Read more…A major geophysical discovery, revealed this week, evokes the memory of what the “Burning Brigade” did next. At various points during the burning, a number of members of the Burning Brigade actually came across remains of family members: wives, brothers, sisters. The pit that’s preserved the best is the pit the Burning Brigade lived in. The more I looked at the pit, the more I thought about the size of the tunnel, the length of the tunnel. Up to 100,000 people, including 70,000 Jews, were slaughtered between 1941-1944 at Poneriai, one of the first sites of Nazi genocide.

Source: National Post June 30, 2016 22:29 UTC