The Mass Murder of the European Jews and the Concept of ‘Genocide’ in the Nuremberg Trials: Reassessing Raphaël Lemkin’s Impact

Nuremberg’s prosecutors prominently used Lemkin’s genocide concept. They also dealt in detail with the mass murder of Europe’s Jews. However, for them ‘genocide’ and the Holocaust were not congruent. They used different definitions of Lemkin’s concept and interpreted the relationship between the mas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alexa Stiller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Association of Genocide Scholars 2019-04-01
Series:Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.13.1.1610