hitler

It is intended to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the lives of the individuals belonging to such groups.

Political, Feelings, Liberty, Different, Dignity, Culture

If you act in the name of conscience you are stronger than any government in the world.

Conscience, Government, Names, Stronger, World

Why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual?

Crime, Individual, Killing

By genocide we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group.

Destruction, Genocide, Group, Groups, Mean

Genocide has two phases: one, destruction of the national pattern of the oppressed group; the other, the imposition of the national pattern of the oppressor. This imposition, in turn, may be made upon the oppressed population which is allowed to remain or upon the territory alone, after removal of the population and the colonization by the oppressor's own nationals.

Groups, Oppressor, Population, Remain, Territory, Two

Genocide is not war! It is more dangerous than war!

Dangerous, Genocide, War

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