Katyn (rural locality)
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Katyn is a rural locality in Smolensky District of Smolensk Oblast, Russia, located approximately 20 kilometers to the west of Smolensk, the administrative center of the oblast. The village had a popu
Katyn Polish War Cemetery
Mass grave of the victims of the Katyn massacre after discovery in 1943
Katyń (film)
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Katyń is a 2007 Polish historical drama film about the 1940 Katyn massacre, directed by Academy Honorary Award winner Andrzej Wajda. It is based on the book Post Mortem: The Story of Katyn by Andrzej
Katyn (rural locality)
…as a plan to eliminate in part the "intellectual elite of the Polish Nation", so as "to prevent the rebirth of Polish statehood". The 2007 Polish film Katyń, directed by Andrzej Wajda, is an interpretation of the events that led up to the mass execution. Katyn has a warm-summer humid continental climate…
Polish release poster
A German-made prison bus used by the NKVD for transport of prisoners; the bus was reconstructed for the purpose of the film.
Speech before projection in Riga
German officers present their findings regarding Katyn to captured Allied officers in 1943.