Katyn Massacre
What secrets did Katyn conceal?
4.4 (15)
65 mins
Explore the history of the Katyn massacre and the decades of denial that followed. Discover how the Soviet Union initially blamed others before eventually admitting responsibility. Also understand how this event still remains a significant and tragic chapter in Polish and world history.
Ep 1:
Secrets Beneath the Birch Trees
A Russian forest hides 22,000 murdered Poles, while a cynical pact between Hitler and Stalin dooms an entire nation caught between two invading armies.
Ep 2:
A Pact Written in Blood
Poland's elite intelligentsia falls into NKVD hands, where Stalin's death order and executioner Vasily Blokhin's grim nightly ritual seal their fate in soundproofed rooms.
Ep 3:
The Executioner's Nightly Quota
The NKVD buries its crime for years until Nazi Germany's 1943 exhumation exposes the truth, sparking Stalin's furious campaign of denial and manufactured evidence.
Ep 4:
Berlin Finds What Moscow Buried
Britain and America privately know Stalin's lie, but wartime necessity forces silence—then Nuremberg becomes a stage for the Soviets' most audacious deception yet.
Ep 5:
Silence Bought at the World's Expense
Decades of Soviet denial finally crack open through confession and documents, yet true justice never arrives, and Katyn's shadow still haunts Russia today.
Discussions (8)
Austin
Level 2 · 4 mo agoYup the NKVD were demons 👿
Raymond
Level 6 · 4 mo agoYeah it sucks that the Allies suppressed the truth, but I don’t understand how people think they had another choice. Did you think they should blow up the alliance with Stalin and just lose the war?
Isidore
Level 9 · 4 mo agoI cannot stop thinking about Stalin toasting Hitler at that dinner party. Such toxic frenemy energy! ~Emily
