Exhumations start at post-WWII execution site Mostec

Brežice, 10 September - The government commission for concealed mass graves has began work on a site of summary execution at Mostec near Brežice in eastern Slovenia, so far discovering the remains of at least 139 victims believed to have been executed between May and October 1945.

Mostec pri Brežicah
Exhumation work begins at a post-WWII summary execution site at Mostec near Brižice in eastern Slovenia.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Mostec pri Brežicah
Exhumation work begins at a post-WWII summary execution site at Mostec near Brižice in eastern Slovenia.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Mostec pri Brežicah
Exhumation work begins at a post-WWII summary execution site at Mostec near Brižice in eastern Slovenia.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Mostec pri Brežicah
Exhumation work begins at a post-WWII summary execution site at Mostec near Brižice in eastern Slovenia.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Mostec pri Brežicah
Exhumation work begins at a post-WWII summary execution site at Mostec near Brižice in eastern Slovenia.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Mostec pri Brežicah
Exhumation work begins at a post-WWII summary execution site at Mostec near Brižice in eastern Slovenia.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Mostec pri Brežicah
Exhumation work begins at a post-WWII summary execution site at Mostec near Brižice in eastern Slovenia.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

Mostec pri Brežicah
Exhumation work begins at a post-WWII summary execution site at Mostec near Brižice in eastern Slovenia.
Photo: Rasto Božič/STA

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