A free public lecture will be held at 8 p.m. March 13 at Tufts University's Cohen Auditorium in the Aidekman Arts Center.
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 during this 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.