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	NAZI: 50 BODIES UNEARTHED IN UKRAINE MASS GRAVE IN CRIMEA BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN KILLED BY NAZI TROOPS
	Associated Press, Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, April 9, 2004 KIEV, Ukraine -- The bodies of at least 50 people believed to have been killed by Nazi troops have been unearthed from a mass grave in the Crimean peninsula, an investigator said Friday. The remains, including those of children and Red Army soldiers, were found about 550 miles southeast of capital Kiev and show signs of having been executed, said Vasily Rybka, an investigator working at the site. He said the grave could contain hundreds of bodies. Investigators also found a quantity of German land mines from World War II and other unexploded ordnance in or around the mass grave. Nazi postcard with "Ukraine" overprint ArtUkraine.com Information Service collection (Click on image to enlarge it) Ukraine was occupied by the Nazis, who executed tens of thousands of civilians and Soviet prisoners of war. FOR PERSONAL AND ACADEMIC USE ONLY

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