The History of Genicide

Rapphael lemkin coined the word genecide in 19 forty four. The idea that international law should protect minorities and other vulnerable people is also much older than the term genicide. One possible explanation for the extinction of the neander talls is that they were deliberately and systematically killed by hum as. In europe, that idea goes back at least as far as the peace of westphalia in 16 forty eight. And we actually need to talk about armenian genicide on our list for a very long time. They don't necessarily deny that there were massacres but they maintain that this was simply the unfortunate consequence of bloody war rather than a planned attempt to exterminate