The
bodies of roughly 100 Jews murdered by Romanian
troops during World War II has been found near the
town of Popricani near the city of Iasi some 220
miles from Bucharest. This find offers further
proof that the Romanian authorities actively
participated in the Holocaust --despite official
attempts over the years to play down the country's
collaboration with Germany.
The
grave contains the bodies of men, women, and
children shot in 1941, says the Elie Wiesel
National Institute of Bucharest, Romania. Though no
records existed of the site, piecemeal information
began reaching historians in 2002. An initial
search found nothing, but it resumed in 2009 and
culminated in the find of this first week of
November 2010. About 280,000 Jews are thought to
have been killed in Romania by either German or
local troops during the reign of dictator Ion
Antonescu, a Nazi ally.
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Forensic
experts examine human remains in a forest near
Popricani, northern Romania. --
AllVoices.com
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