Raphael Lemkin's Life Journey. From Creative Legal Scholar and Well-to-do Lawyer Until 1939 to Pinnacle of International Achievements During the Forti Cover Image

Raphael Lemkin's Life Journey. From Creative Legal Scholar and Well-to-do Lawyer Until 1939 to Pinnacle of International Achievements During the Forti
Raphael Lemkin's Life Journey. From Creative Legal Scholar and Well-to-do Lawyer Until 1939 to Pinnacle of International Achievements During the Forti

Author(s): Ryszard Szawłowski
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: Lemkin; genocide; convention; humanity; crime;

Summary/Abstract: In the following article we would like to clearly indicate the three basic stages of Raphael Lemkin’s life journey that are contained in the slightly longish title. It reflects: sustained academic progress in good and, finally, excellent financial circumstances in Poland until 1939; peak of creative achievements and international recognition in the mid-1940s in the United States and Western Europe; and a depressing lapse into semi-oblivion and penury in the 1950s in New York.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 31-57
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: English