complicated cases of Soghomon Tehlirian and Sholem Schwartzbard and their influences on Raphael Lemkin's thinking about genocide
TitleThe complicated cases of Soghomon Tehlirian and Sholem Schwartzbard and their influences on Raphael Lemkin's thinking about genocide
Author
Call number364.151/0040
Object number11794d
Place of publicationToronto, Ontario, Canada
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press
Year of publication
2018
Physical descriptionpp33-41
MaterialArticle
NotesArticle from the journal 'Genocide Studies and Prevention: An international journal' Vol.13 No.1 pp33-41
Description
Discusses Lemkin's autobiography ' Totally Unofficial Man', published in 2013. He refers to two trials, that of Soghomon Tehlirian (1896-1960) and Sholem-Shmuel (Samuel) Schwartzbard (1886-1938) as part of his evolving concept of the need for an international convention forbidding genocide.