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    Mass grave with nearly 200 POWs found at former Stalag II D ca

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    Researchers have discovered a mass grave in the Polish town of Stargard, located in West Pomeranian Voivodeship, revealing the remains of nearly 200 prisoners of war from World War II. The discovery sheds new light on the history of one of the largest POW camps of the Third Reich, Stalag II D, which operated in the area from 1939 to February 1945.

    According to reports, the mass grave dates back to December 1941 and was filled over several days, possibly containing several thousand people. The remains consist mainly of Soviet soldiers, but also include Polish and Belgian soldiers.

    Stalag II D was located in the western part of present-day Poland and began operations in 1939. During its operation, the camp held up to 6,000 prisoners, including Red Army soldiers and other prisoners of war. In the summer of 1941, captured Red Army soldiers were brought to the camp. Reports indicate that between ten and several dozen prisoners died each day at Stalag II D, totaling approximately six thousand deaths during its existence.

    Scientists believe that the captives were not executed and the cause of death was probably an epidemic of a camp disease such as typhus, which was a common cause of death among prisoners. “You don’t have to shoot the prisoners, you don’t have to gas them, it’s enough not to feed them and place them in such conditions that infectious diseases spread, they are treated badly and they die en masse. ”, said Professor Andrzej Ossowski, head of the research group and head of the Department of Medicine at the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, according to RBC.

    The victims of Stalag II D included captured soldiers and civilians who were displaced from Warsaw after the 1944 uprising, with an estimated 2,000 to 6,000 victims…including women, children and youth.

    The presumed location of the mass grave was found through aerial photographs. Archaeological excavations were carried out in Stargard for four years. The discoveries made by scientists shed new light on the tragic history of this place.

    Sources: Gazzeta.ru, Izvestia.ru, Rossiyskaya gazeta, RBC

    This article was written in collaboration with generative AI company Alchemiq



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