Graves of Katyn, The

The Graves of Katyn Polish Association of Former Soviet Political Prisoners English narration Titles. Map of Poland showing 1939 invasions by Germany & Russia. Map of Russia showing location of prisoner of war camps where Polish sent including three camps where 15,000 PoWs disappeared. CUs mail from PoWs marked ‘return to sender’. Stills of other Polish PoWs released in 1941. Troops of Polish army created in Russia under treaty. 01:06:02 Dec41 Gen. Sikorski arriving by plane in Moscow to inspect Polish army under Gen. Anders - greeted by Molotov - VO says whereabouts of missing 15,000 questioned but proper answer never given. 01:06:41 Anders & Sikorski meet w/ Stalin & Molotov in Kremlin. Newspaper report on discovery of bodies of Polish officers in Forest of Katyn near Smolensk Apr43. Report in German listing victims. VO re Soviet refusal to allow Red Cross access to site. Photograph of Russian PoW camp taken secretly by Polish officer later killed at Katyn. Diagram sent to Polish government in exile in London showing Katyn site. Map showing exact location. VO says two films made on massacre site - by Germans for propaganda purposes see Im Wald von Katyn, & later by Russians when they had recaptured Katyn area. Abrupt ending. WWII; Soviet Atrocities; War Crimes; Cover-Ups; Propaganda; WW2; 1941; 1943;