Two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Polish people murdered by the Nazis during World War II are discovered in a forest north of Warsaw.
Two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000 Polish people murdered by the Nazis during World War II have been discovered in a forest north of Warsaw.They were executed between 1940-44 and then their bodies were dug up and burned in an effort to hide the crimeSpecial investigators in Poland said at least 17 tonnes of human ashes were found.
In March 1944 the bodies were dug up, burned and trees were planted over the burial pits in an attempt to hide the atrocity.
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