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The deliberate erasing of a people, evil so vast a new word had to exist.
means The intentional destruction of a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group, in whole or in part.
from Coined in 1944 by lawyer Raphael Lemkin, fusing Greek genos (race, people) with Latin caedere (to kill) — he needed a name for the unnameable after the Holocaust.
Legal birthRecognized as a crime under UN convention, 1948.
Intent mattersDefined by aim to destroy, not just death toll.
Lemkin's lossForty-nine of his own relatives were murdered.