The poignant story of how a Catholic priest uncovered the truth behind
the murder of one and a half million Ukrainian Jews
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 World War II's
bloodiest chapters. Published with the support of the United States
Holocaust Memorial Museum.
"[T]his modest Roman Catholic priest from Paris, without using much
more than his calm voice and Roman collar, has shattered the silence
surrounding a largely untold chapter of the Holocaust." --The Chicago
Tribune