Armenia -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Raphael Lemkin Collection
Collection
Identifier: P-154
Abstract
Raphael Lemkin, an international lawyer, initiated the use of the term "genocide," and succeeded in persuading the United Nations to adopt the Genocide Convention in 1948. Documents include personal correspondence and artifacts; correspondence, documentation, clippings, and articles regarding the United Nations adoption of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment on the Crime of Genocide treaty; and source material for the unfinished manuscript, History of Genocide. Collection also includes photographs, identity cards, articles, papers, essays, clippings, magazines, research materials, term papers, posters, United Nations materials, and microfilm.
Dates:
undated, [1763]-2002; Majority of material found within undated, 1941-1951
Found in:
American Jewish Historical Society
