[Cz-L]Excavation of Mass Grave in Close Vicinity to Moghilev-Podolsk

Dear Friends,

First of all let me please express my gratitude - doubtlessly in place of all - to Bruce and Jerome for their outstanding engagement, demonstrated once more by the new subscribers (Welcome!) in July. Bruce, have a successful conference and an amazing vacation!

In May I reported on my trip to Moghilev-Podolsk on

http://hauster.blogspot.com/2010/05/die-stadt-mohyliv-podilskyi-das-ghetto.html (German)
http://ehpes.com/blog1/2010/05/26/srul-lichtman-in-moghilev-podolsk/ (Photo Spread).

I've mentioned the proposed excavation of a mass grave in the close vicinity of Moghilev-Podolsk. Today I received a mail from Vladimir Kolchanov, my friend and contact on site, which reads as follows:

"Dear mr. Hauster. It`s Vladimir from Ukraine, town Mogilev-Podolsky
 of Vinnitsa region. I`ve seen my friend the teacher of history at the
Economic college. He informed me that the excavation has begun. They
found mass burings. Even the mayor of the town took part in it with the
spade. You remember the place, it`s on the mountain near the settlement
Solnechny, the field where nothing grows. He told me that the
investigation commission was organized to investigate the crime. So
it`s short info from my friend Valeriy Voitovich, the history teacher.
As a deputy he has the room in the manicipuletat (town authority). The weather is hot these days and continue till the middle of August.
 With the best regards,  Vladimir"

The precise position of the mass grave is marked on a map, displayed on the above mentioned (German) post. It seems that the hypothesis of Valeriy Voitovich, the history teacher of Moghilev-Podolsk proves to be true. It's terrible, but very important at the same time, as up to 25,000 people have been massacred and buried on site.

Sylvie Reicher Gsell just returned from a trip to Bucharest, Bukovina and Moghilev-Podolsk. I'm currently preparing additional reports on Moghilev-Podolsk, but should in the meantime any member of our group organize a journey to Moghilev-Podolsk in the near future, it would be great to contact the local representatives in order to get additional data on the progress of the excavation works and their results.

In this respect, I would be pleased to advise and assist.

Best wishes for now!

Edgar Hauster
Veerdam 5
6663 KW Lent
Netherlands
Phone: +31 (24) 322 21 57
iPhone: +49 (172) 979 52 95

http://hauster.blogspot.com/

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