Poland holds a state burial for more than 700 victims of Nazi Germany’s World War II massacres

Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has held a state burial of the remains of more than 700 victims of Nazi Germany’s World War II mass executions that were recently uncovered in the so-called Valley of Death in the country’s north. The observances Monday in the town of Chojnice began with a funeral Mass at the basilica. There was later an interment with military honors at the local cemetery. The remains of Polish civilians including more than 200 asylum patients were exhumed in 2021-2024 from separate mass graves near Chojnice.