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Poland holds state burial for the remains of 700 victims of Nazi Germany
People lay a wreath at the monument to the 1939 heroic defence of the Westerplatte peninsula outpost during solemn observances of the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II, at Westerplatte, on the Baltic Sea, Poland, on September 1, 2024

POLAND has held a state burial for the remains recently uncovered of over 700 victims of Nazi Germany’s World War II mass executions.

They were discovered in the so-called Valley of Death in the country’s north.

The observances in the town of Chojnice began with a funeral Mass at the basilica, leading to an interment with military honours at a local cemetery of the victims of the Nazi crimes. 

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