Religious sisters view remains discovered at a site in Gdańsk, northern Poland. / Poszukiwania IPN.
Warsaw, Poland, Jun 4, 2021 / 03:10 am (CNA).
Sr. Maria Gunhilda was recovering from tuberculosis at a hospital in Orneta, northern Poland, when .
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Possible Bones of Nuns Killed by Red Army Unearthed in Poland
Monday, March 8, 2021
ORNETA, POLAND The possible remains of three Roman Catholic nuns killed by Soviet soldiers at the end of World War II have been unearthed in a municipal cemetery in northern Poland, according to a
Live Science report. Historical records dated to 1945 indicate that seven Polish nuns from the order of St. Catherine of Alexandria, who served as hospital nurses, were among those killed, imprisoned, or deported by the Soviets after Russia’s Red Army invaded Poland in 1944. Last summer, the remains of Sister Charytyna (Jadwiga Fahl), were discovered in the city of Gdańsk. Remains tentatively identified as Sister Generosa (Maria Bolz), Sister Krzysztofora (Marta Klomfass), and Sister Liberia (Maria Domnik) were then found in Olszytin. The newly uncovered remains are thought to belong to Sister Rolanda (Maria Abraham), Sister Gunhilda (Dorota Steffen), and Sister Bona (Anna Pestka), based upon t
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Eerie grave of three WW2 nuns brutally murdered by invading Soviets discovered in Poland
Harry Pettit, Senior Digital Technology and Science Reporter
8 Mar 2021, 15:56
Updated: 8 Mar 2021, 15:57
THE skeletons of three nuns who were brutally murdered by Russian soldiers at the end of the Second World War have been discovered.
Archaeologists in Poland uncovered the remains in the town of Orneta, ending a months long hunt for the bones of seven Catholic nuns killed by the Soviets.
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The skeletons of three nuns who were brutally murdered by Russian soldiers at the end of the Second World War have been discoveredCredit: Institute of National Remembrance