Some facts are already known by IPN, which reported Sister Generosa had been locked in the hospital's attic and "mistreated."
Sister Krzysztofora died at 42 after soldiers gouged out her eyes, cut out her tongue and stabbed her with bayonets 16 times. Sister Liberia was shot after leaving an air raid shelter.
The nuns were from the order of St. Catherine of Alexandria
Polish archaeologists have recently identified previously uncovered skeletons of three Catholic nuns who were killed by Russian soldiers at the end of World War II.
The Russian army invaded Poland in 1944 after Germany's occupation, hoping to gain control by imprisoning, exiling and assassinating Polish soldiers, civilians and members of its religious community.
Historical records from 1945 -- the year of VE Day -- showed that the soldiers had murdered seven nuns from the order of St. Catherine of Alexandria. Researchers first searched a site in Gdańsk last summer, and Poland's Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) reported that they had found the remains of Sister Charytyna.
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