HIST250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Raphael Lemkin, Mein Kampf, German-Occupied Europe
10 Nov 2017
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Axis rule in occupied europe (cid:449)here he (cid:272)oi(cid:374)ed the ter(cid:373) (cid:858)ge(cid:374)o(cid:272)ide(cid:859) Born in poland to jewish family, lived on farm. From young age was fascinated by issues with ethnicity and language. **common for europeans to have strong ties to nationalities** Was fascinated by violence against groups of people/nations. Learning about armenian mass murders made him interested in the topic. Wwi directly impacted the region in which he lived. Knew the feeling of being a part of a group that was undergoing persecution. Espe(cid:272)ially distur(cid:271)ed hi(cid:373) that the turkish go(cid:448)er(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t (cid:449)as(cid:374)(cid:859)t pu(cid:374)ished for the (cid:373)ass (cid:373)urders, did(cid:374)(cid:859)t u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)d ho(cid:449) killing one man was appearing to be a worse crime than killing millions. Found that it was seen through history (cid:858)why is the killi(cid:374)g of a (cid:373)illio(cid:374) a lesser (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e tha(cid:374) the killi(cid:374)g of a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual? (cid:859) Mass (cid:373)urder of a peoples is a (cid:858)(cid:272)ri(cid:373)e (cid:449)ithout a (cid:374)a(cid:373)e. (cid:859) Looked through history to compare to armenian genocide.
