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| Poland To Build Immense Memorial To Katyn Wood Massacre |
| 2010-01-31 |
| The memorial is supposed to consist of a tall monument, and an "army' of 21,857 natural size statues of soldiers – the number equal to the number of the Polish POWs murdered by the Soviets in Katyn. Each statue will have its first name, surname, military rank and ... a hole in the head. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #8 badanov nails it. |
| Posted by: lotp 2010-01-31 11:11 |
| #7 And another thing: What the Polish government should do upon completion of the plans and engineering, is to post those files on the internet so that should the memorial ever be destroyed, the world could at least have a chance to rebuild it as it was. This calamity, to call this event in Polish history was it was, should never be forgotten. In order to bind these wounds the Russians should 1) Pay compensation to the families of the victims and 2) Pay part of the costs of construction of the memorial. The Russians should never be allowed to live this down, ever. Political crime, my ass. |
| Posted by: badanov 2010-01-31 09:42 |
| #6 This Katyn murders weren't just a buncha Polish soldiers; they were the creme of Polish society, primarily officers the Soviets murdered to impose communism on an otherwise conservative state. The murders were a calculated attempt at social engineering to achieve by the absence of Poland's defenders, what the Soviets knew they could not impose otherwise. |
| Posted by: badanov 2010-01-31 09:32 |
| #5 "little interlude between grand European fratricides" Where'd anyone get the idea that the EUros were peace-loving, anyway? The press lying |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-01-31 08:57 |
| #4 The Russians don't like ingratitude from people they Well, they'd been part of the old country since Cathrine was Great except for that little interlude between grand European fratricides. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-01-31 08:33 |
| #3 I take it these are the Ungrateful Dead? |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2010-01-31 07:17 |
| #2 Most of the are not in a position to talk back to their 'liberators'. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2010-01-31 06:52 |
| #1 The Russians don't like ingratitude from people they liberated. |
| Posted by: gromky 2010-01-31 04:24 |