Raphael Lemkin collection undated, 1763, 1915-1919, [c.1921], 1933, 1941-1952, 1983, 1989.

Lemkin is the individual primarily responsible for adoption of the United Nations Convention for the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide. The collection is arranged according to the following subject areas: personal material, material on the Genocide Convention, material on genocide.

Unidentified men and women on the deck of the SS Roland; (Bremerhaven to the United States?) Ships

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Photo collage of Steven Lowell, his parents Fritz Loewenthal and Alice (Lizzie) nee Weissberger, in Amsterdam and on the ship that brought them to the United States.

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20th Anniversary of the United Nations Decisions to Establish the State of Israel Commemorative Medal

Obverse: Portraits of A.H. Silver and Harry S. Truman. Reverse: Statue of Liberty to the right, emblem of the United Nations, menorah.