A Russian WWII history enthusiast excavates the site of a mass grave for unidentified Soviet soldiers that were killed during WWII in Pochinok, Russia on May 3, 2009.

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A volunteer excavates the site of a mass grave of unidentified Soviet soldiers that were killed during WWII, about 450km north of Moscow in Pochinok on May 3, 2009. History enthusiasts were struggling to identify soldiers' remains and unite them with their relatives. 221 Soviet soldiers, both Russian and Estonian, were unearthed at this location. 

Pochinok

At age 15, Gert Schramm was arrested by the Gestapo under Third Reich's  racial laws and eventually deported to Buchenwald.  He largely attributes his survial to the efforts of his fellow inmates, mostly Jewish, who took incredible steps to protect him.  Many of those fellow inmates did not survive the war.

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