They stole a Holocaust survivor's name. Then they found another Lemkin
For four years, a Philadelphia nonprofit organization called the Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention operated with no connection whatsoever to the family of Raphael Lemkin, the Jewish lawyer whose name it took. Then the family filed a complaint with Pennsylvania authorities, the press picked it up, and the institute made an announcement. A man named Peter Raphael Lemkin had joined its board.
TL;DR
- The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention operated for four years without any connection to the family of Raphael Lemkin.
- The family of Raphael Lemkin filed a complaint with Pennsylvania authorities.
- Following the complaint and media attention, Peter Raphael Lemkin joined the institute's board.
- The family considers this action an admission of guilt and manufactured legitimacy.