WWII-Era Mass Grave Discovered In Slovenia

Posted by admin on Sep 8, 2010

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.

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