Quarry ‘to be built’ on ex-concentration camp

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Quarry ‘to be built’ on ex-concentration camp

Jul 23, 2008
By Adam Mullett

These steel headers commemorate the victims.

VILNIUS - Russian officials are concerned that a new gravel quarry near Pagegiai might extend onto the grounds of the historic Buchenwald concentration camp. The quarry allegedly will include part of the Oflager 53 branch of the camp, where bodies are buried. The foreign ministry has asked the municipality of Pagegiai, adjacent to the Kaliningrad region, to inform the public of the details. “Situations like that can probably be avoided if the public is provided with information on time and ...

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