HIST 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Raphael Lemkin, Nuremberg Laws, Tadeusz Borowski
30 Mar 2018
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Genocide legal definition by raphael lemkin in 1944: intent to destroy in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group , argued that genocide is more dangerous than the war. Martin shaw: that genocide is gendered women and men are targeted in particular ways relating to their gendered social roles, sexuality, age, etc. However, through this violence, the perpetrators usually intend to destroy not gender groups, but ethnic, national and other groups that they have defined as enemies. : he argues that genocide is gender. That women and men are targeted in particular ways that are related to gender roles. 50s and 60s interest of women in the nazi regime: how german women experienced the regime, many people viewed german women as victims of the regime and holocaust. If we talk about women"s sexuality, it is downplaying the impact of the holocaust.
