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French Priest Provides Voice To Holocaust Witnesses [audio 4 minutes 47 seconds]

Some researchers say up to a third of all Holocaust victims were executed not in camps, but by bullets. Most of them had been shot by German troops during the invasion of Russia. A French priest has spent years searching for mass graves and recording the memories of elderly witnesses. His organization has opened a display of the priest's work in Paris.
Read entire article at NPR - Morning Edition