Description
The Katyń massacre of 22,000 Polish prisoners of war was carried out in complete secrecy in April and May 1940 on direct orders from Stalin. For nearly fifty years, the Soviets maintained the fiction that Katyń was a Nazi atrocity. This lie was officially unchallenged by Western governments, which did not want to provoke a powerful wartime ally and later adversary during the Cold War. The book Surviving Katyń documents and comments on the stubborn and desperate search for answers that lasted for decades, focusing on the fates of those who were most at risk. It tells the stories of the men who escaped the massacre and of Polish citizens, war forensic investigators, whose quest for truth in the face of an unpredictable and utterly ruthless enemy exacted a tremendous personal toll. This gripping reconstruction of one of the most horrific and terrifying crimes of World War II is absolutely compelling reading and reveals its toxic legacy.
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Author: Rogoyska Jane
Publication date: November 15, 2023
Manufacturer: Kalich s. r. o., nakladatelství a knihkupectví
Genres: Non-fiction literature, Books, History and facts, World war ii, War books, War novels
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 356
ISBN/EAN: 9788070173237