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A mass grave is a grave containing multiple, usually unidentified human corpses. There is no strict definition of the minimum number of bodies required to constitute a mass grave.
   Mass or communal burial was a common practice before the development of a dependable crematory chamber by an Italian named Brunetti in 1873.
   In Paris, the practice of mass burial, and in particular, the condition of the infamous cemetery Des Innocents, led Louis XVI to eliminate Parisian cemeteries. The remains were removed and placed in the Paris underground forming the early Catacombs. Les Innocents alone had 6,000,000 dead to remove. Burial commenced outside of the city limits in what is now Père Lachaise cemetery.
   Mass graves are usually created after a large number of people die or are killed, and there's a desire to bury the corpses quickly. In disasters, mass graves are used for infection and disease control.
   The debate surrounding mass graves amongst epidemiologists includes whether or not, in a natural disaster, to leave corpses for individual traditional burials, or to bury corpses in mass graves: for example, if an epidemic occurs during winter, flies are less likely to infest corpses, reducing the risk of outbreaks of dysentery, diarrhea, diphtheria, or tetanus, so the use of mass graves is less important. Recent research indicates that the health risks from dead bodies in mass casualty events are very limited and that mass graves might cause more harm than good.
Although mass graves can be used during major conflicts, they're more usually seen after natural disasters such as a major famine, epidemic, or natural disaster. In such cases, there's a breakdown of the social infrastructure that would enable disposal of bodies.
   Mass grave mapping teams have located 125 Khmer Rouge prison facilities and corresponding gravesites to date in Cambodia while researching the Killing Fields.
   It is commonly said that Mozart was buried in a mass grave in Austria in 1791. In the late 18th century they usually didn't set signs on individual graves in Austria.

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