Katyn-massakren i 1940

Hvert år, 13. mars, erindrer vi polakker som døde i Katyn-massakren. Katyn-massakren er et massemord på polakker av NKVD-offiserer (folkekommissariatet for innenrikssaker) som fant sted våren 1940. Massakrene skjedde ikke bare i Katyn, men dette stedet ble først oppdaget.

I august 1939 ble Molotov-Ribbentrop-pakten (ikke-aggresjonsavtale mellom Nazi-Tyskland og Sovjetunionen) signert. I september 1939 ble Polen angrepet av Nazi-Tyskland og USSR. Omtrent 250 000 polakker ble tatt til sovjetisk fange. Fangede polakker var i spesielle krigsfangerleire og entes ikke med den sovjetiske makten. 5. mars 1940 undertegnet Józef Stalin en resolusjon om ødeleggelse av polske statsborgere som ble tatt til fange. Sovjeterne organiserte ikke rettssaken, de kom ikke med tiltalebeslutning.

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🇬🇧 Katyn – a German propaganda poster. Author unknown. Placard depicting the murdering of Polish officers by NKVD officers in the Katyn forest. At the beginning of April 1943, the Germans found in the Katyn forest the graves of murdered Polish officers – prisoners of war, who were imprisoned by the NKVD in the Kozielsk camp until the crime. At the end of April, the German authorities set up an international commission, composed of leading representatives of forensic medicine and forensics, to exhume the corpse. The Polish Red Cross and the Central Welfare Council have appointed a technical commission for the same purpose. On the part of the Church, priest Stanisław Jasiński, a canon of the Krakow cathedral chapter, took part. In the occupational press of this period, mainly in Polish, entire columns were devoted to discussing this monstrous crime. Germany considered the tragedy committed by the NKVD on the Polish nation to be an excellent anti-Soviet propaganda trick. They started a propaganda campaign immediately after the crime was revealed. The brochure titled 'Regierung des GG', which was distributed by the offices of the GG, served this purpose. "Katyn – mass murder in the Katyn forest, report based on official data and documents", with photos of exhumed victims of the murder and the "Katyn" poster. This placard was to be placed on shop windows. Massed anti-Soviet attack with striking slogans, e.g. "Poles! The German Army is calling you, report to the Auxiliary Service in the ranks of the German Army to fight against a common enemy, "etc. The Germans even organized a registration office for Polish volunteers but this German propaganda action did not achieve its goal. The Poles knew well what to think about Katyn, but this did not result in cooperation with the German occupier who also had the blood of Poles on his hands. ➡️ @history_pl_color

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Questi giorni si commemorano gli 80 anni dal Massacro di Katyn #katyn #massacrodikatyn #polonia #criminicomunisti #criminidiguerra #criminidistalin

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NKVD-offiserer skjøt bakerst i hodet. Mordene ble hovedsakelig utført i Katyn, Kharkiv og Miednoje. Nærmere 22 000 polakker, som var eliten, ble drept på den tiden: soldater, advokater, forskere, leger og lærere. Massemord ble også utført i Ukraina (Bykownia nær Kiev) og Hviterussland (sannsynligvis Kuropaty nær Minsk). Den polske eliten døde i Katyn-massakren. Kanskje de kunne ha forhindret det kommunistiske systemet i Polen.

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Part 3/3 of Katyń Massacre: The massacre was a large influence on the poor relations between Poland and the USSR, and on 25 April 1943, twelve days after the Germans discovered the grave, the Soviets decided to cut ties with the Polish government and set to work on making a new government comprised only of Polish communists. Katyń had left a permanent mark on Poland, becoming a symbol of the victims of the USSR. It was not until the 1990s that the USSR apologised as they regime crumbled, and despite the apology, it took until 2012 for the European Court of Human Rights to officially state Katyń as a Soviet war crime. To pour salt on the wound, in 2010, two years before the declaration, former Polish President Lech Kaczynski and other military and political elites were flying in to commemorate the anniversary of the massacre when their plane fatally crashed around the historic site. This crash was immediately taken by the Polish people as a result of Russian interference, showing that such a historic tragedy has the power to leave an eternal rift. – – – – – – #history #worldhistory #worldwar2 #ww2 #ww2history #ww2pictures #deadbody #popularhistory #unknownhistory #katyń #katynmassacre #soviet #ussr #germany #ww2german #polishhistory #poland #polska #jeszczepolskaniezginęła #war #warfare #military #militaryhistory #warhistory #instagram

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Hvorfor 13. april? På denne dagen i 1943 publiserte Tyskland informasjon om massegravene til offiserer av den polske hæren i USSR. Sovjetunionen bekreftet at de var ansvarlige for massakren først i 1990 (etter 50 år). I 2000, på 60-årsjubileet for Katyn-massakren, ble polske kirkegårder åpnet i Kharkov, Katyn og Miednoje. Etterforskningen av forbrytelsen blir utført av Institute of National Remembrance. Historikerne av Institute of National Remembrance anser Katyn-massakren som folkemord på grunn av dens ideologiske motiver og dens masse. I september 2004 ble en 14-årig russisk etterforskning avsluttet. Russerne bestemte at drapet ikke var folkemord, og de anklaget ingen.

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Jest nowy 4 mural w #mińskmazowiecki ul.Traugutta 5 #katyn1940 #dziękujemyzawolność

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#katyń #1940 #kozielsk #ostaszków #starobielsk #krzyż #pomnik #powązki #warsaw #warszawa #poland #rocznica #katyn

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70-årsjubileet for massakren i Katyn i 2010 var tragisk for alle polakker. 10. april 2010 styrtet presidentflyet rett før landing i Smolensk. Mange viktige polakker døde i flyulykken, inkludert president Lech Kaczyński, hans kone, representanter for parlamentet og representanter for hæren.

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Dziś mija 1️⃣0️⃣ lat od Katastrofy Smoleńskiej w wyniku której życie straciło 96 Polaków… W katastrofie zginęli również Gdańszczanki i Gdańszczanie- Anna Walentynowicz, Maciej Płażyński i Aram Rybicki. #gdansk #mlodziezowaradamiastagdanska #mrmg #pamietamy #katastrofasmolenska #hold #pamiec #wiecznyodpoczynek

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Her er en kort video om denne massakren (med engelsk, tysk og russisk tekst)