Mass graves revealed by Ukrainian eye-witnesses
A French priest and his team are searching in Ukraine for the last witnesses of the Holocaust. They have already found hundreds of mass graves of Jews murdered by the Nazis. But time is running out…For the past six years, the priest, the student and the others in their small team have been traveling through Ukraine and looking for old people, men and women over the age of 70…Many eyewitnesses were children, younger than Anna, when the Jews were murdered in their towns and villages. The youngsters were curious and went to where the people had been shot. Read the full article
"The Holocaust By Bullets"
Related articles:
French priest interviews Hitler’s willing executioners in Ukraine (HAARETZ.com)
How Father Desbois Became a Holocaust Memory Keeper (Wall Street Journal)
A Priest Methodically Reveals Ukrainian Jews’ Fate (New York Times)
Related Links:
Yahad-In Unum (Fr. Desbois’ Organization)
Book (pictured left):
The Holocaust by Bullets by Father Patrick Desbois
Palgrave Macmillan, August 2008
ISBN 978-0-230-60617-3
September 9, 2009 at 3:17 PM
last month NatGeo aired a special called “Hilter’s Hidden Holocaust” based on the research of Father Desbois
September 13, 2009 at 11:02 PM
I have this book, and reviewed it on my website. It is compelling.
September 29, 2009 at 5:15 PM
here is a Jan’08 piece from NBC Nightly News about Father Desbois on YouTube