The Holocaust by Bullets; A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews

by Father Patrick Desbois; with a foreword by Paul A. Shapiro, Director, United Sta

• ISBN13: 9780230606173
• ISBN10: 0230606172
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2008-08-19
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In this heart-wrenching book, Father Patrick Desbois documents the daunting task of identifying and examining all the sites where Jews were exterminated by Nazi mobile units in the Ukraine in WWII. Using innovative methodology, interviews, and ballistic evidence, he has determined the location of many mass gravesites with the goal of providing proper burials for the victims of the forgotten Ukrainian Holocaust. Compiling new archival material and many eye-witness accounts, Desbois has put together the first definitive account of one of history's bloodiest chapters. Published with the support of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Author Biography

Patrick Desbois is secretary to the French Conference of Bishops for relations with Judaism, advisor to the Cardinal-Archbishop of Lyon and advisor to the Vatican on the Jewish religion.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Ukraine, Spring 2007	p. xvii
Origins	p. 1
A path	p. 9
From Auschwitz to Jerusalem	p. 13
The priest of Belzec	p. 21
From cemetery to cemetery	p. 27
A team and its ethic	p. 41
Discovering the truth	p. 51
Accepting the truth	p. 61
They saw	p. 73
The requisitions	p. 81
Establishing a methodology	p. 99
Your brother's blood	p. 121
A burial place for the dead	p. 129
The mass graves	p. 133
An extermination in every village	p. 145
Operation 1005	p. 153
Busk	p. 161
He Who Saves a Single Life Saves the Whole World	p. 193
Everyday evil	p. 203
In memory of Dora	p. 211
Acknowledgments	p. 215
Yahad-In-Unum	p. 219
Notes	p. 221
Index	p. 229
Maps	p. 234
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