Axis rule in occupied Europe
by Raphael Lemkin · first published 1944
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…not a Greek word. It is a neoclassical compound that uses with the Greek prefix genos- (race or tribe), and the Latin suffix -caedo (to kill). The word was coined in 1944 by Raphael Lemkin in his book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe where he says it is "a new term and new conception for destruction of nations" (https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/genocide.shtml). Neoclassical compounds do not necessarily carry the full context…
on “Smoking a turkey with Prometheus, Home Assistant, and Grafana” ↗The definition of "genocide" isn't really that simple. Raphael Lemkin, who invented the term "genocide" in his 1944 book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe, said that genocide is " a coordinated strategy to destroy a group of people, a process that could be accomplished through total annihilation as well as strategies that eliminate key elements of the group's…
on ““Genocide” is the wrong word for the horrors of Xinjiang” ↗It was both - the Armenian genocide, and the Nazi crimes, which Lemkin was dedicated to documenting as they occurred, including in his 1944 book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. He might not have been fully aware of the scale of the Nazi crimes, but he was already viewing them through the framework of “genocide”
on ““Genocide” is the wrong word for the horrors of Xinjiang” ↗…leave it to you to figure out why you're so cautious to call a spade a spade and call a genocide a genocide. > The word “genocide” was first coined by Polish lawyer Raphäel Lemkin in 1944 in his book Axis Rule in Occupied Europe. It consists of the Greek prefix genos, meaning race or tribe, and the Latin suffix cide, meaning killing. Lemkin developed the term partly in response to the Nazi policies of systematic murder of Jewish…
on “U.S. bombs Iranian nuclear sites” ↗