The remains of hundreds of people have been found in WWII-era mass graves in Brest
A monument in the Belarusian city of Brest. Image: PA Images A monument in the Belarusian city of Brest. Image: PA Images CONSTRUCTION ON THE site of a former Jewish ghetto in a Belarusian city has unearthed the remains of hundreds of people in WWII-era mass graves, prompting many locals to oppose a planned residential building.
The ghetto was created in December 1941, following confiscation of all valuable belongings from Jewish residents. The area had a population of at least 18,000 people.He said the work with the bodies of Jewish victims who lived under the Nazis took an emotional toll. Almost all of Brest’s surviving Jews were shot in October 1942 in Bronnaya Gora, a mass killing site for Jews from Belarus and Poland.
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