Human bones found during Warsaw Metro excavations
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
02.12.2016 15:26
Human bones believed to belong to victims of a notorious WWII German Nazi massacre have been discovered during excavations for new underground-train station in the Wola suburb in Warsaw.
Photo: Facebook.com/Jestem z Woli/Magdalena Jarmuła
The bones are believed to be from a bloody Nazi operation in 1944 during the first days of the Warsaw Uprising against the Polish capital's German occupiers.
The Wola massacre saw the systematic killing of between 40,000–50,000 people in the Wola district by Nazi troops during the early phase of the uprising, which started on 1 August.
Between 5 and 12 August 1944, tens of thousands of Polish civilians along with captured Home Army resistance fighters were systematically murdered by the Nazis in organised mass executions.
It is estimated that up to 10,000 civilians were killed in the Wola district on 5 August alone, the first day of the operation.
Most of the victims were the elderly, women and children. The majority of the atrocities were committed by troops under the command of SS-Oberführer Oskar Dirlewanger and SS-Brigadeführer Bronislav Kaminski.
The Polish capital is extending the second line of its underground-train network, the Warsaw Metro. (rg/pk)
Source: warszawawpigulce.pl