The recent drought in Poland has revealed an astonishing array of artefacts from the World War Two.
A Soviet fighter-bomber plane, still containing the pilot's remains, shot down by the Nazis has emerged from the now-exposed mud of the Bzura river.
Russian embassy spokeswoman, Valeria Perzhinskaya, said that the plane and remains could be identified by numbers on the wreckage, and the pilot given a proper burial.
Meanwhile in the Polish capital of Warsaw, Jewish gravestones have been revealed by the Vistula river's receding waters. They are believed to come from the Brodno cemetery in Warsaw’s Praga district, according to the Guardian. Brodno was once the resting place of around 300,000 Jewish people but apart from the 3,000 remaining gravestones, all were used as building materials during and after the war.
Jonny Daniels, the head of Jewish foundation From the Depths, said: “Jewish history is buried in the Vistula."
Poland Drought Reveals WW2 History
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Open Image ModalA Soviet WWI fighter-bomber plane has been retrieved from a muddy riverbed near Wyszogrod. The Red Army plane, which still contained the remains of its pilot, was downed by the Germans in January 1945 and plunged into the frosty river. The recent drought that brought river levels down has made access to the plane possible. (credit:AP Photo/OSP Wyszogrod)
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Open Image ModalFirefighters work to retrieve the remains of the plane from the mud. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalA fragment of a Jewish tombstone lies exposed along the riverside. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalShattered parts of stone benches from the early 19th century Poniatowski Bridge that the Nazi Germans blew up in 1944 in a bid to crush the Warsaw uprising. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Open Image ModalPoland's largest river the Vistula is pictured at its lowest water level since 1789 because of the recent drought. (credit:JANEK SKARZYNSKI via Getty Images)