Katyn
Author | : Wojciech Materski |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 2008-10-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780300151855 |
ISBN-13 | : 0300151853 |
Rating | : 4/5 (853 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Katyn by : Wojciech Materski
Download or read book Katyn written by Wojciech Materski and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the spring of 1940, the Soviet Union carried out the mass executions of 14,500 Polish prisoners of war - army officers, police, gendarmes, and civilians - taken by the Red Army when it invaded eastern Poland in September 1939. This work details the Soviet killings, the elaborate cover-up of the crime, and the subsequent revelations.