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‘Katyn must never be repeated,’ Nawrocki says as Poland buries victims of Soviet massacre
TVP World ^ | 9/17/2025 | Ammar Anwer

Posted on 09/17/2025 10:04:23 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

Polish President Karol Nawrocki said Poland must do everything to ensure “Katyn never happens again” as the remains of 15 victims of the World War II-era Soviet massacre were laid to rest in a solemn ceremony in Warsaw.

The event, held on Wednesday, coincided with the 86th anniversary of the Soviet invasion of Poland.

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1 posted on 09/17/2025 10:04:23 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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And the Roosevelt administration went to great lengths to bury the Soviet role in the Katyn Forest massacre and blame it on the Germans.

It's kind of remarkable that anyone with half a brain even believes anything their government tells them.

2 posted on 09/17/2025 10:11:53 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Although my eyes were open, they might just as well be closed.")
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To: marcusmaximus

No surprise that eastern Europeans who have a history of Russian oppression are paranoid of Russians.


3 posted on 09/17/2025 10:17:19 AM PDT by marron
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To: marron

Ditto Germans and Muslims.


4 posted on 09/17/2025 10:19:41 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: marron

Horrifying crime. And while trying to pretend Putin is Stalin, people should remember. He built a memorial to Katyn and invited the Polish president to it’s dedication. They were tragically killed in the crash of the presidential plane.
Putin was the first Russian leader to acknowledge Russian culpability and release the mass murder order personally signed by Stalin. Then he had the Polish movie “Katyn” shown nationwide on Russian public TV stations.

Just food for thought for those who like to pretend Russia to day is no different than the USSR.


5 posted on 09/17/2025 10:24:29 AM PDT by DesertRhino (When men on the chessboard, get up and tell you where to go…)
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To add another layer to the Khatyn atrocity, it was conducted by the Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 - a German auxiliary which was composed largely of Ukrainian nationalists (OUN), considered Nazi collaborators by the Russians. It’s little surprise that Putin “admitted guilt.”


6 posted on 09/17/2025 10:39:06 AM PDT by Parity
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To: Parity
To add another layer to the Khatyn atrocity, it was conducted by the Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 - a German auxiliary which was composed largely of Ukrainian nationalists (OUN), considered Nazi collaborators by the Russians. It’s little surprise that Putin “admitted guilt.”

Uh, no. The Katyn massacre was an NKVD operation from beginning to end.

7 posted on 09/17/2025 10:54:04 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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To: Parity

It was committed by NKVD killers authorized by an order signed by both Beria and Stalin. Archeology of the corpses shows they were murdered in 1940, long before German troops arrived.


8 posted on 09/17/2025 10:59:39 AM PDT by Campion (Everything is a grace, everything is the direct effect of our Father's love - Little Flower)
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To: alternatives?

“””””Ditto Germans”””””

It doesn’t seem so, they have a close and requested peacetime defensive alliance with Germany, one that Poland and the Eastern Europeans eagerly sought out after escaping the Russians.

Your equivalency defense for Russia doesn’t hold up.


9 posted on 09/17/2025 11:37:35 AM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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You may have not seen that Poland just asked for huge reparations from the Germans for damages from WWII.

The Poles don’t blindly trust the Muslims, Russians, Ukrainians, and Russians; and for good reason given their history.


10 posted on 09/17/2025 11:55:25 AM PDT by alternatives?
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To: marcusmaximus

In the TV series THE UNKNOWN WAR about the Soviet union in WW II, Burt Lancaster blames it on the Germans. After the collapse of Communism it was proved it was the Russians who did it.
Years ago I saw a SIGNAL magazine article about this from the Nazi side. Probably the only true article written by the nazis at that time.


11 posted on 09/17/2025 12:00:10 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( REOPEN THE MENTAL HOSPITALS CLOSED IN THE 1970S!)
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To: alternatives?

A Polish soldier encounters a German and a Russian soldier, which does he shoot first?

The German - Business Before Pleasure!


12 posted on 09/17/2025 12:00:14 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

Katyń Movie (with English Subtitles)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljJXenEMi2w


13 posted on 09/17/2025 12:01:58 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: alternatives?

Sure I saw it, they are friends and allies but Poland wants to be paid for damages from WWII, that doesn’t change anything about their relationship today.


14 posted on 09/17/2025 12:02:15 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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We’ll see how that works out. There have been wars largely fought over reparations. WWII comes to mind.


15 posted on 09/17/2025 1:04:27 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: alternatives?

So to stick to your Russia defense you are going to pretend that Poland and Germany might go to war against each other to settle the reparations request.

OK, sure.


16 posted on 09/17/2025 1:08:08 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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To: ansel12

80 years is a short time in European history.


17 posted on 09/17/2025 1:15:17 PM PDT by alternatives?
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To: alternatives?

Yet another useless statement, today they are great allies in a military alliance to protect them both from Russia, an alliance that includes most of the wartime countries from 80 years ago, regardless of what side they were on, an alliance that Poland asked to join once they threw off the Russian boot just decades ago, today Poland’s survival depends on that alliance that includes America and Germany.


18 posted on 09/17/2025 1:21:17 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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I wouldn’t call them great allies. There are disagreements over immigration policies particularly regarding Muslims. There are also large disagreements about abortion and even energy policies. You are correct, they are allied against Russia with regard to Ukraine but how long will that last as the primary issue before another issue becomes more pressing? It is hard to see war today, but the last 1,000 years say otherwise.


19 posted on 09/17/2025 1:28:11 PM PDT by alternatives?
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“””””You are correct, they are allied against Russia with regard to Ukraine”””””

LOL, not only are you getting silly you are making things up for me, I said they are powerful allies in “NATO”, “the alliance that Poland and the Eastern Europeans eagerly sought out after escaping the Russians”.

Your post 4, “””””Ditto Germans””””” was ridiculous and judging by your posts since then, pure dishonesty as you keep basically repeating it, even pretending that you think Poland and Germany could have so much friction that they might go to war against each other.


20 posted on 09/17/2025 1:40:23 PM PDT by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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