Poland reburies WWII heroes who were slain by communists
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Poland's highest state officials on Sunday reburied the remains of 35 national heroes, men who fought the Germans during World War II only to be killed after the war by a new communist leadership that felt threatened by their patriotism.
The remains of the victims were recently recovered from unmarked mass graves with bullet holes in the back of their skulls.
Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz said at a ceremony at Warsaw's Powazki cemetery that the nation remains indebted to them, hailing them for fighting for an independent Poland, first against the Germans and then against the Soviet-backed communist leadership imposed after the war.
