Priest's Grotto
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The Priest's Grotto is a cave in western Ukraine, part of the extensive Gypsum Giant cave system, now known to be among the longest in the world at over 77 miles explored. In 1942-1944, during the Nazi occupation, several Jewish families lived in the cave, some of them never exiting for over an entire year. Thirty-eight Jews survived the occupation in this way (during a period when 95% of Jews in Ukraine were exterminated, and only 1% of families survived intact).
[edit] External links
- The Darkest Days - National Geographic article
- Ukrainian American Youth Caver Exchange Foundation coverage
- Holocaust Ukraine: Off the face of the earth it was the only refuge they had left from ArtUkraine.com
- The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story - Kar-Ben Publishing