Holocaust by Bullets

The Holocaust by Bullets is a memoir and investigation written by Father Patrick Desbois, a French priest who uncovered the truth behind the murder of 1.5 million Jews in the occupied Soviet Union by Nazi and Nazi-aligned forces. Published in 2008, the book details Desbois’ journey in locating and studying the Holocaust in Eastern Europe. In the opening chapters, Desbois describes his grandfather's story of incarceration, an experience that drove him to study the Holocaust. The book features some of the hundreds of testimonies of witnesses or requisitioned villagers who were present at mass executions that Desbois collected with the help of translators, historians, and archival scholars. This memoir brings to light the emotional impacts of genocide and the intimate, human dimensions of the Nazi extermination.