The Holocaust by Bullets Exhibit

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Please contact exhibit@boulderjcc.org with any questions.

The Holocaust by Bullets Exhibit

By Yahad-In Unum, Boulder JCC, Yahad Colorado

Date and time

October 30, 2018 · 10am - December 14, 2018 · 5pm MDT

Location

Boulder JCC (Boulder Jewish Community Center)

6007 Oreg Avenue Boulder, CO 80303

Description

The Holocaust by Bullets Exhibit at the Boulder JCC October 29 - December 14


The Boulder JCC is partnering with Yahad-In Unum and Yahad Colorado to present the Holocaust by Bullets Exhibit. Join a guided tour of the Holocaust by Bullets Exhibit, on display at the Boulder JCC from October 29 - December 14, 2018.

The exhibit is FREE and open to the public through scheduled docent-led tours, and is appropriate for 7th grade students through adults.


Exhibit Tour Information


Exhibit tours will be scheduled for up to 2 hours. This will include a pre-exhibit overview, the exhibit tour, and space for debrief and reflection.

For group or school tours, please contact exhibit@boulderjcc.org to schedule.

PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINUTES PRIOR TO YOUR SCHEDULED TOUR TIME.


About The Holocaust by Bullets Exhibit


The Holocaust by Bullets Exhibit focuses on the history of the Holocaust by Bullets--the mass shootings of Jews and others that took place throughout Eastern Europe by the Nazi mobile killing units from 1941 to 1944--and the mechanisms of mass violence generally. It pays homage to the memories of the victims while seeking to promote a proactive movement against genocide.


About Yahad-In Unum


Founded in 2004, Yahad-In Unum is a global humanitarian organization dedicated to identifying and commemorating the sites of Jewish and Roma mass executions in Eastern Europe during WWII and educating about genocide prevention. Yahad-In Unum's Founder and President, Father Patrick Desbois, has devoted his life to researching the Holocaust, fighting anti-Semitism, and furthering relations between Catholics and Jews.

In identifying and documenting the Holocaust by Bullets, Yahad-In Unum has recorded the testimonies of thousands of participants and witnesses to these events. Through 14 years of fieldwork, Yahad-In Unum has identified over 1,460 execution sites, 2,487 mass graves, and recorded 6,098 testimonies.


Father Patrick Desbois, Founder and President of Yahad-In Unum


Father Patrick Desbois is the Founder and President of Yahad-In Unum and the author of Holocaust by Bullets: A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews, winner of the 2008 National Jewish Book Award, In Broad Daylight: The Secret Procedures Behind the Holocaust by Bullets, and The Terrorist Factory: Isis, the Yazidi Genocide, and Exporting Terror. Father Desbois is the Braman Endowed Professor of the Practice of the Forensic Study of the Holocaust at Georgetown University, and he was awarded the Tom Lantos Human Rights Prize in 2017.

Father Desbois has been featured on CBS' 60 Minutes and has fought tirelessly to preserve the memory of those killed by mass violence, including the Holocaust.

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The Boulder JCC is partnering with Yahad-In Unum and Yahad Colorado to present the Holocaust by Bullets Exhibit at the Boulder JCC from October 29 - December 14, 2018.

Please contact exhibit@boulderjcc.org with any questions. 

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