Twenty years ago, Allen Paul wrote the first post-communist account of one of the greatest but least-known tragedies of the 20th century: Stalin s annihilation of Poland s officer corps and massive deportation of so-called bourgeoisie elements to Siberia. Today, these brutal events are symbolized by one word, Katyn a crime that still bitterly divides Poles and Russians. Paul s richly updated account covers Russian attempts to recant their admission of guilt for the murders in Katyn Forest and includes recently translated documents from Russian military archives, eyewitness accounts of two...
Twenty years ago, Allen Paul wrote the first post-communist account of one of the greatest but least-known tragedies of the 20th century: Stalin s ...