The remains of 89 soldiers were exhumed at the Holoskov Cemetery in Lviv
Ukrainian and Polish experts have already exhumed the remains of 89 soldiers during search operations at the Holosko Cemetery in Lviv.
As of September 14, 90 sets of remains had been discovered there. Among those exhumed were seven Wehrmacht soldiers; the rest were soldiers of the Polish Army.
Search operations at the cemetery began on August 25 and are scheduled to continue until October 2. Ukrainian experts and Polish representatives from the Institute of National Remembrance of Poland and the Medical University of Wrocław are participating in the efforts.
During the investigations, specialists are also finding various artifacts and conducting anthropological analyses of the remains. The work is additionally supervised by searchers and anthropologists from the Lviv municipal enterprise “Dolia.”
The Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance noted that the exhumations are being carried out in accordance with permits and agreements between Ukraine and Poland. The work aims to conduct a professional investigation of the burial sites and to further cooperation between the two countries.
Source: Ukrainian Institute of National Memory
Previously, the Polish Institute of National Remembrance stated that Ukraine had authorized exhumation work at the site of the former village of Huta Peniatska. The work involves the search for and exhumation of the remains of victims of the Volhynia tragedy.
In Volhynia, Ukrainian and Polish experts have completed exhumation work in the areas of the former villages of Ostrivky and Volia Ostrovetska, where they conducted research into mass graves from the Second World War.
