Katyn and the Soviet Massacre of 1940: Truth, Justice and Memory

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Routledge, 7 de mai. de 2007 - 272 páginas

The Soviet massacre of Polish prisoners of war at Katyn and in other camps in 1940 was one of the most notorious incidents of the Second World War. The truth about the massacres was long suppressed, both by the Soviet Union, and also by the United States and Britain who wished to hold together their wartime alliance with the Soviet Union.

This informative book examines the details of this often overlooked event, shedding light on what took place especially in relation to the massacres at locations other than Katyn itself. It discusses how the truth about the killings was hidden, how it gradually came to light and why the memory of the massacres has long affected Polish-Russian relations.

 

Conteúdo

Introduction 1
The Sovietisation of East Poland 20
The Stalinist Terror and prisoner of war system 35
The indoctrination screeninginvestigation and selection processes 64
Course mechanisms and technology of the massacre 90
The struggle for historical truth 124
The management and control of the truth about the 1940 massacre 157
the conflict with national
closure of the 1940 Soviet massacre issue 226
Select bibliography 233
Index 243

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Sobre o autor (2007)

George Sanford is a reader in politics Bristol University and a leading academic specialist on Poland and Eastern Europe. He is the author of ten books, including most recently the Historical Dictionary of Poland (2003), Democratic Government in Poland (2002) and Poland: The Conquest of History (1999).

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