Flashermac Posted November 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2013 Poland disappointed with European ruling over the 1940 Katyn massacre (Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Monday it was incompetent to judge whether Russia's investigation into the 1940 Katyn killings of Polish war prisoners was insufficient. An estimated 22,000 Polish military officers and intellectuals were killed in Katyn, many of them trucked in from prison camps, shot in the head from behind, and shoved into mass graves. After blaming Nazi Germany for the Katyn massacre for decades, the Soviet Union admitted in April 1990 that its forces were responsible. But none of the culprits has ever been identified and investigations have been shelved. Relatives of those murdered by the Soviet secret police during World War II claimed that the 1990-2004 investigation by Russian authorities into the massacre was "inadequate". ... http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/21/us-poland-katyn-idUSBRE99K0CZ20131021 http://www.katyn.org.au/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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