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Table 4 The traumatic lesions observed on skeleton 4

From: Perpetrators from Treblinka: interdisciplinary investigations of seven single graves with “Trawniki Men”

Location

Trauma

Right patella

Embedded bullet or shrapnel fragment on the anterior side of the patella. No additional fractures were detected

Skull

1. Right parietal bone- a possible depression fracture in the middle of the bone

2. Left parietal bone- an incomplete fracture extending from the center of the bone to the left to the edge of the bone. Part of the bone, behind the fracture line is concaved, possibly due to a taphonomic process

3. In the posterior part of the left parietal bone, there are fragments from the comminuted fracture, possibly the remains from the radiating fracture type. Fractures caused a separation of two fragments near the lambdoid suture measuring approximately 34 × 41 mm and 33 × 37 mm

4. Irregular injuries of unknown etiology are visible in the area of the glabella. To the right from the point glabella, there is a semicircular lesion of diameter around 7 mm. Another semicircular injury is on the left from the glabella. From the injury goes a crack up the bone for a length of 4 mm

5. Right maxilla- perimortem fracture near the first molar