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| Genre/Form: | Quelle Sources |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Anna M Cienciala; N S Lebedeva; Wojciech Materski |
| ISBN: | 9780300108514 0300108516 |
| OCLC Number: | 71541606 |
| Language Note: | Translated from Polish and Russian; documents selected from 5 previously published volumes of Katyn documents (2 in Polish and 3 in Russian). |
| Notes: | Translated from Polish and Russian; documents selected from 5 previously published volumes of Katyn documents (2 in Polish and 3 in Russian). |
| Description: | xxviii, 561 p., [22] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Prisoners of an undeclared war, 23 August 1939-5 March 1940 -- Extermination, March-June 1940 -- Katyn and its echoes, 1940 to the present. |
| Series Title: | Annals of communism. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Anna M. Cienciala, Natalia S. Lebedeva, Wojciech Materski ; documents translated by Marian Schwartz with Anna M. Cienciala and Maia A. Kipp. |
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Abstract:
Shows the background and mechanics of the Soviet mass executions in spring 1940 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 presents 122 documents, with introductions and endnotes.
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"This is not only a story about a cruel crime that remains unpunished. It is also a story about historical truth versus denial, about moral impulses versus political cynicism. A piece of Polish history but also a message of universal importance."--Janusz Reiter, Ambassador of Poland ""
--Janusz Reiter
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