Totally Unofficial: The Autobiography of Raphael Lemkin
by Raphael Lemkin, Donna-Lee Frieze
The never-before published autobiography of Raphael Lemkin, a giant among twentieth-century ethical thinkersSee more details below
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The never-before published autobiography of Raphael Lemkin, a giant among twentieth-century ethical thinkers
Product Details
- ISBN-13:
- 9780300186963
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- Publication date:
- 06/30/2013
- Pages:
- 328
- Product dimensions:
- 5.90(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.20(d)
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction. The "Insistent Prophet," Donna-Lee Frieze ix
Preface 1
1 Early Years 3
2 The Flight, 1939 25
3 The Flight, 1939-1940 41
4 A Refugee in Lithuania, Latvia, and Sweden 60
5 From Sweden to the United States 79
6 First Impressions of America: April-June 1941 98
7 Alerting the World to Genocide 112
8 The Birth of the Convention 118
9 Geneva, 1948 133
10 Paris, 1948 150
11 Climbing a Mountain Again 180
12 Nearing the End 219
Appendixes 223
Notes 241
Bibliography 267
Index 277
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