the man who created the term genocide, who is also behind the un convention on genocide, rafal lemkin. dr. lemkin is the man who coined the word genocide, and has really been fighting its manifestations for a very, very long time. dr. lemkin, could you tell us why you were interested in this fight against genocide? i became interested in genocide because it happened so many times. i told myself that as a lawyer i had to do something about it. and i submitted. draft convention. i tried to interest the organizations of the united nations, so i approached the delegations. the delegations of cuba, panama and india supported the resolution, and then we launched the process. the destruction of culture and identity was not included in the convention, although rafa lemkin, who coined the term genocide, very clearly thought and spoke about the destruction of culture as one of the key elements of genocide. that is, the destruction of culture, the burning of books, the destruction of museums, the destruction of libraries, no doubt, we can certainly use them as signs of intent. during his lifetim