Soviets admit to Katyn massacre

Title

Soviets admit to Katyn massacre

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

14 Apr 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:03:27

Description

Havovi Todd reports on the reaction of Polish nationals living in Britain, to an admission by the Soviet Union, that they carried out the massacre of fifteen thousand Polish officers during the Second World War. The authorities had previously blamed the Germans for the mass shooting at Katyn in the Western Soviet Union. Includes interviews with Anna Applebaum, Economist magazine; Stefan Staniszewski, son of victim, Hillary Zygmunt Staniszewski.

Contributors

Havovi Todd; Anna Applebaum; Stefan Staniszewski

Keywords

USSR; International relations; Homicide; War crimes; Second World War (1939-1945); Poland; Katyn massacre (1940); Hillary Zygmunt Staniszewski

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