Katynsky thriller. How is the struggle for the truth about the executions of 1940

Mikhail Fishman and historian Alexander Guryanov - about why it has not yet been able to put a legal point in one of the most cruel crimes of the Stalinist terror

Photos of Polish officers shot in Katyn.

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In the year of the 75th anniversary of the Katyn executions, the International Center "Memorial" publishes a book of memory "Killed in Katyn." All the names of captured Poles, who were brought to Katyn for execution from the Kozelsky camp, will be published in Russian - only 4415 people. So far, it is only about them, but this is only the beginning. The book will be compiled from detailed biographical certificates with links to documents and sources that allow us to prove that specifically these people have become victims of political repression. This is another step in the struggle for the rehabilitation of the victims and the justice verdict in the “Katynsky case” is in the struggle that has been going on for many decades.

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