Nazi hunter says mass grave found

VIENNA - A Nazi mass grave containing the remains of Hungarian Jews has been discovered near the site of a former concentration…

VIENNA - A Nazi mass grave containing the remains of Hungarian Jews has been discovered near the site of a former concentration camp in northern Austria, the veteran Nazi hunter Mr Simon Wiesenthal (87) claimed yesterday.

Interior Ministry officials who yesterday inspected the site, uncovered by excavations for a controversial new power men aged between 19 and 22 had been found so far. But they added that because all had been properly buried it did not appear to be a mass grave in the usual sense.

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