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Poland unearths remains of Stalinist victims
07.09.2007
WARSAW, Sept 7, 2007 (AFP) - The remains of hundreds of Polish victims of Joseph Stalin's repressive Soviet regime have been discovered in the southwest of the country, the Institute for National Memory (IPN) said Friday.
"We have started the first exhumations. The results have confirmed what we originally thought," said IPN historian Krzystof Szwagrzyk, cited by the PAP news agency.
The IPN is in charge of investigating Nazi and communist crimes.
The remains, from the 1946-1956 era, were identified by x-ray in numerous areas of the Osobowicki cemetery in Wroclaw.
"We already knew that 350 people were interred in two areas of the cemetery. We are still missing more than 500 people," said Szwagrzyk, adding that the search continued for those missing.
The remains of the victims will be exhumed and buried in a mass grave.
Source: http://www.haaba.com/news-story/poland-unearths-remains-stalinist-victims