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poundoflogic: Germans examining the mass graves in the Katyn forest, 1943 The Katyn Massacre saw the murders of 22,000 Polish officers by the Soviet Union under order of Joseph Stalin, although the Soviets initially denied responsibility, blaming it on the Germans. The crime was not admitted by Russia until 1990.

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Germans examining the mass graves in the Katyn forest, 1943

The Katyn Massacre saw the murders of 22,000 Polish officers by the Soviet Union under order of Joseph Stalin, although the Soviets initially denied responsibility, blaming it on the Germans. The crime was not admitted by Russia until 1990.

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