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Re: Katyn Forest murders at start of WW II

zolkie — Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:15 pm

Author: zolkie

Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:15 pm

dancinchantilly wrote:

It is a crime that the leadership of the United States decided to turn a blind eye to the incident in the attempt to placate the Soviets when they were our ally in WWII - "for the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

However, the reason, calming Cold War tensions, after WW II, just plain reek of political expediency and cowardice.

I am ashamed of my country that it hid the truth for so long and never called for an accounting by the guilty parties.

Well said. 72 years later and our government has yet to issue a simple apology for failing to hold the Soviets accountable.

Re: Katyn Forest murders at start of WW II

dancinchantilly — Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:25 pm

Author: dancinchantilly

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 4:25 pm

It is a crime that the leadership of the United States decided to turn a blind eye to the incident in the attempt to placate the Soviets when they were our ally in WWII - "for the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

However, the reason, calming Cold War tensions, after WW II, just plain reek of political expediency and cowardice.

I am ashamed of my country that it hid the truth for so long and never called for an accounting by the guilty parties.

Re: Katyn Forest murders at start of WW II

babblingbrook — Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:55 am

Author: babblingbrook

Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:55 am

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/10/memos-suggest-us-hid-evidence-soviet-massacre-during-wwii/

Fox News had an interesting story on this recently.

Katyn Massacre in the news and historical records

Slav — Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:47 pm

Author: Slav

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:47 pm

dancinchantilly,
Thank you for posting on this subject. Here is a link to the US National Archives webpage about Records Relating to the Katyn Forest Massacre:
http://www.archives.gov/research/foreign-policy/katyn-massacre/

According to historians and journalists in Poland, the declassified documents will not bring any startling revelations concerning the Allies' handling of the Katyn Affair (see
http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/111687,America-to-release-Katyn-files)

And here is a link to a website under the auspices of Poland's Foreign Ministry, http://katyncrime.pl/Main,page,258.html where you can read more, including a timelines of events related to the Katyn Massacre.

Re: Katyn Forest murders at start of WW II

asteeber — Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:10 pm

Author: asteeber

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 1:10 pm

I just saw an article relating to this! Quick work posting the link!

Re: Katyn Forest murders at start of WW II

drkarr — Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:51 am

Author: drkarr

Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2012 6:51 am

A good reference source. I had found my then missing great grandfather, Jozef Mytych, in the listing.

Jeff

Katyn Forest murders at start of WW II

dancinchantilly — Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:43 pm

Author: dancinchantilly

Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:43 pm

The National Declassification Center, National Archives, has released recently declassified documents relating to the massacre of Polish officers in the Katyn Forest at the start of World War II. Image: "Summary Report of Investigation Regarding Katyn Forest Murders, Headquarters, Sub-Region Hersfeld, Counter Intelligence Corps Region III: 05/12/1948" (ARC 6850505)

Marti Hayotte Hi the list of killed is available here : http://www.electronicmuseum.ca/Poland-WW2/katyn_memorial_wall/kmw.html

POLAND - WORLD WAR II → KATYN MEMORIAL WALL
www.electronicmuseum.ca
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