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Massacres of Polish intelligentsia in World War II

  • Katyn massacreOn the 17th of September 1939, the Red Army advanced into Poland with little resistance. Polish forces under orders from their own government did not engage…
  • Palmiry massacreWarsaw surrendered to the Wehrmacht armies on the 28th of September 1939. Three days later members of Einsatzgruppe IV led by SS-Brigadeführer Lothar Beutel…