Nearly 800 books from 54 registries of the former German district of Swidnica in southwest Poland, containing records on the deaths of prisoners murdered in the former Nazi Gross Rosen death camp in the locality of Rogoznica, have been discovered, the World Jewish Congress reported here.
The records were believed to have been destroyed by the Nazis during their retreat from the camp but were recently found in the attic of a house in Swidnica currently being converted to serve as a health center.
Specialists have begun examining the newly-discovered Nazi documents. The analysts say the records are incomplete and the regional militia office in Swidnica has appealed to local inhabitants asking them to turn in any documents in their possession.
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