Pictorial essay: Death trenches bear witness to Stalin's purges

July 17, 1997
Web posted at: 4:07 p.m. EDT (2007 GMT)

The victims were shot between October and November of 1937. Graves at Sandermakh in the Karelian woods were discovered after Memorial members and local authorities found written execution orders in the secret police archives.

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