Remains of 250 victims of post-WWII killings found in Kočevski Rog

Ljubljana, 24 August - In Kočevski Rog, a vast forest area riddled with chasms in the south-east of Slovenia, known for being a site of post WWII-executions, archaeologists have retrieved the remains of about 250 victims from a mass grave uncovered in May. Most of the victims were young men, mainly civilians, killed in the autumn of 1945.

Ljubljana A press conference presenting a site of mass graves discovered in the Kočevski Rog woods. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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A press conference presenting a site of mass graves discovered in the Kočevski Rog woods.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana A press conference presenting a site of mass graves discovered in the Kočevski Rog woods. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana
A press conference presenting a site of mass graves discovered in the Kočevski Rog woods.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana The head of the government commission for mass graves, historian Jože Dežman, at a press conference presenting a site of mass graves discovered in the Kočevski Rog woods. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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The head of the government commission for mass graves, historian Jože Dežman, at a press conference presenting a site of mass graves discovered in the Kočevski Rog woods.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Archaeologist Uroš Košir at a press conference presenting a site of mass graves discovered in the Kočevski Rog woods. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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Archaeologist Uroš Košir at a press conference presenting a site of mass graves discovered in the Kočevski Rog woods.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Head of the Novo Mesto cavers' club Zdravko Bučar at a press conference presenting a site of mass graves discovered in the Kočevski Rog woods. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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Head of the Novo Mesto cavers' club Zdravko Bučar at a press conference presenting a site of mass graves discovered in the Kočevski Rog woods.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

Ljubljana Head of the Novo Mesto caving club Zdravko Bučar at a press conference presenting a site of mass graves discovered in the Kočevski Rog woods. Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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Head of the Novo Mesto caving club Zdravko Bučar at a press conference presenting a site of mass graves discovered in the Kočevski Rog woods.
Photo: Nebojša Tejić/STA

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