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Coverage dated July 13, 2022

Ashes of at least 8,000 people killed by Nazis during World War II found in two mass graves in Poland, investigators say

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Investigators say the Nazis tried to hide the executions by incinerating the bodies and planting trees on the burial pits.

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  1. Al Jazeera

    Mass grave, remains of 8,000 Nazi war victims found in Poland (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Discovery of about 15.8 tonnes of human ashes means that the remains of at least 8,000 people were in the mass grave.

  2. CBS News

    Ashes of at least 8,000 people killed by Nazis during World War II found in two mass graves in Poland, investigators say (opens CBS News)

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    Investigators say the Nazis tried to hide the executions by incinerating the bodies and planting trees on the burial pits.

  3. MyNorthwest

    Ashes of 8,000 WWII victims found in two Poland mass graves (opens MyNorthwest)

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    WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Special investigators in Poland say they have found two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Poles slain by the Nazis

  4. The Times of Israel

    Mass grave with remains of about 8,000 Nazi victims found in Poland (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Site with 17.5 tons of human ashes discovered near Soldau concentration camp, north of Warsaw; researchers say victims, possibly 'Polish elites,' killed around 1939

  5. NBC News

    Ashes of 8,000 WWII victims found in two Polish mass graves (opens NBC News)

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    Victims were mostly inmates of the Soldau Nazi German prisoner camp in the Polish town of Dzialdowo who were executed in the forest between 1940-44, experts said.

  6. Portland Press Herald

    Ashes of 8,000 WWII victims found in 2 Poland mass graves (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Investigators from a national historical institute said at least 17 tons of ashes were found in 2 mass graves 10 feet deep, in the Bialuty Forest, 100 miles north of Warsaw.

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