PHOTOS: Remains of 27 soldiers who died in WWII found in Hungary

The remains of 27 Hungarian veterans who died in the Second World War were found in Apagy, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. The war grave caretakers are new asking for the public’s help in identifying seven soldiers, Thus, the families of the heroes who never returned home can finally find out what happened to their loved ones.

The Military Administration and Central Records Command of the Hungarian Defense Force wrote in its Facebook post on Thursday that the exhumation of the soldiers was carried out by specialists from the Institute and Museum of Military History of the Ministry of Defence. The three-day fieldwork at the end of August was carried out by the war grave care department of the local recruiting office, the reservists of the territorial defense regiment based in Nyíregyháza and the students completing their mandatory community service.

They reminded that Apagy and its area were a significant scene of the armored battle of the Great Plain in October 1944. Nyíregyháza was recaptured from the Soviets by the German-Hungarian troops in bloody battles, MTI writes.