15 June 2007
A grave believed to contain the remains of dozens of Jews killed by the Nazis has been discovered in western Ukraine. It was the second time in recent weeks that a mass grave containing the remains of Nazi victims was found by chance in Ukraine. Last month, a mass grave believed to be holding thousands of murdered Jews was discovered in the southern part of the country.
The latest find was made near Netishin, a town in the Khmelnitzky Region, when workers were digging on the site of the future office complex for the Khmelnitzky nuclear power plant. Along with the human remains that are believed to belong to at least 60 people, workers also found what resembled fragments of Torah scrolls. "Torah fragments suggest that probably this was a massacre of Jews killed in 1942," said Valeriy Malkin, deputy head of the Khmelnitzky regional state administration. Local authorities have assigned a special commission to investigate the case. Around 1.5 million Jews are believed to have been killed by the Nazis in Ukraine during the World War II.
