Final Conflict: Katyn Massacre: Communism's Epoch

Saturday, 4 July 2009

Katyn Massacre: Communism's Epoch

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Thank you for posting this FC. I remember when I was in Poland in 90/91 just after the 'iron curtain' had fallen one of my Polish hosts went all clandestine and showed me a black & white picture of Katyn woods and a cross to commemorate those slain, he informed me that there was a very heavy price to pay for simply having this photo in his possession.

Another interesting thing was the fact that the police were routinely given a pasting (I know because I partook in such activity!) with no fear of retribution because the police were 'ex' communists, personally I would have liked to have seen every last one of them Red bastards swing!

Perhaps I am being cynical, but it would not surprise me in the least if we now see the release of a 'Warsaw Uprising' film.

A further point to ponder is how much photographic evidence at Katyn is routinely used as 'evidence' of concentration camp atrocity?; 2:34 am
Anonymous said...: I find it increasingly hard to believe anything I am told about WW2.; 5:17 pm

Quote of the Week

“Unless people start life with a culture of their own, exposure to other cultures will seldom enhance their moral or even aesthetic awareness. Without home culture, as it used to be called – a background of firmly held standards and beliefs – people will encounter the “other” merely as consumers of impressions and sensations, as cultural shoppers in pursuit of the latest novelties. It is important for people to measure their own values against others and to run the risk of changing their minds; but exposure to others will do them very little good if they have no minds to risk. New perspectives presuppose a pre-existing point of view.”

Christopher Lasch.