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In 2008, when construction workers dug the foundations for a new hotel building in Malbork, Poland, they discovered human remains. It turned out to be a mass grave containing bones from over 2,000 people, more than 60% of which were of women and children. Today, they were reburied in a military cemetery for German soldiers in the Polish village of Stare Czarnowo near the German-Polish border. The ceremony was presided over jointly by Polish and German officials. The remains were believed to be German civilians who died in early 1945 during the Soviet assault on the city, then within German borders and known as Marienberg. For more information, please see BBC article Mass Polish reburial of war dead.

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1. SAXONDOG says:
   30 Aug 2009 10:21:41 PM
   
   More proof of Russian mass murder under Stalin,This started in 1939 when Russian army invaded Poland from the eastern border.Stalin was never brought to justice for his mass murder,The victom's even now wonder was the real crimes against humanity ever punished? History will continue to be the judge.

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