Genocide, A recognized word

Category: Genocide

Lemkin published a book called Axis Rule in Occupied Europe, a 712 page book of all the laws imposed in Nazi occupied Europe. It also included a restatment of the proposal he made in Madrid to outlaw the crime of genocide. The purpose of his book was to make the world accept Nazi atrocities for what they were, and so that the world would be unable to argue that Nazi atrocities were prevalent. After urging the ambassadors of many deveolping countries to introduce a resolution on genocide, the General Assembly passed a resolution condeming genocide on December 11, 1946. But Lemkin wasn't done, he believed a law needed to be passed to ban genocide. He figured out that the delegates were just listening to their people, so he spoke to the committees of 28 different countries claiming a joint membership of some 240 million people. Lemkin was a, "man who speaks throught sixty nations." Lemkin would Travel to Geneva to help draft the genocide convention. On December 9, 1948, fifty-five delegates passed the convention banning genocide. After 15 years he had finally reached his dream of internationally banning the destruction of nations, religions and races.