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Katyn Wood Massacres

  • 10-07-2013 4:59pm
    #1
    Citycap
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    Hi all,

    Can anyone recommend a book which would give details of the Katyn Wood massacres during WW 2. Ideally dealing with the round up of the Polish leadership, imprisonment and execution, subsequent discovery of the bodies by the Nazis during the invasion of Russia and the eventual admission of responsibility by the Soviets.
    Thanks


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  • #2
    galwaycyclist
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    Citycap wrote: »
    Hi all,

    Can anyone recommend a book which would give details of the Katyn Wood massacres during WW 2. Ideally dealing with the round up of the Polish leadership, imprisonment and execution, subsequent discovery of the bodies by the Nazis during the invasion of Russia and the eventual admission of responsibility by the Soviets.
    Thanks

    There was a fairly powerful film produced in Poland a few years back.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katy%C5%84_%28film%29

    According to the Wiki entry its based on Post mortem. Katyn by Andrzej Mularczyk but I don't know if its available in English.

    Film is worth a watch though.


  • #3
    Manach
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    Offhand in the book "Bloodlands" by Tim Synder, dealing with that era, it is mentioned.


  • #4
    Artur.PL
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    http://www.katyn.org.au/books.html


  • #5
    Citycap
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    Thanks to all who replied. I will try and follow these up.


  • #6
    muskus
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    Do not forget the wider Katyn massacre based on the same order from Stalin. 22,500 Poles died. The Ukrainian Katyn list includes my grandfather. See
    http://www.bykownia.eu/galeria.html
    My grandmothers book below does not cover Katyn, but check out the reviews.

    Best wishes
    Peter

    The Long Bridge: Out of the Gulags by Urszula Muskus
    KINDLE No.1 BEST SELLER APRIL 2013

    REVIEW. ‘This book is truly inspirational reading. I have never been so deeply moved by any book. I couldn't put it down.’ Donald Wilson - journalist/writer.
    92 'Five Star' reviews on Amazon. See http://3650daysinthegulag.com/
    For a self catering holiday in the Scottish Highlands see http://www.hiddenglen.co.uk
    Laikenbuie, Nairn IV12 5QN. Tel: 01667 454 630.


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  • #7
    tac foley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,500 ✭✭✭tac foley


    muskus wrote: »
    Do not forget the wider Katyn massacre based on the same order from Stalin. 22,500 Poles died. The Ukrainian Katyn list includes my grandfather. See
    http://www.bykownia.eu/galeria.html
    My grandmothers book below does not cover Katyn, but check out the reviews.

    Best wishes
    Peter

    The Long Bridge: Out of the Gulags by Urszula Muskus
    KINDLE No.1 BEST SELLER APRIL 2013

    REVIEW. ‘This book is truly inspirational reading. I have never been so deeply moved by any book. I couldn't put it down.’ Donald Wilson - journalist/writer.
    92 'Five Star' reviews on Amazon. See http://3650daysinthegulag.com/
    For a self catering holiday in the Scottish Highlands see http://www.hiddenglen.co.uk
    Laikenbuie, Nairn IV12 5QN. Tel: 01667 454 630.

    I went to school with a Polish boy who was said to have lost two uncles at Katyn. His mother's two older brothers were both doctors in Kracow.

    They were never identified in the mass graves, but had been taken away a couple of weeks before and were not heard of again.

    tac


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