WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Construction workers in northern Poland have unearthed a World War II-era mass grave containing what are believed to be the bodies of 1,800 German men, women and children who disappeared during the Soviet Army’s march to Berlin. Poles digging at the site of a planned luxury hotel in Malbork — which was called Marienburg and was part of Germany during the war — excavated a bomb crater at the foot of the city’s famous 13th century Teutonic Knights fortress, authorities said Monday.—-Contact The Daily Reveille’s news staff at [email protected]
Poland: Workers find WWII mass grave of Germans
By The Associated Press
January 13, 2009