UW-Eau Claire Holocaust Research Featured In BBC

A University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire professor and his student researchers are featured in two documentaries spotlighting their work to find forgotten Holocaust history. Dr. Harry Jol and his team appear in BBC and National Geographic documentaries titled “The Hidden Holocaust” and “How he Holocaust Began.”

The films show the university’s Holocaust Mapping Program, which uses advanced technology to locate mass burial and execution sites. The research team travels overseas to collect data using ground-penetrating radar, laser leveling and aerial drones. The documentaries feature footage and interviews shot in 2022 when Jol and his students did research in Lithuania and Latvia.