Fr. Peszkowski, legendary Katyn genocide survivor dies at 89 08.10.2007 Father Zdzisław Peszkowski, Katyn Forest Massacre survivor and a legendary lifetime chaplain of the families of the Katyn genocide victims, passed away at the age of 89. Joanna Najfeld reports Until the last days of his life, Fr. Peszkowski fought for the truth about the 1940 Soviet mass murder of twenty thousand Polish POWs - military officers, but also civilians - professors, doctors, lawyers, clergy, higher state officials - the intellectual elite of pre-war Poland. The truth, as he often reminded, which was forbidden during the decades of communist regime...
