New on Yahad’s web site Yahad – In Unum is pleased to present the village-by-village reports on the Holocaust by bullets, including extracts of videotaped testimony of eyewitnesses..  Located in the site’s “Broad Daylight” section (under “Research Results”) the first 12 villages are posted on the site.  In addition to the English-subtitled video extracts, each village page includes the date(s) of Yahad’s research visit, the number of execution sites identified and citations from archival records. Researchers and family members interested in viewing online the full (non-subtitled) videos of interviews can request the videos in the site’sregistered users area.  Additional village pages are being prepared for the Broad Daylight database, which will eventually include the more than 400 villages already investigated by Yahad as well as the estimated 100 villages per year being added to the database from ongoing research trips. comment on new web site

Yahad’s work featured on UN education site The Holocaust and the United Nations Outreach Programme of the Department of Public Information has published on its web site an article on the Holocaust by Bullets as part of its series of discussion papers written by experts on the Holocaust and genocide. The article, authored by Father Desbois, is for use by educators at secondary schools and universities around the world to further understanding of the Holocaust as well as the underlying causes of and issues involved in the prevention of genocide and to provide a forum for classroom discussion. The paper will be translated into the UN’s officials languages and distributed through its information centers in 63 countries to schools and included in a journal to be published by the UN in print version next year. Past discussion papers have been written by some of the world’s leading voices on the Holocaust including Simone Veil, Elie Wiesel and Yehuda Bauer.

U.S. Senator and Helsinki Commission Chairman, Benjamin Cardin offers support for Yahad’s work on Roma Co-chairman of the Helsinki Commission, U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) recently welcomed Father Desbois in Washington to discuss support for Yahad’s continuing research on the fate of the Roma people. The Commission is an independent U.S. Government agency created in 1976 to monitor and encourage compliance with the Helsinki Final Act and other Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) commitments. It convenes public hearings and briefings with expert witnesses, issues public reports concerning implementation of OSCE commitments in the 56 participating States and organizes official delegations meetings to address and assess democratic, economic, and human rights developments.

Help! Au secours! ¡Socorro! Dopomožiť! Pomocy! Pomogite! Hilfe ! Translators needed Are you looking for a volunteer opportunity to put your foreign language skills at the service of an urgent cause?  Yahad – In Unum is actively looking for speakers of foreign languages, particularly Ukrainian, Russian, Belarusian and Polish to help us cope with the increasing number of testimonies recorded during our research.  If interested, please contact Patrice Bensimon at p.bensimon@yahadinunum.org. Thanks! Merci! Gracias! Diakuju! Dzięki! Spasiba! Danke!

 

Daily reports from two August research trips on Yahadblog Blog posts written by members of Yahad’s research teams that conducted investigations in August in Ukraine and Romania can be found on Yahadblog.  The daily posts are intended to share with readers a close-up look at how Yahad’s teams operate on the ground, including descriptions of exploring the sites where the Holocaust and genocide of the Roma occurred and interviewing witnesses and survivors.    Posts from Ukraine trip Posts from Romania trip Ukraine trip blog Romania trip blog

Recent Yahad field investigations (click highlighted links to read reports)
December 2010	Belarus	Grodno	May – June 2010	Ukraine	Dnepropetrovsk
December 2010	Ukraine	Tcherkassy	April – May, 2010	Belarus	Baranovitchi
December 2010	Ukraine	Dnepropetrovsk	March 2010	Belarus	Baranovitchi
November 2010	Belarus	Grodno	January 2010	Ukraine	Podolia
November 2010	Russia	Bryansk	December 2009	Russia	Smolensk
August 2010	Ukraine	Vinnytsia	October 2009	Russia	Smolensk
July 2010	Poland	Lublin	August 2009	Belarus	Pinsk
June – July 2010	Ukraine	Dnepropetrovsk	May 2009	Ukraine	Ternopil

Holocaust by Bullets exhibition to open in Ukraine The Holocaust by Bullets exhibition will appear for the first time in Eastern Europe when it opens in Kiev, Ukraine, on September 8. Sponsored by Yahad partners, the Memorial of the Shoah and the Victor Pinchuk Foundation, the exhibition is composed of numerous photos, artifacts and extracts of testimony and archival records resulting from nine years of Yahad research. Historical advice on the exhibition, which has previously been displayed in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain, is being  provided by Dr. Aleksander Kruglov of the Ukraine’s Kharkiv University. Dr. Kruglov, one of the world’s foremost authorities on the history of the Holocaust in Eastern Europe is a member of Yahad’s Scientific Committee. The event also will mark the release of the Ukrainian language version of Father Desbois’ book, The Holocaust by Bullets.

Meet Team Yahad Each month, we profile one of the dedicated team members who help make the work of Yahad – In Unum possible. Michel Roux is the secretary general of Yahad – In Unum and a member of its Board of Directors. In addition to preparing Board and assembly meetings, preparing minutes, he acts as a counselor on administrative issues for the association. A native of the Paris area and a graduate of its HEC business school, Michel’s career as a Human Resources executive provided him with extensive experience from which to draw upon in aiding Yahad. He began working with Father Desbois after hearing him speak, drawn by the uniqueness and importance of Yahad’s mission. “I am a great admirer of what he and this organization continue to achieve and proud to be a part of it,” he says. In addition to his work on behalf of Yahad, Michel is involved in the work of other associations, including Espace Cambodge, dedicated to providing support to Cambodian refugees. Michel has three children and two “adorable” grandchildren.

Upcoming public events París – Symposium with the Sorbonne, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Ecole Normale Superieure and the European Union on Nazi camps in the Soviet Union, September 19-20 more information  read more about daily Yahad activities on Yahadblog read recent press articles about Yahad-In Unum read past issues of Yahad-In Unum News send your comments about Yahad–In Unum News