THE EXHUMATION OF THE REMAINS OF FOREIGN PRISONERS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR DIED IN THE URALS: THE METHODOLOGY AND MAIN RESULTS

Year: 
2016

Article:

Issue: 
4

Author(s): 
Motrevitch Vladimir
Abstract: 

Challenges of the exhumation of the remains of foreign prisoners of the Second World War are revealed. The author describes the regulatory framework of the exhumations implemented in Russia and provides a review of some of them held in the Orenburg and Sverdlovsk regions.

Key words: 

Second World War, prisoners of war, the Urals, mortality, Orenburg region, Sverdlovsk region, Hungary, Italy, Japan, taiga, cemeteries, exhumation, forensic medical examination, cremation

Text of the article: 
English