The forgotten genocide: Extermination of the Crimean Tatars
The forgotten genocide: Extermination of the Crimean Tatars
Author(s): Jacek Sobczak, Ksenia Kakareko, Maria Gołda-SobczakSubject(s): Political history, WW II and following years (1939 - 1949), History of the Holocaust
Published by: Stowarzyszenie Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej – Sekcja Polska IVR
Keywords: genocide; Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; Tatars; Crimea; deportation; extermination;
Summary/Abstract: The present study was motivated by the authors' intention to analyse the actions of the USSR authorities in 1944 in Crimea against the local Tatar population. The central thesis of the study is that these actions can be classified as genocide. The study's starting point is an analysis of the concept of R. Lemkin, who was the first to use the term
Journal: Archiwum Filozofii Prawa i Filozofii Społecznej
- Issue Year: 44/2025
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 119-137
- Page Count: 19
- Language: English
