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A review by boggremlin
The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed by Wendy Lower
4.0
A meticulous excavation of one atrocity within the many atrocities of the Holocaust.
After Lowry is shown a photograph that depicts the execution of a woman and children from a Ukrainian Jewish community, she uses this rare photograph to examine the familial wounds created by genocide; examine the dichotomy of exhuming mass graves and honoring the dead; understanding the agenda of the photographer; and identifying both the victims and the perpetrators. Lowry’s writing is clear and focused, and each chapter brings the reader into a clearer, more painful understanding of the Holocaust in Ukraine. This is painstakingly researched and respectfully recorded.
Highly recommended; it’s also an important meditation on the reader and the historian’s duty to serve as witnesses.
Netgalley review.
After Lowry is shown a photograph that depicts the execution of a woman and children from a Ukrainian Jewish community, she uses this rare photograph to examine the familial wounds created by genocide; examine the dichotomy of exhuming mass graves and honoring the dead; understanding the agenda of the photographer; and identifying both the victims and the perpetrators. Lowry’s writing is clear and focused, and each chapter brings the reader into a clearer, more painful understanding of the Holocaust in Ukraine. This is painstakingly researched and respectfully recorded.
Highly recommended; it’s also an important meditation on the reader and the historian’s duty to serve as witnesses.
Netgalley review.