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TheBlaze.Com | Sep. 18, 2014 | Jason Howerton
Archaeologists in Poland Make Horrendous Discovery Underneath the Ground That the Nazis Never Wanted Found.
Hidden underneath the ground at a former Nazi concentration camp on the outskirts of the village of Sobibor, archaeologists reputedly found gas chambers that were intentionally hidden by Nazis after an uprising in 1943.
Officials estimate roughly 250,000 Jews were killed in the gas chambers.
Following an uprising at the camp on Oct. 14, 1943, German forces reportedly demolished the gas chambers.
The site of the mass killing of Jews was later covered with an asphalt road.
Yoram Haimi, one of the archaeologists on the project, told Reuters that they “were amazed at the size of the building and the well-preserved condition of the chamber walls.”
Officials are now working to establish just how large the gas chambers were, which will give them a better idea of how many people were murdered at the camp.
Haimi also has a personal connection to the grisly discovery.
Two of his uncles were reportedly captured by Germans and later killed at the Sobibor death camp.
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