Workers in Germany uncovered the remains of what are thought to be Jewish slave laborers killed during the Holocaust. The remains of the dozens of people were discovered during construction work near the airport in Stuttgart. It is believed that the slave laborers died in either 1944 or 1945, and were dumped in a trench then covered with dirt.
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