What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: KATYN 1940 In honour of 14,500 Polish prisoners of war murdered in Russia by the Soviet N.K.V.D. They call for justice Recorded plaque organisation: Poles in Birmingham.
In April 1940, 14,500 Polish military officers and intelligentsia were executed by the Soviet NKVD at Katyn Forest; this massacre stands as a symbol of state-sponsored terror and has become a poignant reminder of the brutalities of World War II.
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