The fifth phase of the exhumation campaign begins at the Amorebieta-Etxano cemetery
The purpose of exhumation is to locate the missing persons during the Civil War. So far, the remains of 127 people have been recovered, four of whom have already been handed over to their families.
Exhumation in the pit of Bizkargi, Amorebieta-Etxano, 2020. Source: Gogora.
Today, 7 July, the fifth andfinal phase of exhumation of the "Programme for the Search for Missing Persons in the Civil War", promoted by Gogora, the Institute for Memory, Coexistence and Human Rights, will begin at the Amorebieta-EtxanoCemetery. The work is expected to be completed later this week, closing an intervention process initiated years ago.
In the campaigns carried out in this location, the remains of 127 people have already been recovered. The Justice Department of the Basque Government has reported that, according to analyses carried out so far, both bone material and related objects, most of the remains belong to combatants killed on fronts near the town, such as Bizkaia or Barazar, as well as those injured in the military hospital in Amorebieta-Etxano.
Gogora has developed all the interventions in the cemetery in collaboration with the Aranzadi Science Society, the Amorebieta-Etxano City Counciland the Biomics Laboratoryof the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), responsible for genetic analysis.
With 123 people yet to be identified, Gogora has called on families with missing relatives in the area to contact the Institute. Comparing the remains with the DNA bank and historical and archival documentation is essential to advance this process of memory recovery.
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