The Katyn massacre of thousands of Polish prisoners of war (primarily military officers),by the Soviet NKVD, based on a proposal from Lavrentiy Beria to execute all members of the Polish Officer Corps. The number of victims is estimated at about 22, from 1943 exhumation of mass grave of polish officers killed by NKVD in Katy? Forest in 1940

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The Katyn massacre of thousands of Polish prisoners of war (primarily military officers),by the Soviet NKVD, based on a proposal from Lavrentiy Beria to execute all members of the Polish Officer Corps. The number of victims is estimated at about 22, from 1943 exhumation of mass grave of polish officers killed by NKVD in Katy? Forest in 1940

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