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Read the quote by Raphael Lemkin.

[Genocide is the] criminal intent to destroy or to cripple permanently a human group. The acts are directed against groups as such, and individuals are selected for destruction only because they belong to these groups.

—Raphael Lemkin


What is most significant about this quote by Raphael Lemkin?

Raphael Lemkin’s definition was the accepted version out of many.
Raphael Lemkin’s definition was not accepted until after the Holocaust.
Raphael Lemkin spoke these words on his death bed.
Raphael Lemkin spoke these words to the United Nations in 1945.

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Raphael Lemkin’s definition was not accepted until after the Holocaust.

Explanation: Lemkin coined and promoted the term "genocide" during WWII, but the international legal acceptance (the UN Genocide Convention) came after the Holocaust, in 1948.