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Polish officers in Katyn were shot by the Nazis, not by the NKVD
2023-04-22
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin in italics:

RIA Novosti reports that the Poles in Katyn were shot by the Nazis, not by the NKVD,

Polish officers in Katyn in 1941 were shot by the Nazis, and not by employees of the NKVD of the USSR - this was testified back in 1945 by a participant in the burial of the killed Poles, later a fighter of the German "special purpose" battalion Arno Dure.


"We slept during the day, and worked in the evening and at night - we dug holes. Parts of the SS brought people in cars and dumped them into a ditch 15-20 meters deep," Dure said.

He also told how in 1943 he came home on vacation and saw in the newspapers a photograph of this huge grave.

“It was written under the picture that the Russians did it all. I told my mother that it was not the Russians who did it, but the Germans, but my mother did not believe me,” Dure said.

https://t.me/rian_ru/199498 - zinc

I have been writing about this for over 15 years. Of course, the Nazis shot the Poles in Katyn. This should be recognized at the state level, especially since the only court decision regarding Katyn is quite clear that the Poles were shot by the Nazis in the autumn of 1941.

Playing along with the Poles and the Goebbels version at the present time looks simply ridiculous.

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Posted by:badanov

#4  Poor sods. Some of them may even believe it. Like they have a choice:

Over a decade ago, current leader Vladimir Putin began changing the official history and textbooks. Most of the new soldiers in 2022 are unfamiliar with the pre-Putin data on wartime losses and practices. In the last year Putin has made it a crime to dispute his version of the facts or to criticize the performance of Russian troops in Ukraine.
Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Sholugum453   2023-04-22 11:10  

#3  The world's upside down [kookaburra]
Per word of absurd tortured Dürre,
A turd put on trial
By one vastly more vile
And his kangaroo court! [comrades URAA]
Posted by: Phusons Spesing6902   2023-04-22 07:27  

#2  It should be noted that the NKVD did execute a number of Polish military officers in the aftermath of their occupation of Poland post 1939.

There are memorials to that effect in Russia and the Belorussia.

They claim they didn't do it in Katyn Forest.
Posted by: badanov   2023-04-22 01:17  

#1  Well that upsets the historical apple cart.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2023-04-22 00:16  

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