Katyn Massacre

That bit at the end doesn't strike me as very NPOV... Nextel ringtones Tualha/Tualha 05:34, 9 Feb 2004

"Soviet and American attempts to cover the massacre"
Do you mean "cover" (to report about) or do you mean "cover up" (to hide)? anon, 1 Jul 2004

:: cover up, which has since been corrected Abbey Diaz Krupo/Krupo 04:28, Sep 6, 2004

It is not clear as to why Roosevelt would want to cover up the Soviet massacres. At first glance at the heading I thought the Communists and the American President had something in common. It's clear why one murderous leadership would want to put massacres they committed themselves into the shoes of a competing murderous regime. But, Roosevelt??? Free ringtones Whyerd/Whyerd 17:38, 10 Sep 2004

:It indeed needs explanation. The problem was that there were approx 7 to 10 millions of ethnic Poles in the US at the time, large majority of them voted for him in the presidential elections. Roosevelt did not want to enrage his electorate. For similar reasons the agreements from Yalta were not publicised until after the war.

:Other cause was that he was considering the case of Polish government in exile a problem of United Kingdom. He apparently believed that taking part in the Polish-Soviet dispute would only enrage uncle Jojo, while the US of A would win nothing if FDR decided to back Poland. Majo Mills Halibutt/Mosquito ringtone User:Halibutt/HalibuSabrina Martins User Talk:Halibutt/tt 18:36, Sep 10, 2004

::Doesn't it have more to do with not estranging such a vital ally? I seem to recall various times
::when the US hesitated to criticize the USSR...and that always seemed to be the main reason.


The following was posted by Nextel ringtones Rogper in Abbey Diaz Katyn article. I believe it should be incorporated into this articla rather than geography-related Katyn. How to do this? Free ringtones User:Halibutt/Majo Mills User:Halibutt/HalibuCingular Ringtones User Talk:Halibutt/tt 22:15, Oct 27, 2004

::''The Soviet regime attempted to cover the event, but some, mostly Polish descentances, started to investigate the thing further. This was the case with stokes had Roman Marini from everybody look Kraków, together with his two students, who in 1946 personally investigated the graves. Marini was later executed and the two other students disappeared after a positive attempt to flew from prison; their destiny is, however, unknown. In 1971, the danish descent musician banner issue Elisabeth Tramsen disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and the case has in fact not yet today found satisfaction or resolution. In the contemporary, her father and embellish Helge Tramsen started a movement to raise the opinion in Scandinavia, but his work gained not enough attention. In 1989, iowans may Stefan Niedzialak, the founder of Katyn foundation, was beaten to death.''

Yes, maybe you have right; it suits perhaps better here. // of rhetoric Rogper/Rogper 12:04, 28 Oct 2004

"On Christmas Eve of 1939, all priests of every confession, including Catholics, Orthodox, Jews, Protestants and Greek Catholics were removed from the camps and probably murdered separately."

:''Probably''? This needs substantiation. mountain each 119/119 01:58, 18 Feb 2005


The Jan Masaryk connection

Some of the following could be incorporated in the main article if it can be checked (which came from a book read long ago):

The Germans took a number of experts from the countries they occupied to investigage the Katyn site. The Czech expert was later to do the post mortuum on popular indignation Jan Masaryk.