Post by Jaga on May 2, 2020 13:38:40 GMT -7
To tell you the truth, I did not even know about it, since of course when I was at school we were never told about it. After the times of communism, there were so many revelations which we officially did not know, with Katyn as the most important that the information about what happened to the good people who fought against Nazi Germans was not the first priority.
here is more about how Soviets kidnapped the leaders of Polish Army, sent them to Moscow, and then sentenced them after three days process, not to death but somehow many of these people dissapered.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_the_Sixteen
he Government Delegate, together with most members of the Council of National Unity and the Commander-in-chief of the Armia Krajowa, were invited by Soviet general Ivan Serov (with agreement of Joseph Stalin) to a conference on their eventual entry to the Soviet-backed Provisional Government.[2][3] Some historical accounts say approaches were made in February, with others saying March 1945.[2][3][4][5] The Polish politicians were presented with a warrant of safety, but were instead arrested in Pruszków and brutally beaten by the NKVD on 27 and 28 March.[5][6][6][7] Leopold Okulicki, Jan Stanisław Jankowski and Kazimierz Pużak were arrested on the 27th with 12 others the following day. Alexander Zwierzynski had been arrested earlier. They were brought to Moscow for interrogation in the Lubyanka.[5][8][9][10]
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After several months of brutal interrogation and torture[11] they were presented with the forged accusations of:
Collaboration with Nazi Germany[12][13]
Carrying-out intelligence gathering and sabotage at the rear of the Red Army[13]
State terrorism[13]
Planning a military alliance with Nazi Germany[13]
Owning a radio transmitter, printing machines and weapons[13]
Propaganda against the Soviet Union[13]
Membership in underground organisations.[13]
The trial took place between 18 and 21 June 1945 with foreign press and observers from the United Kingdom and United States present. The date was chosen carefully to be at the same time as a conference on the creation of the Soviet-backed Polish puppet government was organized.[14][15] The verdict was issued on 21 June, with most of the defendants coerced into pleading guilty by the NKVD. General Okulicki's witnesses for the defense were declared unreachable "owing to bad atmospheric conditions", and no evidence was offered during the trial.[16] Of the sixteen defendants, twelve were sentenced to prison terms ranging from four months to ten years, while charges against the four others were dropped by the prosecution.[1
here is more about how Soviets kidnapped the leaders of Polish Army, sent them to Moscow, and then sentenced them after three days process, not to death but somehow many of these people dissapered.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_the_Sixteen
he Government Delegate, together with most members of the Council of National Unity and the Commander-in-chief of the Armia Krajowa, were invited by Soviet general Ivan Serov (with agreement of Joseph Stalin) to a conference on their eventual entry to the Soviet-backed Provisional Government.[2][3] Some historical accounts say approaches were made in February, with others saying March 1945.[2][3][4][5] The Polish politicians were presented with a warrant of safety, but were instead arrested in Pruszków and brutally beaten by the NKVD on 27 and 28 March.[5][6][6][7] Leopold Okulicki, Jan Stanisław Jankowski and Kazimierz Pużak were arrested on the 27th with 12 others the following day. Alexander Zwierzynski had been arrested earlier. They were brought to Moscow for interrogation in the Lubyanka.[5][8][9][10]
Part of a series on the
Polska Walczy Polish
Underground State
Parasol Regiment, Warsaw, 1944
History of Poland 1939–1945
Authorities[show]
Political organizations[show]
Military organizations[show]
Related topics[show]
vte
After several months of brutal interrogation and torture[11] they were presented with the forged accusations of:
Collaboration with Nazi Germany[12][13]
Carrying-out intelligence gathering and sabotage at the rear of the Red Army[13]
State terrorism[13]
Planning a military alliance with Nazi Germany[13]
Owning a radio transmitter, printing machines and weapons[13]
Propaganda against the Soviet Union[13]
Membership in underground organisations.[13]
The trial took place between 18 and 21 June 1945 with foreign press and observers from the United Kingdom and United States present. The date was chosen carefully to be at the same time as a conference on the creation of the Soviet-backed Polish puppet government was organized.[14][15] The verdict was issued on 21 June, with most of the defendants coerced into pleading guilty by the NKVD. General Okulicki's witnesses for the defense were declared unreachable "owing to bad atmospheric conditions", and no evidence was offered during the trial.[16] Of the sixteen defendants, twelve were sentenced to prison terms ranging from four months to ten years, while charges against the four others were dropped by the prosecution.[1
