Katyn

The primary site of discovery and a major memorial.

Following the Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939, thousands of Polish prisoners of war were held in camps in the USSR. On March 5, 1940, Joseph Stalin and other Soviet leaders signed an order to execute "nationalists and counter-revolutionaries" held in these camps. The primary site of discovery and a major memorial

While Russia has provided many documents, it has resisted labeling the event as "genocide," and recent political tensions have led to renewed questioning of the official narrative within Russia. A Persistent Wound The primary site of discovery and a major memorial

Despite evidence of Soviet guilt, the U.S. and UK largely avoided the issue during the war to maintain their alliance with Stalin against Hitler. The primary site of discovery and a major memorial