Probe into human remains found at former Hitler base abandoned

Tourists visit the ruins of the Wolf’s Lair in northeastern Poland (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Polish prosecutors have discontinued an investigation into human skeletons found at a site where Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders spent time during the Second World War because the advanced state of decay made it impossible to determine the cause of death.

The remains were found on February 24 at Wolf’s Lair, which served as Hitler’s chief headquarters from 1941 to 1944 when the area was part of Germany.