Ukrainian-Polish expedition completed the study of burials in Zboiska, Lviv region
Kyiv • UNN
A joint Ukrainian-Polish expedition to exhume military burials from the Second World War has concluded in Lviv. Two burial pits containing the remains of 40-50 Polish servicemen were discovered.
The joint Ukrainian-Polish expedition took place as part of exhumation works on the territory of the former cemetery in Zboiska. This was reported by UNN with reference to the press service of the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine.
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A joint Ukrainian-Polish expedition has concluded in Lviv, on the territory of the former cemetery in Zboiska, where dozens of Polish Army servicemen died in September 1939 during the city's defense against the German army.
The Ministry of Culture's post states that the exhumation works were carried out over four weeks.
Two burial pits, approximately 2.5x4 meters in size, were discovered, where, according to historians, soldiers who died on September 12 and a few days later were buried.
According to the research results, there could be 40 to 50 individuals in the burials. Some of the burials were disturbed by later civilian burials from the 1950s-1960s.
Recall
UNN previously reported on the completion of a stage of the joint Ukrainian-Polish exhumation expedition on the territory of the former cemetery in the Zboiska microdistrict. According to preliminary estimates, researchers found the remains of 40-50 people.