title: Example of human individual identification from World War II gravesite.
abstract: This paper presents the procedure elaborated by our team which was applied to the mode of identification of Red Army soldiers who were taken as prisoners by the German Army during World War II and deceased in captivity. In the course of our search the unmarked burial of ten Soviet prisoners of war was found. Historical, anthropological and genetic research conducted by us led to the personal identification of nine of them, including two by means of DNA analysis.
authors: Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Department of Forensic Medicine, Poland; Association "Pomorze1945", Poland; Institute of National Remembrance, Branch Office in Szczecin, Poland.
authors: Andrzej
authors: A
authors: Ossowski
authors: Marta
authors: M
authors: Kuś
authors: Piotr
authors: P
authors: Brzeziński
authors: Jakub
authors: J
authors: Prüffer
authors: Jarosław
authors: J
authors: Piątek
authors: Grażyna
authors: G
authors: Zielińska
authors: Milena
authors: M
authors: Bykowska
authors: Katarzyna
authors: K
authors: Jałowińska
authors: Anton
authors: A
authors: Torgaszev
authors: Antoliy
authors: A
authors: Skoryukov
authors: Mirosław
authors: M
authors: Parafiniuk
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002048:Burial; D004247:DNA / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D049249:Exhumation; D050278:Finger Phalanges / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D005553:Forensic Dentistry; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011044:Poland; D011329:Prisoners / Q000266:history; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013048:Specimen Handling; D050277:Toe Phalanges / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D014070:Tooth / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology; D047789:World War II; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004247:DNA
keywords: DNA; DVI; Exhumation; Prisoners of war; STR; War graves