In Małbork/Marienburg was found a mass grave filled with the skeletal remains of some 2,000 people, presumed to be Germans who died in the closing months of World War II
By Nicholas Kulish
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The New York Times • 26.02.2010

[…] Until then, Malbork was the German town of Marienburg, and the authorities believe the dead men, women and children buried together here were inhabitants of the city, along with refugees from places farther east, such as Königsberg, now Kaliningrad, fleeing the devastating Soviet counterattack that would eventually capture Berlin. Several dozen of the skulls have bullet holes, which prompted speculation of a massacre when the first bodies were found last October, whereas now the talk centers on cold, hunger and most of all typhus, which was rampant at the time. […]

Facing German Suffering, and Not Looking Away
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