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If the Whole Body Dies: Raphael Lemkin and the Treaty Against Genocide
Robert Skloot
$10
If the Whole Body Dies: Raphael Lemkin and the Treaty Against Genocide by Robert Skloot explores the life and career of Raphael Lemkin (1900-1959).
Lemkin's obsession with stopping genocide (a word he coined) led to the adoption of the U.N.Treaty Against Genocide. By turns funny and sad, the one-act
play will stimulate discussions -- in classrooms, at conferences, and with religious groups--about historical genocide and Lemkin's unfinished mission.
Included is the original text of the Treaty Against Genocide.
Robert Skloot (rskloot@wisc.edu) has taught and directed plays at the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1968 and served as an associate vice chancellor from 1996 to 2002. He is the author of The Darkness We Carry: The Drama of the Holocaust (1988) and the editor of the two-volume anthology, The Theatre of the Holocaust (1982, 1999). He served as a Fulbright Professor in Israel, Austria, Chile, and the Netherlands, and he holds a joint appointment in the UW-Madison's Mosse-Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies.
"Robert Skloot is to be commended for bringing Raphael Lemkin to life
and for bringing to a new generation the work and complex personality of
the man who coined our word genocide to describe this ever-present global
tragedy. We remain solidly in his debt. Kudos!"
Dr. Steven Leonard Jacobs "As challenging as it is thoughtful, Robert Skloot's play makes clear that
Raphael Lemkin's battle against genocide is far from over. "Will genocide
ever end?" and "What can I do?" are the questions that are embedded in
Skloot's rich and well-crafted script. As the curtain falls, choices awaiting us
form the next act of this drama of courage, loneliness and despair."
John K. Roth
Editor, The Papers of Raphael Lemkin
Aaron Aronov Endowed Chair of Judaic Studies
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
The University of Alabama
Edward J. Sexton Professor of Philosophy
Director, Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights
Claremont McKenna College
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