Zločin, který unikl trestu - Masakr v Katyni – Richter Karel (2019)

For decades, the crimes committed by Stalin's regime against Poland, Europe, and the world have been silenced, discrediting its own country. These crimes remain unpunished to this day. The book by an experienced author of non-fiction presents an account of the signing of the Soviet-German pact, through which Stalin retroactively approved Hitler's seizure of Austria and the Czech lands and enabled him to attack Poland, which he then joined to share in the conquered territory. The Soviet Union thus plunged a dagger into the back of the fighting Polish army with the invasion of its troops, and although the Soviet government falsely justified the invasion as an effort to save the lives and property of the population, its armies ruthlessly spread destruction. Over 200,000 Polish soldiers were taken to prisoner camps, where hundreds perished. During the hasty transformation of eastern Poland into Soviet western Ukraine and Belarus, about a million Polish citizens were deported to Asian wastelands. The most horrific crime, however, was the mass murder of more than 15,000 Polish officers. Readers will find details of how these murders occurred and the history of their revelation during the war and in the post-war years within the pages of this title.