Klas-Göran Karlsson

Klas-Göran Karlsson (born 1955) is a Professor of History at Lund University.[1][2] Karlsson is an author of books on conflictology and Holocaust studies such as "The Holocaust as a Problem of Historical Culture".[3]

In Crimes Against Humanity under Communist Regimes, Karlsson prefers using the term crimes against humanity to include "the direct mass killings of politically undesirable elements, as well as forced deportations and forced labour." Karlsson acknowledges that the term may be misleading in the sense that the Communist regimes targeted groups of their own citizens, but he considers it useful as a broad legal term which emphasizes attacks on civilian populations and because the offenses demean humanity as a whole.[4]

References
  1. "Personal - Historiska institutionen, Lunds universitet". lu.se.
  2. "Folkmord bör angå även regeringen". SvD.se.
  3. "The Holocaust as a Problem of Historical Culture. Theoretical and Analytical Challenges". / Karlsson, Klas-Göran. Echoes of the Holocaust. Historical Culture in Contemporary Europe. ed. / Klas-Göran Karlsson; Ulf Zander. Nordic Academic Press, 2003. pp. 9–57.
  4. Karlsson, Klas-Göran; Schoenhals, Michael (2008). Crimes Against Humanity under Communist Regimes. Stockholm: Forum for Living History. ISBN 9789197748728.
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