The Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities and St. Ambrose University cordially invite you to a presentation

by Father Patrick Desbois entitled   

The Holocaust by Bullets:  A Priest's Journey to Uncover

the Truth Behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews

on  Thursday, August 27, 2009,  7:00 - 8:15 pm

at The Rogalski Center St. Ambrose University 

located at 518 W. Locust Street, Davenport, Iowa.  

Open to the Public Free Admission  

Program sponsored by:

* Riverboat Development Authority

* Rauch Family Foundation II

* St. Ambrose University

* Stanley and Bernice Harris Memorial Endowment 

*Jewish Federation of the Quad Cities  

Father Desbois' book will be available for purchase and for him to sign after the presentation.   Also, see Father Desbois on the National Geographic Channel's program "Hitler's Hidden Holocaust" on Sunday, August 2nd, 10 pm ET.  

BIO:  Father Patrick Desbois is a Roman Catholic Priest who is the advisor to the Vatican on Jewish relations and the founder of Yahad-In Unum, which means "Together" in Hebrew and Latin.   He has spent the last five years leading investigative teams to the Ukraine and Belarus in order to find the missing mass graves of the 1.5 million Jews killed outside their homes during the Holocaust. Father Desbois has interviewed over 900 surviving eye-witnesses and discovered over 800 killing sites in his effort to uncover this missing chapter of Holocaust history, discount Holocaust deniers, and give the fallen a respectful burial.  

Father Desbois has received worldwide acclaim from an eclectic range of individuals and institutions including Hebrew University, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, B'nai Brith, the National Jewish Book Council, the Pope, and the Elie Wiesel Center.   His work has been extensively covered in the international media, including the Wall Street Journal, NBC Nightly News and PBS. His book Holocaust by Bullets:  A Priest's Journey to Uncover the Truth behind the Murder of 1.5 Million Jews, published by Palgrave-Macmillan, was recently awarded the National Jewish Book Award, and this spring he received honorary doctorates from Hebrew University and Bar Ilan in Israel. 

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