Lemkin Scholarship & Archives


Lemkin’s Draft of U.N. Resolution 795 (VIII), 1953. NY Public Library.

Lemkin’s Draft of U.N. Resolution 795 (VIII), 1953. NY Public Library.

Lemkin Program, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia, USA
Collected Papers of Douglas Irvin-Erickson, including primary and secondary sources.

English Language Writings

  • Raphaël Lemkin, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe: Laws of Occupation, Analysis of Government, Proposals for Redress (New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1944).

  • Raphaël Lemkin, French Genocide in Algeria (c. 100 pages), Legal brief with corresponding outline for a book, c. 1953-4.

  • Raphaël Lemkin, Genocide in Belgian Congo (c. 120 pages), Unfinished manuscript, c. 1954.

  • Raphaël Lemkin, The History of Genocide (Three Volumes), Unfinished manuscript, c. 1953-9.

  • Raphaël Lemkin, Introduction to the Study of Genocide in the Social Science, Unfinished manuscript, c. 1953-9.

  • Raphaël Lemkin, The Polish Penal Code of Minor Offenses, trans. Malcolm McDermott (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1939).

  • Lemkin’s journal articles in English are available as PDFs through Mason libraries.

French Language Writings

  • Henri Donnedieu de Vabres, Introduction à l'étude du droit pénal international. Essai d'histoire et de critique sur la compétence criminelle dans les rapports avec l'étranger (Paris: Recueil Sirey, 1922).

  • Raphaël Lemkin, “Les actes constituant un danger general (interétatique) considerés comme delits du droit des gens,” Ve Conférence internationale pour l'unification du droit pénal, Madrid, 14-20 octobre 1934 : actes de la Conférence, ed. Jimenez de Asua, Vespasien Pella, and Manuel Lo ́pez-Rey (Paris: A. Pedone, 1935), 48–56.

  • Raphaël Lemkin, “La protection de la paix par le droit pénal interne,” Revue Inter- nationale de droit pénal 1 (1938): 95–126.

  • Raphaël Lemkin, La réglementation des paiements internationaux (Paris: A. Pedone, 1939).

  • Vespasian V. Pella, La criminalité collective des États et le droit pénal de l'avenir (Bucharest: Imprimerie de l’État, 1925).

German Language Writings

  • Raphaël Lemkin, “Akteder Barbarei und des Vandalismus als Delicta Juris Gentium.” Anwaltsblatt Internationales 19 (1933): 117–119.

Polish Language Writings

  • Rafał Lemkin, Amnestja 1932 r. Komentarz (Warsaw: Gebethner Wolff, 1932).

  • Rafał Lemkin, Amnestja 1936 r. Komentarz (Warsaw: Ksiegarna Powszechna, 1936).

  • Rafał Lemkin,  Kodeks Karny Faszystowski Włochy (Warsaw: Nakladem Ksiegarni F. Hoesicka, 1929).

  • Rafał Lemkin, Kodeks Karny Rosji Sowieckiej 1927 (Warsaw: Sklad Glowny w Ksie- garni F. Hoesicka, 1928).

  • Rafał Lemkin, Prawo Karne Skarbowe: Komentarz: Przepisy Zwiazkowe z Objásnieniami, Orzecznictwo, Okó lniki (Kraków: Ksiegarnia Powszechna, 1938).

  • Rafał Lemkin, Sedzia w Obliczu Nowoczesnego Prawa Karnego i Kryminologji (War- saw: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Kryminologicznego Wolnej Wszechnicy Polskiej, 1933).

  • Rafał Lemkin, “Ustawodawstwo Karne Rosji Sowieckiej, Kodeks Karny, Procedura Karna,” Encyklopedji Podrecznej Prawa Karnego, vol. 25, ed. Waclaw Makowski (Warsaw: War- zawiej, 1938).

  • Rafał Lemkin and Jan Karyory, Ustawa Karna Skarbowa z Dnia z Siepina 1926 r (Warsaw: Nakladem Ksiegarni F. Hoesicka, 1931).

  • Rafał Lemkin and Tadeusz Kochanowicz, Kodeks Karny Republik Sowieckich (War- saw: Wyd. Sem. Prawa kar., 1926).

  • Rafał Lemkin and Wlodz Sokalski, Opinje O Projekcie Kodeksu Karnego (Warsaw: Wydawnictwo Bibljoteka Icza, 1931).

Russian Language Books

  • Aron Trainin, Ugolovnaia interventsiia (Moscow: OGIZ, 1935)

Swedish Language Writings

  • Raphaël Lemkin, Valutareglering och Clearing (Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt and Söner, 1941).


New York Public Library, New York, New York, USA
Raphael Lemkin Papers

American Jewish Historical Society, New York, New York, USA
Raphael Lemkin Collection

American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio
Raphael Lemkin Papers

Columbia University Libraries, New York, New York, USA
Raphael Lemkin Papers

Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Registrar’s Records, Faculty of Law
Юридичний факультет Львівського національного університету імені Івана Франка

Swedish National Archives & Stockholm University
For an excellent overview of relevant archives in Sweden, including the Swedish National Archives and resources at Stockholm University, see Mark Klamberg, “Raphaël Lemkin in Stockholm – Significance for his Work on ‘Axis Rule in Occupied Europe’,” Genocide Studies and Prevention 13, 1 (2019): 64-87.

Women's Division of the Hebrew Immigrant Society presents Scroll of Honor to Professor Raphael Lemkin, 1951. NY Public Library.

Women's Division of the Hebrew Immigrant Society presents Scroll of Honor to Professor Raphael Lemkin, 1951. NY Public Library.

The New York Times Youth Forum, 1951. NY Public Library.

The New York Times Youth Forum, 1951. NY Public Library.


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