Sovětsko-německá spolupráce a katyňský zločin
Soviet-german cooperation and the crime of Katyn

Summary/Abstract: Did Germany participate in the Katyn massacre? Was the murder of Polish officers coordinated with the Nazi’s repressive AB-Aktion operation? To what extent are similar stories true? Are they supported by archive documents and contemporary testimony? This study by the Polish historian Witold Wasilewski offers an extensive evaluation of the facts surrounding Soviet-German cooperation in Poland. By analysing the data that ensues from this work, it seems most likely that the Nazis had no idea about the Katyn murders until April 1943, and that they did not provide any cover or support for the NKVD’s actions despite previous mutual cooperation.

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