What was Lemkin's ethnicity?
French
German
Polish-Jewish
Italian
Answer
Polish-Jewish, Raphael Lemkin was a lawyer who is considered the father of the concept of genocide, which he first proposed in 1944. In 1948, the United Nations adopted the Genocide Convention largely due to his efforts, which defined genocide as an international crime.
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