Totally unofficial : the autobiography of Raphael Lemkin / Raphael Lemkin, Donna-Lee Frieze.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemkin, Raphael, 1900-1959.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lemkin, Raphael, 1900-1959.

Lemkin, Raphael.

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (1948 December 9).

Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

Lawyers--Poland--Biography.

Lawyers.

Lawyers--United States--Biography.

Human rights workers--Poland--Biography.

Human rights workers.

Human rights workers--United States--Biography.

Genocide--Prevention.

Genocide.

World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities.

World War, 1939-1945.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (324 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Among the greatest intellectual heroes of modern times, Raphael Lemkin lived an extraordinary life of struggle and hardship, yet altered international law and redefined the world's understanding of group rights. He invented the concept and word "genocide" and propelled the idea into international legal status. An uncommonly creative pioneer in ethical thought, he twice was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.Although Lemkin died alone and in poverty, he left behind a model for a life of activism, a legacy of major contributions to international law, and-not least-an unpublished autobiography. Presented here for the first time is his own account of his life, from his boyhood on a small farm in Poland with his Jewish parents, to his perilous escape from Nazi Europe, through his arrival in the United States and rise to influence as an academic, thinker, and revered lawyer of international criminal law.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The ''Insistent Prophet''

Preface

Chapter one. Early Years

Chapter two. The Flight, 1939

Chapter three. The Flight, 1939-1940

Chapter four. A Refugee in Lithuania, Latvia, and Sweden

Chapter five. From Sweden to the United States

Chapter six. First Impressions of America

Chapter seven. Alerting the World to Genocide

Chapter eight. The Birth of the Convention

Chapter nine. Geneva, 1948

Chapter ten. Paris, 1948

Chapter eleven. Climbing a Mountain Again

Chapter twelve. Nearing the End

Appendixes

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-300-18806-4

OCLC:

847527245