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A communal grave is the burial pit where in life, a group of people who are somehow related, have chosen to be buried. Usually the identity of those buried in a communal grave is known.

A mass grave is is a burial pit used to bury the dead who are likely not related, but have died in large numbers, such as from disease epidemic or warfare. The identities of those buried in a mass grave might not be known.

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Where is Anne Frank's grave?

Anne and Margot Frank were buried in a mass grave at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The exact location of the grave is unknown.There remains are in a mass grave in Bergen belson the exact grave of there bones in unknown they are not bones they are disinigrated do if u look in a mass grave there will not be anything it it sometimes there will be reamains no one will know that if u ever looked in a mass grave at Bergen belson it can be Anne franks body


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In the medieval Mass, the priest turned toward the people five times to create a connection and foster a communal atmosphere during the liturgy. These turns, often referred to as "facing the people," emphasized the communal nature of worship, allowing the congregation to fully participate and engage in the sacrament. Each turn marked significant moments in the Mass, inviting the faithful to respond and join in prayer. This gesture symbolized the priest’s role as a mediator between God and the people.


How many people were in a mass grave during the Holocaust?

The exact number of people in mass graves during the Holocaust is difficult to determine due to the large scale and varying circumstances of genocide across multiple locations. Tens of thousands to millions of victims were buried in mass graves, depending on the specific site and period. The largest mass grave discovered so far contains the remains of over 100,000 people at the Babi Yar ravine in Ukraine.


What was the difference between acts of brutality against Jews and adolf Hitler's final solution?

The "Final Solution" was genocide, mass murder of an entire people.


How many mass graves were made during the holocaust?

if a mass grave is one where at leat three people are buried in, then of the (approx.) one and a half million who were killed out in the field one would have to assume that there were many thousand.

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