Germans coin "Genocide" in 1921

In 1921 Berlin, Soghomon Tehlirian, an Armenian, assassinated Grand Vizier Talat Pasha of Turkey in revenge for the Armenian "Genocide" - though the word did not exist at the time.

Tehlirian did not attempt to escape or deny the killing. This was an orchestrated attempt by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation to take the case to trail and expose Talat Pasha for his role in the "nation killing" of Armenians.

The trial gained much attention at the time. Tehlirian was represented by several prominent German legalists including Dr. Kurt Niemeyer, professor of Law at Cologne University. They argued Tehlirian was not guilty on account of his emotional state caused by the mass killing of the Armenian people. Tehlirian was found not guilty.

In 1943, Raphael Lemkin would coin the word "genocide" in part based on the trial of Soghomon Tehlirian.

WI it was instead Dr. Niemeyer who coin the word in 1921? What changes if any would this have on the decision to carry out the Final Solution and on the world reaction to German persecution of the Jews in the 1930s?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cologne_University
 

Ardimis

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I can't see any major difference being made, I think Hitlers decision would stay the same and international reaction would hardly differ. I don't think the existence of a word could have changed Hitlers mind for the final solution, and other then a good arguing point for the allies it helps them very little.

Also i don't think anyone other then the German top brass knew of the mass killings and the full extant of the prosecutions tell the end of the war, did they?
 
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