He relented by allowing the sole survivor, Bucak, to speak.
The survivors spoke of their faith as a salve.
Other British survivors spoke yesterday of their terror as they fled the killer waves.
The survivors spoke with such vivid emotion that the 55 years since the Holocaust seemed to evaporate.
Some survivors of that immigration still do not speak French well, but they hold French passports.
"After they hear survivors speak," she said, "nothing can compare to that."
The other raids had been conducted by small groups--in fact some survivors spoke of only one man at the several shooting scenes.
The survivors would not speak to reporters.
Any reaching out to survivors is a good thing, but every survivor I have heard speak has a profound distrust of church personnel.
We need people with a genuine curiosity, who will let the survivors speak.