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Germans and Poles come together over WWII mass grave

Monday, August 10th, 2009

An undated reproduction of a 1945 phoAn undated reproduction of a pre 1939 post card showing the town of Malbork. Remains of over 2,100 people including women and children believed to be German civilians buried at the end of World War II, were found in Malbork. (AP Photo) (AP)

An undated reproduction of a pre 1939 post card showing the town of Malbork. Remains of over 2,100 people including women and children believed to be German civilians buried at the end of World War II, were found in Malbork. (AP Photo) (AP)

MALBORK, Poland — Germans and Poles held a ceremony on Friday 7th August 2009 to rebury remains found in a mass grave in the town of Malbrok.

“uncertainties about who the dead were and who killed them may never be resolved. All that authorities can say with some assuredness is that they were probably German civilians who died in the ferocious final months of the war,”

via Mass WWII grave brings Poles, Germans together

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