The Priest's Grotto Heritage Project

FEB. 25th, 2024 PRESENTATION IN NJ BY Chris Nicola, the author of The Secret of Priest's Grotto, and subject of the documentary, No Place On Earth; both of which feature the Holocaust era cave survival story of five families.

https://jewishstandard.timesofisrael.com/the-secrets-of-the-priests-grotto/?fbclid=IwAR05ChH_bnIMa3qo2JqZ1xKGlE4xnihfJP1-d32iFB1lUb-BzpLS-Np1G_c

The secrets of the Priest’s Grotto Explorer’s film tells the true story of the Ukrainian cave where 38 Jews survived

ON MARCH 9th, 2024 COME TO "TALES FROM DARK PLACES" AT the Explorers Club in NYC, and hear a whole day of stories from mysterious, strange and dark places, such as the one entitled, "When Cave Explorers Build Robots" that will be told by Vickie Siegel about her work in Africa's largest underwater cave system, as well as in other locals.

Vickie Siegel works at the intersection of autonomous robotics, polar research, planetary science, and cave exploration. She leverages her interdisciplinary interests to lead expeditions with ambitious technology goals in challenging environments found all around the globe. For over 17 years Vickie has worked with one of the world’s leading field robotics teams in research projects which use cold, icy environments on Earth as simulation environments for robots that will someday explore the ice-covered moons of Jupiter and Saturn.

For ticket and other information about Vickie's upcoming presentation at Tales From Dark Places (TFDP) please continue monitoring the Explorers Club's Events Calendar page, calling them at +1 212 638-8383, or contacting TFDP Co-Organizer Chris Nicola offline.

COME TO THE EXPLORERS CLUB in NYC on Saturday, MARCH 9th, 2024 and hear a whole day of Amazing stories of not only Exploration and Adventure, but also of survival, such as the one by Mark Dickey and Jessica Van Ord, entitled "Morca Cave Rescue: Emergency Response 3000 plus feet under the Earth."

PRESENTATION SUMMARY:
Mark and Jessica share their first-hand accounts of the incredible recent September 2023 record-breaking rescue from 1000m deep inside Morca Cave in Turkey. As cave rescue instructors and medical professionals themselves, their unique perspectives offer insight into the ins and out of cave rescue, and the treatment of what may be considered the most inconvenient case of internal bleeding of all time.

For ticket and other information about Jessica and Mark's upcoming presentation at Tales From Dark Places (TFDP) please continue monitoring the Explorers Club's Events Calendar page, calling them at +1 212 638-8383, or contacting TFDP Co-Organizer Chris Nicola offline.

COME TO THE EXPLORERS CLUB IN NYC - on Saturday, MARCH 9th, 2024 and hear a whole day of Amazing stories of Exploration and Adventure, such as those of Cave Biologist Jean “Creature” Krejca, PhD.

For ticket and other information about Jean's upcoming presentation at Tales From Dark Places (TFDP) please continue monitoring the Explorers Club's Events Calendar page, calling them at +1 212 638-8383, or contacting TFDP Co-Organizer Chris Nicola offline.

DAY 2 IN GRENADA, CONTINUING TO ENJOY THE FUN AND SUN - As the locals here get ready for tomorrow, Independence Day, when their will be celebrations all over the island in recognition of their 50 years of Independance.

ON MY WAY BACK TO NYC AFTER SPENDING MOST OF THE DAY IN COLLEGE PARK, MD - With long time friends Joe and Sully, reminiscing about the "good old" days in the 1970s and 80s when I was a police officer in the Washington DC area by day, and the manager of the Starlite Inn, a biker hangout by night.

ÞTAKING A BREAK IN CLINTON, NJ - from my 253 mile day drive down to Frederick, MD today in order to visit my special friend, Anne Maxey on her 94th birthday.

"PINBALL WIZARDS" BY THE WHO WAS DEFINITELY ON MY MIND - This past weekend as my long-time friend, Tamara Singer and I tried out pinball skills at Rock Fantasy in Middletown, NY

COME TO THE EXPLORERS CLUB APRIL 1, 2023 TO HEAR A WHOLE DAY OF AMAZING STORIES OF ADVENTURE, EXPLORATION AND SURVIVAL - like the one of how five Jewish families survived the Holocaust by taking refuge in a cave in UKRAINE for over a year. Chris Nicola, the caver who unearthed this story almost 30 years ago, and then spent another 10 developing it into both a book and movie will be just one of a number of explorers presenting at TALES FROM DARK PLACES (TFDP). For information on Chris' upcoming NYC presentaton about the Priest's Grotto Story, featured in his award winning book, the Secret of Priest's Grotto and the documentary, No Place On Earth (NPOE) please monitor the Explorers Club's Events Calendar page, call them at (212) 628-8383, or contact Chris offline. Stay tuned for more announcements about Tales From Dark Places taking place April 1st, 2023 from 9:30 to 5:00. Meanwhile, you can watch No Place On Earth at the below site.

No Place on Earth

The documentary, No Place On Earth, which features the story of how five Jewish families survived the Holocaust by taking refuge in a cave, is now available with Hebrew Subtitles ! Many thanks to the hard work and dedication of my dear friend Itai Schkolnik in bringing this about :)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SD6PzklEbHU&feature=youtu.be

No Place On Earth (Full Film with Hebrew Subtitles) בשנת 1993, קצין של משטרת ניו-יורק וחובב המערות כריס ניקולה ביקר באוקראינה כדי לחקור את "מערת ורטבה" ו-"מערת הכומר", ומצא עדויות לכך שבמערות אלה היו מאוכלסות ...

Fond Memories of some of the fun times that I had with Priest's Grotto Survivor Saul Stermer, such as when we were in Ukraine together in 2010, filming for the documentary, No Place On Earth. May He Rest in Peace.