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Preliminary Report from the Pre-Investment Archeological Excavation Works at the Former German-Nazi Extermination Camp in Sobibór Conducted in the Summer and Autumn of 2014

By Wojciech Mazurek ∙ November 1, 2014

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On May 5, 2018, we downloaded this file from the website dedicated to ongoing research in the area of the former Sobibór Camp. It summarizes the results of forensic excavations conducted during September 2014. The file has since been removed, and the Wayback Machine has no copy of it either. Hence we re-post it on CODOH.

  • Wojciech Mazurek

    Wojciech Mazurek, MA, is the head of the company SUB TERRA Archaeological Research of Chełm, Poland.

Bibliographic information about this document: Originally posted at http://sobibor.info.pl/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Lato_Jesie%C5%84_2014-W.-Mazurek.pdf, but now removed
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