ESCAPE FROM THE NAZI DEATH PIT Mystery of secret tunnel which Jews dug with spoons to flee mass Nazi executions in Lithuanian forest finally solved

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ESCAPE FROM THE NAZI DEATH PIT Mystery of secret tunnel which Jews dug with spoons to flee mass Nazi executions in Lithuanian forest finally solved
Eleven Jews were able to escape to freedom from the tunnel which had remained a mystery for more than 70 years
By DANNY COLLINS
4th January 2017, 12:07 pm
AN ingenious escape tunnel that helped a group of condemned Jews escape their Nazi captors has been uncovered more than 70 years later.

Tasked with covering up the Nazis’ horrific crimes in the face of the advancing Soviet troops, 80 Jewish prisoners were ordered to dig up and burn more than 100,000 bodies.

The death pit was used to bury the bodies of Jews and other groups murdered by the Nazis
But using just spoons and files, they were able to also burrow an intricate tunnel out of the pit – previously used as a mass grave – where they were forced to sleep.

The story had long been known among historians, but the mystery of the tunnel’s location remained.

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