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Most of 124 remains at Almelo convent identified as girls and young women

Summary by NL Times
Nearly a year and a half after the discovery of a forgotten convent cemetery in Almelo, authorities have identified the remains of 124 individuals buried at the site. Most of them were girls and young women, many of whom once lived at the notorious girls' institution run by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd.
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In the recently discovered graves on the grounds of the former monastery De Goede Herder in Almelo, "a striking number of young adults" were buried. This is the conclusion of an anthropologist who examined the skeletal remains of 124 people that were excavated last year on behalf of the municipality of Twente. At least 27 of the deceased were between 18 and 30 years old. These numbers are probably even higher, because the age of 35 individuals c…

·Apeldoorn, Netherlands
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NL Times broke the news in on Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
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