In communist-controlled Poland, mentioning the Soviet role in Katyn was a crime; the official state narrative strictly blamed Germany for decades. The Path to Truth
Roughly 22,000 Polish nationals, including approximately 4,500 officers found in Katyn forest. In communist-controlled Poland
The Polish "intelligentsia"—military officers, police, professors, lawyers, and doctors—intended to decapitate the Polish nation's leadership. 000 Polish nationals
Following the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, thousands of Polish prisoners of war were held in camps in the USSR. On March 5, 1940, Joseph Stalin and other Soviet leaders signed an order to execute "nationalists and counter-revolutionaries" held in these camps. including approximately 4
Locations of other mass burial sites discovered later.
