The wording of the Genocide Convention reflects the ideological divide between the former wartime allies. The United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union all came to the negotiating table
After the staggering horrors of World War II and the Holocaust, the United Nations resolved to prevent and punish the crime of genocide throughout the world. The resulting UN Genocide Convention treat
The nine chapters presented here by Weiss-Wendt (Center for the Study of the Holocaust and Religious Minorities, Norway) examine the genocidal persecution of the Roma peoples in Nazi-dominated Europe.
Weiss-Wendt (Norwegian Holocaust Center) recounts the role of Estonians in the Holocaust, an area of study that is not often explored, and what caused them to collaborate with the Nazis in the enslave
In Racial Science in Hitler’s New Europe, 1938–1945, international scholars examine the theories of race that informed the legal, political, and social policies aimed against ethnic minorities in Nazi
The Genocide Convention was drafted by the United Nations in the late 1940s, as a response to the horrors of the Second World War. But was the Genocide Convention truly effective at achieving its huma
The Genocide Convention was drafted by the United Nations in the late 1940s, as a response to the horrors of the Second World War. But was the Genocide Convention truly effective at achieving its huma
This book provides a bold examination of the political use of history in contemporary Russia. Anton Weiss-Wendt argues that history is yet another discipline misappropriated by the Kremlin for the pur
