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Dutch researchers have found a new mass grave at the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany.they announced on Friday (10 April), almost exactly 70 years after it was liberated on 15 April 1945.
They made the announcement on Friday (10 April), almost exactly 70 years after it was liberated on 15 April 1945.
The mass grave measures 16m by 4m (52ft by 13ft), and is believed to be the final resting place of Dutch Resistance activist Jan Verschure.
It was found using testimonies from ex-inmates of the camp, who were interviewed by Verschure's grandson Paul, a history teacher and researcher on the project.
"One of them gave me a map on which he marked where my grandfather was buried," Verschure told Dutch television news program Nieuwsuur.
New mass grave found at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
But, there will be no digging.
They made the announcement on Friday (10 April), almost exactly 70 years after it was liberated on 15 April 1945.
The mass grave measures 16m by 4m (52ft by 13ft), and is believed to be the final resting place of Dutch Resistance activist Jan Verschure.
It was found using testimonies from ex-inmates of the camp, who were interviewed by Verschure's grandson Paul, a history teacher and researcher on the project.
"One of them gave me a map on which he marked where my grandfather was buried," Verschure told Dutch television news program Nieuwsuur.
New mass grave found at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
But, there will be no digging.