War Crimes

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  • Scope note: Violations of the laws and customs of war, including, but not limited to, murder, ill-treatment or deportation of the civilian population in occupied territory, murder or ill-treatment of prisoners of war or persons on the seas, killing of hostages, plunder of public or private property, wanton destruction of cities, or devastation not justified by military necessity Broader terms: INTERNATIONAL CRIMES Related terms: CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY GENOCIDE HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS MASSACRES PRISONERS OF WAR RAPE REPARATIONS TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL TREATMENT WAR WAR CRIMINALS WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICTS Top terms: INTERNATIONAL CRIMES

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            Minorities
            LON/BPC/MIN · Series · 1910-1969
            Part of 9 - Collections

            This series contains publications concerning Minorities and is comprised of 396 titles ranging in date from 1910 to 1969 (with greatest coverage in the 1920s and 1930s), containing brochures, bulletins, documents, Festschriften, journals, maps, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, reprints and theses (duplicate copies (40) and periodical issues (10) are included but not individually numbered). Publications concern 12 different countries and are written in 9 different languages, some items having several translations. All topics relate to Minorities and Minorities Law and include: Anti-semitism and relations with Jewish minorities; boundary disputes; folk art and cultural differences; laws of different peoples; societies and institutes; war crimes and world peace.

            Many of these items are rare even though reprints and government documents may be available elsewhere.