In Lviv, the remains of 36 soldiers who died in 1939 were exhumed
At the Holosko Cemetery in Lviv, the remains of 36 soldiers who died during the fighting in the fall of 1939 were exhumed. Among them were 29 soldiers of the Polish Army and seven German soldiers, whose remains were located by Ukrainian and Polish experts.
This was reported by Lyubomyr Horbach, head of the “Memory” Society for the Search for War Victims.
“We are continuing our work on the graves located in the first and second rows. As of today, September 4, we have managed to exhume the remains of 29 soldiers of the Polish Army and, as we reported earlier, the remains of seven soldiers from the 1st Mountain Division of the German Wehrmacht,” said Gorbach.
According to him, searchers first use machinery to remove the top layer of soil from the grave, then work by hand to clear the remains of soil. This is followed by photographic documentation, after which the bones are removed and the soil is examined, as it may contain personal items, buttons, and the like.
At the Holoskiv Cemetery, during the exhumation, a Polish soldier’s military dog tag was found, along with three belonging to German soldiers, uniform buttons bearing the Polish coat of arms, various clasps, hooks, and rings typical of Polish soldiers’ equipment, as well as a Catholic rosary and a small mirror.
Gorbach explained that the Polish dog tag lists the soldier’s first name, last name, year of birth, religion, and the town where he was drafted. The German dog tag lists only the personal number, unit, and blood type, but since there are many documents regarding military units in German archives, there is a high probability of identifying these individuals, he added.
Source: Ukrinform
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