Katyn is a symbol of the criminal policy of the soviet system against the polish nation. The katyn massacre is a major element in many works of film, the fine arts, literature, and music. Adam scrupski historians have yet to face up to the implications of the katyn massacre history news network 17 may 2004. Confidential reports on the katyn massacre by sir owen omalley. The story of the katyn forest massacre, w pozniejszym okresie wydawana w wielu krajach. In september 2011, the national archives responded to a letter to president barack obama by representative marcy kaptur and representative daniel lipinski requesting the identification, declassification and public release of all records of permanent value in the custody of the us government relating to the events at katyn.
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. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Selected records relating to the katyn forest massacre at. Congressional investigation of the katyn massacre, and katyn. Stalins killing field studies in intelligence winter, 19992000. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Footage of the discovery of the mass graves and exhumation of bodies is included in the 1974 avantgarde film sweet movie. It explores the history of the katyn forest massacre of world war ii. Given this to claim that the katyn massacre, is also known as the katyn incident and katyn forest massacre, is misleading if not downright false.
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. Katyn incident is nowhere near notable enough a usage to be given an also known as, and in any case it is used about times less than katyn forest massacre, which it precedes. Katyn, una pelicula sobre paracuellos ceu repositorio institucional. The katyn massacre was a series of mass executions of about 22,000 polish military officers. Po wyborze karola wojtyly na papieza jozef mackiewicz zaproponowal w paryskiej kulturze by papiez odprawil msze za polskich oficerow i intelektualistow pomordowanych w 1940 roku. Alexander etkind, rory finnin y otros, remembering katyn. Voice of america historical files, 19461953 national archives identifier. This page was last edited on 23 october 2019, at 11. Trial of the major war criminals before the international military tribunal, vol 39, nurenberg 1949, pag. Russia posts katyn massacre documents online this article is more than 9 years old the publication of soviet documents about russias 1940 massacre. Records relating to the katyn forest massacre at the. Russia posts katyn massacre documents online world news. Apr 28, 2010 russia posts katyn massacre documents online this article is more than 9 years old the publication of soviet documents about russias 1940 massacre of polish officers is the latest diplomatic. The discovery of the massacre precipitated the severance of diplomatic relations between the soviet union and the polish governmentinexile in london.
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