Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A matsayin matashi, Lemkin ya damu da batun zalunci kuma sau da yawa zai tambayi mahaifiyarsa game da irin waɗannan abubuwan kamar Sack of Carthage
, mamayewar Mongol da cin nasara da kuma tsananta wa Huguenots. Lemkin a bayyane ya ci karo da ma'anar kisan gilla yayin da, yana da shekaru 12, yana karanta "Quo Vadis" na Henryk Sienkiewicz, musamman wurin da Nero ya jefa Kiristoci ga zakuna. Game da waɗannan labaran, Lemkin ya rubuta, "layin jini ya jagoranci daga filin wasan Roman ta hanyar ratayewar Faransa zuwa pogrom na Bialystok". Ta hanyar rubuce-rubucensa, Lemkin ya nuna imani na tsakiya ga tunaninsa a duk rayuwarsa: wahalar yahudawa a gabashin Poland wani bangare ne na babban tsarin rashin adalci da tashin hankali wanda ya koma baya cikin tarihi da duniya.