The remains of 23 political prisoners and anti-communist martyrs were discovered following the third stage of archaeological excavations carried out in the cemetery in the village of Agaua, in the Great Island of Brăila, as part of the project to identify and recover the victims of the former Salcia labor camp. According to the Archdiocese of Lower Danube, the excavations were carried out by a team of experts coordinated by historian Marius Oprea.  Experts found a coffin containing five bodies that had been there for 75 years. “Following the excavations, 23 new human remains of victims from this forced labor colony were identified, after in previous years another 15 earthly remains of those who endured terrible suffering and torment in this area of the country had also been discovered,” the Press Office of the Archdiocese of Lower Danube transmitted, cited by Agerpres .