The ashes of 8,000 people have been found in mass graves in northern Poland, near the Soldau Nazi concentration camp. It contained 17.5 tonnes of human ash, the BBC wrote.
Tomasz Jankowski from Poland He told the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) that the graves contained at least 8,000 victims. The estimate is based on the fact that the ashes of one person weigh about two kilograms.
The bodies were probably exhumed and burned in a Nazi operation to cover the murder trail. The Nazis killed Jews, political opponents and members of the Polish elite in Soldau.
The concentration camp was built in 1939 as a transit, internment and extermination camp and was used during the Nazi occupation, recalls the BBC. The city of Soldau, now Poland’s Dzialdowo, was annexed to German East Prussia in September 1939.
It is estimated that up to 30,000 people were killed in Nazi camps. Scientists hope to perform DNA analysis on the remains to find out more information about the victims. Archaeologists found hundreds of remains of clothing, buttons, and other items, but nothing of value, indicating that the bodies were robbed before being burned.
Jankowski said two holes had been found near the camp and surveys were possible to find more.
On another occasion on Wednesday, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said a report detailing Nazi war crimes and calculations of related financial losses was being prepared. According to him, Germany caused great damage to the Poles and did not pay compensation. Germany insisted that the issue of reparations was legally closed in the 1950s.
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