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(JNS) - Dutch forensic investigators have identified the remains of a man executed by the Nazis in the Netherlands eight decades ago as that of a

  (JNS) — Dutch forensic investigators have identified the remains of a man executed by the Nazis in the Netherlands eight decades ago as that of a Jewish resistance hero after locating a cousin in Australia, investigators said on Wednesday. Bernard Luza, 39, was killed by a firing squad in 1943 after he and hundreds […]

Grave contains victims of 1941 massacre in Liepāja that was filmed by a German soldier; Jewish museum director says site should be marked as a memorial

A mass grave left behind by the Nazis after a bloody massacre of Latvia's Jews was unearthed this week, following decades of efforts to locate it.

Bernard Luza was 39 years old when he was killed by a firing squad and buried in an unmarked grave alongside four others.

A team led by Harry Jol and Martin Goettl from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and Philip Reeder from Duquesne University, went to Liepāja to search for the grave.

A mass grave of Jews has been identified in Latvia following decades of searching. And the body of a Jewish resistance fighter buried in a mass grave has been found in the Netherlands.

More than 80 years after he was executed by the Nazis, the remains of a Jewish Dutch resistance hero have finally been identified using DNA research

DNA research in Australia leads to resistance member ID

Bernard Luza was shot by firing squad in 1943 after he and hundreds of other Jews and their relatives were arrested following a raid on a factory in Amsterdam.