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Destruction leaves scars, yet the way we name it can change how we respond, a point Raphael Lemkin emphasized. The jurist’s insights into genocide and collective trauma underline the importance of language in shaping justice and memory. Readers will encounter stark reminders of humanity’s capacity for both harm and healing.

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Genocide has two phases: one, destruction of the national pattern of the oppressed group; the other, the imposition of the national pattern…

Raphael Lemkin

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It is intended to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of…

Raphael Lemkin

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

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It is intended to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups,…

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“The present destruction of Europe would not be complete and thorough had the German people not accepted freely [the Nazi] plan, participated voluntarily in…

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