All signs indicate that gestapo agents murdered him. Perh aps this is the reason that these confessioninterviews are so. Katynskij reznya, katyn massacre was a series of mass executions of polish intelligentsia carried out by the nkvd peoples commissariat for internal affairs, the soviet secret police in april and may 1940. Among the 1,000 papers include encrypted messages from american prisoners of war pows kept in german captivity during the world war ii. Stalins massacre and the triumph of truth dekalb, 2010. The official version of the katyn massacre disproven. In 1971 there was correspondence in the times suggesting the katyn massacres could not have been done by the germans since they went in for machine gunning and gas chambers rather than despatching prisoners in the way the katyn victims had been killed, i. Russia posts katyn massacre documents online russia. Records relating to the katyn forest massacre at the. The soviet security services nkvd massacred about 14 700 polish officers and policemen taken from three prisoner of war pow camps called kozelsk, starobelsk and ostashkov in.
This series contains several folders of materials concerning the katyn massacre. Stalin made no mention of this international agreement, as well as of. The birth and persistence of the katyn lie case western reserve. Ekshumacja cial oficerow zamordowanych przez nkwd w 1940 katyn 1943. The katyn massacre is the name given to the mass murder of 21,768 polish army officers and members of the intelligentsia and middle classes by soviet nkvd killers at the katyn forest in western russia and other locations in poland, belarus, russia and ukraine. Sanford, katyn and the soviet massacre of 1940 milton park, 2005. It explores the history of the katyn forest massacre of world war ii. The katyn massacre and polishsoviet relations, 19411943. The massacres in context, case western reserve journal of international law, xliv, no. These are titled documents given committee on katyn massacre, katyn forest massacre, facts and documents concerning polish prisoners of war captured by the u. This film katyn, 1973 national archives identifier 1936842 is located in the records of the central intelligence agency record group 263 in the series titled moving images relating to intelligence and international relations, 19471984. Katyn localidade rural wikipedia, a enciclopedia livre. Russia posts katyn massacre documents online russia the. This is the day that polish nationalists, and anticommunists everywhere, commemorate the murder by the soviets stalin of thousands of polish prisoners of war in april may 1940.
More recently, the phrase also became associated with the. Documentation on the event is scattered among the following decimal file categories. No confundir katyn, cerca a smolensk, con kathyn cerca a minsk. The widely understood term katyn massacre refers not only to the massacre itself, but also. The katyn massacre, 1940 members of the international medical commission in berlin at the meeting with german health state leader, dr leonardo conti.
The katyn massacre was a series of mass executions of about 22,000 polish military officers and intelligentsia carried out by the soviet union, specifically the nkvd peoples commissariat for internal affairs, the soviet secret police in april and may 1940. Selected records relating to the katyn forest massacre at the. Apr 28, 2010 russia today posted documents concerning the massacre of polish prisoners in katyn on a government website, and said it would release further archive material dealing with sovietera repression. Polish prisoners of war in katyn, kharkov, kalinin tver and also other polish prisoners soldiers and civilians, which took place in the spring of 1940 in different places of the soviet. In 1971 there was correspondence in the times suggesting the katyn massacres could not have been done by the germans since they went in for machine gunning and gas chambers rather than despatching prisoners in the way the katyn victims. The killings were directly ordered by stalin, on the suggestion of his secret police chief lavrenty beria, following the soviet.
Find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Russia today posted documents concerning the massacre of polish prisoners in katyn on a government website, and said it would release further archive material dealing with. The present study aims to demonstrate the basic facts of katyn massacre the execution of almost 22,000 people. Katyn is a symbol of the criminal policy of the soviet system against the polish nation. United states government printing office, washington, d. Initially, the expression referred to the massacre of the polish officers from the kozielsk pow camp in katyn forest near the village of gnezdovo, a short distance from smolensk, soviet union. Katyn cest le lieu ou furent assassines et ensevelis par les sovietiques 4500 officiers polonais, en avril 1940. Perh aps this is the reason that these confessioninterviews are so hard to find. The victims were shot in several places but the mass murder has become known as the katyn massacre after a forest near smolensk where many bodies were found. When nazi occupation forces in april 1943 announced the discovery of several mass graves, propaganda minister josef goebbels hoped that international revulsion over the soviet atrocity would drive a wedge into the big three coalition and. Katyn and the soviet massacre of 1940 internet archive. Jun 27, 2008 the katyn forest massacre was a criminal act of historic proportions and enduring political implications. Mar 10, 2015 in 1971 there was correspondence in the times suggesting the katyn massacres could not have been done by the germans since they went in for machine gunning and gas chambers rather than despatching prisoners in the way the katyn victims had been killed, i. Though the killings also occurred in the kalinin and kharkiv prisons and elsewhere, the massacre is named after the katyn forest.
Select committee on the katyn forest massacre madden committee. The truth about the katyn massacre came from an unexpected source. Request pdf on feb 1, 2008, albrecht rothacher and others published victor zaslavsky. Selected records relating to the katyn forest massacre at. The katyn massacre was the murder of thousands of poles by the communist russians in april and may 1940. The katyn forest massacre, also known as the katyn massacre, was the mass execution of polish citizens by the soviet union during world war ii. Polish language katyn forest massacre lesson from the association of polish teachers abroad. For poles, katyn became a symbol of the many victims of stalinism. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. Katynskij rasstrel, katyn shooting was a series of mass executions of polish nationals carried out by the peoples commissariat for internal affairs, the soviet secret police, in april and may 1940. The katyn massacre left a deep scar in polishsoviet relations during the remainder of the war and afterward. Records relating to the katyn forest massacre at the national. The memory of the katyn massacre and almost 22,000 polish army officers, policemen. This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version.