Grave of suspected Nazi victims found at US airfield

Workers at a US Army airfield have uncoverd a Second World War-era grave believed to contain the bodies of Jewish slave labourers used by the Nazis, German authorities said today.

The skeletal remains of an undetermined number of people were found on Monday during work on the airfield, next to Stuttgart’s airport, said Ulrich Heffner, a spokesman for police in the south-western city.