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Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews: A Free Public Lecture by Father Patrick Desbois
Father Patrick Desbois, French Catholic priest and president of the Yahad-In Unum Association, a research organization dedicated to locating the sites of mass killings of Jews during the Holocaust in Eastern Europe and gathering testimony from those who witnessed the atrocities, will speak about his journeys to Ukraine in this free and open to the public program presented by the Cummings/Hillel Program for Holocaust and Genocide Education at Tufts University in conjunction with The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Author of The Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest’s Journey to Uncover the Truth behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews, Father Desbois has devoted his life to confronting anti-Semitism and furthering Catholic-Jewish dialogue and understanding. Since 2004, he and his team have identified 800 of an estimated 2,000 hidden mass graves of Jews murdered during the Holocaust, collecting artifacts and recording thousands of video testimonies from eyewitnesses. Father Desbois’ remarkable work has helped to advance understanding of crimes committed during the Holocaust and to preserve the memory of the former Jewish communities of Eastern Europe.
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Paul Shapiro, Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
Father Patrick Desbois, President of Yahad - In Unum, Holocaust researcher and author. Father Desbois serves as Director of the Episcopal Committee for Catholic-Jewish Relations for the French Conference of Bishops and is an advisor to the Vatican on the Jewish religion.
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Cohen Auditorium in the Aidekman Arts Center
Tufts University
40 Talbot Avenue
Medford, MA
Note: This event is free and open to the public. Please register at newengland@ushmm.org.
About the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum was created to inspire leaders and citizens to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity and strengthen democracy. Federal support guarantees the Museum’s permanence, and donors nationwide make possible its educational activities and global outreach. For more information, visit www.ushmm.org.
About the Cummings/Hillel Program for Holocaust and Genocide Education at Tufts University
The program was established by Joyce and Bill Cummings of Winchester to help teach the next generation to recognize and be active in confronting societal conditions that might lead to genocide. In addition to lectures and panel discussions, the program offers travel-learning experiences, including a recent visit to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C. There is also an annual summer trip for 20 undergraduate students to the Agahozo Shalom Youth Village in Rwanda, a village established for orphans of the Rwandan genocide.
Bill Cummings graduated from Tufts University in 1958, and has been a generous supporter of his alma mater. Most notably, the Cummings committed $50 million to Tuft’s Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in 2004. Learn more at www.CummingsFoundation.org.