Archaeologists discover burial site of dozens of political prisoners

Archaeologists have discovered the cremated remains of more than 80 political prisoners who died between 1948 and 1965 at Prague's Pankrác prison, in the area of the former gallows where the death penalty was carried out between 1947 and 1954. Among the dead were both opponents of the regime who were executed, including soldiers who participated in the anti-communist resistance, as well as people who died in the Pankrác prison hospital.

The archaeological survey of the site took place last October. After organic material was found in the soil, an analysis determined that it was actually the remains of charred bones.