Introduction : The origins of genocide : Raphael Lemkin as a historian of mass violence / Dominik J. Schaller and Jürgen Zimmerer -- Raphael Lemkin and the international debate on the punishment of war crimes (1919-1948) / Daniel Marc Segesser and Myriam Gessler -- What you see before your eyes : documenting Raphael Lemkin's life by exploring his archival papers, 1900-1959 / Tanya Elder -- Raphael Lemkin as historian of genocide in the Americas / Michael A. McDonnell and A. Dirk Moses -- Raphael Lemkin's view of European colonial rule in Africa : between condemnation and admiration / Dominik J. Schalller -- Raphael Lemkin on the Holocaust / Dan Stone -- Hostage of politics : Raphael Lemkin on "Soviet genocide" / Anton Weiss-Wendt.
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Published to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the United Nations 'Genocide Convention', this volume analyses the historical scholarship of the founding figure of the convention, Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959).