DRNIS, Oct 12 (Hina) - The exhumation of remains of German soldiers killed during the Second World War began on Friday in the southern Croatian town of Drnis. The unearthing was organised by a German association for the care for war
cemeteries in cooperation with local authorities. According to data available to the association, 61 German soldiers were buried in the centre of Drnis. The head of the entire job of exhumation, Erwin Kowalka, said there was a probability that another four to five mass graves with the remains of German soldiers could be found at a broader area of Drnis. According to some estimates, the remains of several hundred German soldiers are likely to have been buried there. The exhumation is being carried out with detailed data processing and identification of the discovered corpses, and families of the killed soldiers will be informed of it. The corpses will subsequently be trans
DRNIS, Oct 12 (Hina) - The exhumation of remains of German soldiers
killed during the Second World War began on Friday in the southern
Croatian town of Drnis.
The unearthing was organised by a German association for the care
for war cemeteries in cooperation with local authorities.
According to data available to the association, 61 German soldiers
were buried in the centre of Drnis.
The head of the entire job of exhumation, Erwin Kowalka, said there
was a probability that another four to five mass graves with the
remains of German soldiers could be found at a broader area of
Drnis. According to some estimates, the remains of several hundred
German soldiers are likely to have been buried there.
The exhumation is being carried out with detailed data processing
and identification of the discovered corpses, and families of the
killed soldiers will be informed of it.
The corpses will subsequently be transferred to cemeteries in
Split, Zagreb and Osijek.
Preparations are under way for exhumation in Knin, Gracac, Djakovo
and Sumartin on the island of Brac.
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