World War Two Era Mass Grave Discovered in Slovenia The Associated Press http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100907/ap_on_re_eu/eu_slovenia_mass_grave <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=u7bw8rbab&et=1103676500954&s=3805&e=001U3Udn8sclN9qx3WqOKjp3LiOI-IDKMsojjaNoWxFv4b3AmZVWtQhnr9ULIJ2SaIa6xjoxIl3sJg7YNboe2r3-haLqw_yi60es5irFRPnHIrvh9YGkl-6vOFTv5vDCJwiFraFE2xWF86loFEjIorYNbdNMrO9YbU-Mf3Tk1Nl5rreNqNq6vmNQjQTyBE4xqEI>
The bodies of about 700 people killed in the wake of World War II have been discovered in a mass grave in Slovenia, 65 years after they were herded into the woods and slain by antifascists seeking revenge on Nazi collaborators, an official said Tuesday. Marko Strovs, who heads the government's commission for exhuming mass graves, told The Associated Press that researchers examined a pit in a forest near the town of Prevalje in the country's northeast last week and found the remains. "Based on what we've heard from local people and what we've seen so far, there could be about 700 bodies buried inside," Strovs said. Thousands of Nazi collaborators were executed by communist-backed antifascists after the war; in many cases, victims also included innocent civilians. _______________________________________________ News mailing list News@antic.org http://lists.antic.org/mailman/listinfo/news
