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(JTA) — A second mass grave of Jews killed by Romanian troops during World War II was discovered in northeast Romania
The human remains were found near the village of Popricani
the site of a massacre of Jews carried out by Romanian troops allied with the Nazis
In 2010, a mass grave containing 16 bodies was found in a forest near Popricani
More than 100 Jewish adults and children are believed to have been buried at the site
the Elie Wiesel National Institute for Studying the Holocaust in Romania announced at the time
based on eyewitnesses to the 1941 shooting
A team of archeologists now has unearthed the second site
and has discovered the remains of at least 40 people
including 12 children – one as young as two years old
An investigation by military prosecutors found in 2014 that the Popricani massacre was carried out by Romanian troops
despite Romania’s denial that it participated in Holocaust atrocities
Some 15,000 Romanian Jews were killed during WWII in mass shootings and in labor camps
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