my assignments(1) raphael lemkin is the polish lawyer and linguist who coined the term \genocide\ — and dedicated his life to making genocide recognized as a crime.the world has grown far too familiar with genocide: as mass killings have claimed countless lives, the word has become ingrained into our vocabularies.but the term didnt exist until 1943, when polish lawyer raphael lemkin coined it — pairing the greek \genos,\ meaning race or family, with the latin \cidere,\ for killing. lemkin, who witnessed the massacres of the early 20th century, spent his life campaigning to make the world acknowledge and prosecute the crime.a new documentary, watchers of the sky, tells his story. once hed established the word, lemkin worked persistently in the then-newly formed united nations, hounding delegates to discuss his new word and acknowledge the issue.(5) his was a man who didnt speak english very well, he didnt represent a country, he didnt represent an institution, he barely had a home, he barely had food — and yet he was there every day lobbying to the delegates and the ambassadors to make this a crime,\ says edet belzberg, director of the film.lemkin was born in poland in 1900, and was instilled with a sense of justice at a very young age. as a teenager, he paid close attention to the massacre of the armenian people in the ottoman empire in 1915the cemetery at the srebrenica-potocari memorial and cemetery to genocide victims by michael buker is licensed under cc by-sa 3.0.assessment questions1 2 3 4 53. part a: what is the authors purpose in this text?a. to prove that genocide continues to be a serious problem today, one in need of peoples attentionb. to inform the readers about the accomplishments of raphael lemkin and direct them to where they can learn morec. to criticize the united nations for not acknowledging the term \genocide\ or making it a punishable crime soonerd. to show how things could have been different if the world had listened to raphael lemkin sooner

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my assignments(1) raphael lemkin is the polish lawyer and linguist who coined the term \genocide\ — and dedicated his life to making genocide recognized as a crime.the world has grown far too familiar with genocide: as mass killings have claimed countless lives, the word has become ingrained into our vocabularies.but the term didnt exist until 1943, when polish lawyer raphael lemkin coined it — pairing the greek \genos,\ meaning race or family, with the latin \cidere,\ for killing. lemkin, who witnessed the massacres of the early 20th century, spent his life campaigning to make the world acknowledge and prosecute the crime.a new documentary, watchers of the sky, tells his story. once hed established the word, lemkin worked persistently in the then-newly formed united nations, hounding delegates to discuss his new word and acknowledge the issue.(5) 	his was a man who didnt speak english very well, he didnt represent a country, he didnt represent an institution, he barely had a home, he barely had food — and yet he was there every day lobbying to the delegates and the ambassadors to make this a crime,\ says edet belzberg, director of the film.lemkin was born in poland in 1900, and was instilled with a sense of justice at a very young age. as a teenager, he paid close attention to the massacre of the armenian people in the ottoman empire in 1915the cemetery at the srebrenica-potocari memorial and cemetery to genocide victims by michael buker is licensed under cc by-sa 3.0.assessment questions1 2 3 4 53. part a: what is the authors purpose in this text?a. to prove that genocide continues to be a serious problem today, one in need of peoples attentionb. to inform the readers about the accomplishments of raphael lemkin and direct them to where they can learn morec. to criticize the united nations for not acknowledging the term \genocide\ or making it a punishable crime soonerd. to show how things could have been different if the world had listened to raphael lemkin sooner

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# Brief Explanations:
The text introduces Raphael Lemkin, who coined "genocide", details his work to have it recognized as a crime, and mentions a documentary about him. Its core goal is to inform readers about Lemkin's key accomplishment and efforts, rather than proving a current crisis, criticizing the UN, or speculating on alternate outcomes.
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B. to inform the readers about the accomplishments of Raphael Lemkin and direct them to where they can learn more

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