Population statistics, the holocaust, and the nuremberg trials

Population and Development Review

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 511-552

  Seltzer, William ^a  

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DATA ACQUISITION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENOCIDE; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

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EID: 0032435034     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2808153     Document Type: Article

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