Katyn and the Soviet massacre of 1940 : truth, justice and memory /

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Examining the Soviet massacre of Polish prisoners of war at Katyn and other camps in 1940 - one of the most notorious incidents of the Second World War - this book sheds new light on what took place and how the memory of the massacres long affected, and continues to affect, Polish-Russian relations.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sanford, George
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Series:BASEES/Routledge series on Russian and East European studies ; 20.
Subjects:
1939-1945
Katyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940.
Massacres > Soviet Union.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Soviet Union.
Massacre de Katyn, Russie, 1940.
Massacres > URSS.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Atrocités > URSS.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
Atrocities
Diplomatic relations
Massacres
Tweede Wereldoorlog.
Massamoorden.
Krijgsgevangenen.
Polen (volk)
Poland > Foreign relations > Soviet Union.
Soviet Union > Foreign relations > Poland.
Pologne > Relations extérieures > URSS.
URSS > Relations extérieures > Pologne.
Poland
Russia (Federation) > Katynʹ
Soviet Union
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Poland and Russia
  • 2. The Sovietisation of East Poland
  • 3. The Stalinist terror and prisoner of war system
  • 4. The indoctrination, screening/investigation and selection processes
  • 5. Course, mechanisms and technology of the massacre
  • 6. The struggle for historical truth
  • 7. The management and control of the truth about the 1940 massacre
  • 8. Soviet and Polish communist control of the truth about Katyn : the conflict with national memory
  • 9. Conclusion : closure of the 1940 Soviet massacre issue.

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