Claim: When was the Holocaust called a genocide?
CONTEXTTHE ANSWER
During it. Raphael Lemkin coined 'genocide' in Axis Rule in Occupied Europe (Nov 1944), naming the Nazis' crimes. He lost 49 relatives. The UN Genocide Convention followed on 9 Dec 1948.
SOURCE
Wikipedia: Raphael Lemkin
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