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13 April 1943: Nazis announce discovery of 1940 Soviet massacre of #Polish troops at #Katyn.The postwar Polish communist regime had to insist it was a Nazi crime. Only following 1990 Soviet admission of guilt could honest commemorations begin

2008 display, memorial Kraków

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a memorial cross at night, on the little plaza where the display was erected black cross labeled Katyń 1940 small candle at base background, low tan stucco wall, church in background
Large street panel display at top in red KATYŃ at right, a map of the occupied territory with a red star denoting the communist USSR and crosses marking massacre sites at left photographs involving the Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact of 1939, which made the Soviet invasion of eastern Poland and subsequent massacre and other crimes possible; photos of Stalin, Molotov, Ribbentrop etc.
#polish #katyn

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