>The remains of soldiers who died in the winter of 1941 are still being found and buried in our surrounding forests That's so very sad. It's the same in France. They have teams of people who try to identify soldiers who are still being found today. We have a system here - maybe your country does too - DNA is so popular here and people can add their results to a special database. When the remains of soldiers are found their DNA is taken and it can be seen if there is a match on the database and if there is the relative is contacted. The soldiers are given a proper burial and any relatives found on the database have the opportunity to attend the funeral service and see where they are buried. Usually they know the missing relative, most often a grandfather or great grandfather or great uncle, but sometimes they don't know who the soldier is but are pleased to find out they are related and can pay their respects to them and restore them to the family tree.
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That's so very sad. It's the same in France. They have teams of people who try to identify soldiers who are still being found today. We have a system here - maybe your country does too - DNA is so popular here and people can add their results to a special database. When the remains of soldiers are found their DNA is taken and it can be seen if there is a match on the database and if there is the relative is contacted. The soldiers are given a proper burial and any relatives found on the database have the opportunity to attend the funeral service and see where they are buried. Usually they know the missing relative, most often a grandfather or great grandfather or great uncle, but sometimes they don't know who the soldier is but are pleased to find out they are related and can pay their respects to them and restore them to the family tree.