Class IV
academic year 1946/1947
What do the mass graves mean?
The mass graves tell us that the Germans wanted to exterminate all Polish people. Sometimes, in one grave, there are one hundred or three hundred [people], and sometimes even more. The Germans sometimes took people and transported them to the woods, shot them, dug a hole and covered it with soil. They planted a forest on these graves. These are hidden graves. Germany wanted to hide their crimes from the world. There are many mass hidden graves in Poland. They are being dug up and studied. Today, people are finding traces of the graves. The mass graves tell us how the Germans ruled in Poland.