title: [Reconstructive investigations and identification measures in unknown soldiers of the Second World War].
abstract: The article reports on the exhumation and identification of unknown soldiers from the Second World War. With the help of medicolegal investigation and reconstruction methods an American pilot presumably murdered by a shot to the head (lynch law) and an interned Italian soldier could be identified after about 70 years and brought back home.
authors.forename: Eilin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jopp-van Well
authors.forename: Axel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gehl
authors.forename: Dennis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Säring
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amling
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hahn
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sperhake
authors.forename: Christa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Augustin
authors.forename: Oliver
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Krebs
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Püschel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000473:pathology*; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005060:Europe; D049249:Exhumation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D012886:Skull / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D047789:World War II; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult