At Auschwitz we see the end of the process. The Holocaust did not start from gas chambers. It gradually developed from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence.
74 years ago UN accepted the "Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide". It was drafted by a lawyer of Polish-Jewish descent Rafał Lemkin.
The text of the convention: ohchr.org/en/instruments-mecha…
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Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
Entry into force: 12 January 1951, in accordance with article XIII The Contracting Parties , Having considered the declaration made by the General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 96 (I) dated 11 December 1946 that genocide is a crime…OHCHR
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