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A review by jennie_cole
The Ravine: A Family, a Photograph, a Holocaust Massacre Revealed by Wendy Lower
2.0
We have all seen photos from World War II but very few actually capture the atrocities mid act. After the fall of the USSR documents came to light regarding what the Nazis did. One of these was a photo of the shooting of a mother during a mass execution in Ukraine in October 1941. Wendy Lower goes on a search to find out who the woman was and who the Ukrainian and Nazi men were that committed this crime. Lower focused on where this shooting took place and who took the photo. She also talks about the investigations that the Nazi's did into the photo, the post war German's did into the Nazis, and the Communists Ukrainians did into the local police from the town.
It was an interesting story but just like most things from that time it is so difficult to truly find the answers you want. While I found some of the outcomes disappointing (although not unexpected) I enjoyed learning the history of post war investigations especially by the Soviets. So often we think of Nuremberg trials but the Soviets had their own reasons for looking into events like this.
It was an interesting story but just like most things from that time it is so difficult to truly find the answers you want. While I found some of the outcomes disappointing (although not unexpected) I enjoyed learning the history of post war investigations especially by the Soviets. So often we think of Nuremberg trials but the Soviets had their own reasons for looking into events like this.