Hearings on Poland & Baltic States During & After WWII
House of Representatives Committee (?) hearing interviewing at table w/ European microphones. Man asks if 500-650,000 poles died in Russia because of physical terror, shooting, starvation etc. Man w/ heavy accent agrees; says doesn’t know how many remained in Siberia.
07:13:01 Next man (may be Gen. Tadeusz Komorowski (aka Bor) says he was born in 1904 in Warsaw, fought against Bolshevik invasion in 1920; in 1925 finished Law education. In 1930 elected as youngest in Parliament. In 1939 enlisted, wounded by Germans & taken as POW by Russians; taken to camp Tylica along w/ Polish officers murdered in Katyn. End of 1939 was handed over to Germans who put him into POW camp. Then returned to Poland & worked for underground. In 1942 became chairman of National Armed Forces / Armia Krajowa. Germans offered release of 30 Poles who were under death sentence for capture of this guy. Nov43 family arrested.
07:17:28 Lithuanian women questioned thru French translator; says most dissatisfied today in Lithuania. Asks about what would happen if people criticised Communist government. Would lose job; or sent to prison.
07:19:02 Question: Do the Communist put out propaganda re Western powers arming to wage war against Commuists? Yes we have been assured that Americans want to destroy USSR. Q: Do you get new books or did you use 1939 text books? No, quite different books now translated from Russian.
07:20:41 Mr. Counsel I understand we have...officers of Polish underground army...representing the true spirit of Poland...ask you some questions...during the war...experiences particularly w/ the Soviets.
07:22:15 Asked about USSR army reaching Vistula river in Summer, 1944. Yes its true. (abrupt end of reel)
Anti-Communism; WWII Hearings re Poland; Anti-Communist; Cold War; 1940s;
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Hearings on Poland & Baltic States During & After WWII House of Representatives Committee (?) hearing interviewing at table w/ European microphones. Man asks if 500-650,000 poles died in Russia because of physical terror, shooting, starvation etc. Man w/ heavy accent agrees; says doesn’t know how many remained in Siberia. 07:13:01 Next man (may be Gen. Tadeusz Komorowski (aka Bor) says he was born in 1904 in Warsaw, fought against Bolshevik invasion in 1920; in 1925 finished Law education. In 1930 elected as youngest in Parliament. In 1939 enlisted, wounded by Germans & taken as POW by Russians; taken to camp Tylica along w/ Polish officers murdered in Katyn. End of 1939 was handed over to Germans who put him into POW camp. Then returned to Poland & worked for underground. In 1942 became chairman of National Armed Forces / Armia Krajowa. Germans offered release of 30 Poles who were under death sentence for capture of this guy. Nov43 family arrested. 07:17:28 Lithuanian women questioned thru French translator; says most dissatisfied today in Lithuania. Asks about what would happen if people criticised Communist government. Would lose job; or sent to prison. 07:19:02 Question: Do the Communist put out propaganda re Western powers arming to wage war against Commuists? Yes we have been assured that Americans want to destroy USSR. Q: Do you get new books or did you use 1939 text books? No, quite different books now translated from Russian. 07:20:41 Mr. Counsel I understand we have...officers of Polish underground army...representing the true spirit of Poland...ask you some questions...during the war...experiences particularly w/ the Soviets. 07:22:15 Asked about USSR army reaching Vistula river in Summer, 1944. Yes its true. (abrupt end of reel) Anti-Communism; WWII Hearings re Poland; Anti-Communist; Cold War; 1940s;