Posted on 10/24/2008 1:10:59 PM PDT by lizol
Moscow court rejects exoneration of WWII Katyn massacre victims
24/10/2008
MOSCOW, October 24 (RIA Novosti) - A Moscow court has refused to exonerate Polish prisoners of war executed in western Russia's Katyn forest in 1940, a lawyer for the families of those killed said on Friday.
Over 20,000 Polish military officers, police and civilians taken prisoner during the 1939 partitioning of Poland by the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were massacred in the Katyn forest, as well as in prisons and other locations, by the NKVD, the forerunner of the KGB.
"We strongly object to the ruling of the Khamovniki District Court, and will appeal against the decision in a higher court, the Moscow City Court," Anna Stavitskaya said.
In 2005, the Chief Military Prosecutor's Office closed the "Katyn Case", saying those involved in the executions had since died. However, the relatives of the executed officers appealed the decision to close the case.
The Soviet Union initially accused Germany of executing the Polish prisoners. However, in 1990 Mikhail Gorbachev officially admitted that Soviet secret police were responsible for the massacre.
Scumbag!
Enforcement is decided by the enforcers. This will move to the highest court possible; there’s no escape from that judgment.
Putin doesn’t want to block Russia’s way for future Katyn’s.
No historical revisionism for Ivan. This was all neatly settled at Nuremburg.
The important thing to remember is that the officers weren’t forced to wear panties on their heads, and they weren’t photographed in any embarrassing postures.
“they deserved their fate”
Typical thinking by many if not most russians I think.
And russians wonder why their neighbors hate their guts.
I guess not. Deny, deny, deny. Who is driving over there, the KGB? Oh, Putin. Right.
Forward as one! The State is never wrong. The Party never fails. Hey guys, this is 2008. Stalin is dead. Lenin is busy.
‘By being the first to pick up a gun against Stalin’s pal at the time Hitler?’
- you mean heroic Polish withdrawal after seeing German troops?
According to reports Obammas buddy Ayers expected to purge about 25,000 capitalists. Can’t have folks hating Hitler even if he killed your family. Can’t have folks trying to make money either.
Yep. Ayers said there would be about 25,000 "die-hard capitalists" who would not respond to "reeducation" and therefore would have to be "eliminated."
Why this monster is still walking free is beyond me.
Ayers is free due to pathetic liberals in the judicial system.
He got freed from his bombing act due to a technicality.
If he’d killed my dad who was a cop and got off free I’d go after the judge and Ayers.
And if you did and I were on a grand jury I’d refuse to indict.
What? When?
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