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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Polish archaeologists have recently identified previously uncovered skeletons of three Catholic nuns who were killed by Russian soldiers at the end of World War II.
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A project by the Institute of National Remembrance in Poland was launched to discover their remains and Polish archaeologists announced they found the remains of Sister Charytyna (Jadwiga Fahl) in Gdansk last summer.
In October they found Sister Generosa (Maria Bolz), Sister Krzysztofora (Marta Klomfass) and Sister Liberia (Maria Domnik) in Orneta.
And now the bodies of the last missing trio, Sister Rolanda (Maria Abraham), Sister Gunhilda (Dorota Steffen) and Sister Bona (Anna Pestka) have been found too.
Experts also unearthed crucifixes, ‘religious clothing’ and rosaries from around the remains, according to Live Science.
Polish archaeologists get to work as they carefully chip away at the earth in their grave