Yesterday “Oscar” nominees were announced. Among foreign movies one of the most interesting is A.Wajda’s “Katõn” which describes the massacre of Polish officers in 1940-1941 in Katõn by NKVD. Current Russia is not recognizing the crimes committed by the Stalin regime and attacking furiously the Wajda’s movie. At the same time the evidence of Soviet crimes was presented soon by President Jeltsin. Unfortunately the Katõn massacre is not so much known in Western countries. Nazi-Soviet conspiracy in 1939, the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, start of II World War as a result of this and fate of Poland and Baltic countries has not been much discussed subject. Stalin joined in 1941 the Allied camp and his cooperation with Hitler during the first period of war was pardoned. At the same time it must remembered, that without Stalin and Molotov-Ribbentrop pact, II World War has probably never been started and Poland invaded from one side by Nazi-Germany and from other side by Soviet Union. This was reason why Wajda presented his movie in POland namely on 17. September 2007, remembering the day, when Soviet forces invaded Poland in 1939. Wajda’s movie is powerful story of forgotten crimes, memory and love. This is not autobiography, but tells story of these thousands of mothers, wives and children, who were not allowed to know truth what happened to their sons, husbands and fathers. Wajda’s movie deserves Oscar, let’s hope it would get it!
It will probably deserve!
Some secrets should be revealed in present time. And some truths appear despite the cover of dust.
Viktor Suvorov’s books tell much about this times. I recently read his “Ledokol” but i still cannot believe it’s true!
Mr. Laar, it’s interesting for me, have you read his books and what’s your opinion about them? Can I trust him? Did really The Soviet Union prepared for agresive war in 1941 and that made Germany speed up its plan “Barbarosa”?
So many secrets… Like the one, hiding in the Katin forest. Politicians like you should raise up voice against the myths in history.
Dear Mr. Grancharov,
Sorry, for my replay but Sovorov’s book “Ledokol” is base on his on fantasies, assumption and clever manipulation of the number of the military units and their movements within the USSR border. I have to agreed with Mr. Laar on this, Suvorov has no access to archives and information. Unfortunately strike against USSR was preplane long before Nazi seized the power in Germany. Please, do not think I’m a Stalinist, “Uncle Joe” was the same criminal as a Hitler and his “nazi gang” or maybe even more, but…..
in a same time he stays in a history as a VICTOR.
To respond on your question I would say THE USSR does not prepare the strike against the Germany. His way was very different from Hitler’s way, but with the pretty much with the same goal.
Dear Georgi, a lot of very well documented evidence that nazi plan to occupay USSR’s territory up to Ural mountain. Even Himler, in his dreams back in 1920-s, visualise himself as SS farmer with many kids and a blond wife running farm in Russia.
This was from Himmler’s diary.
Sorry, but Sovorov’s “Ledokol”, I was reading too and won’t take his book seriously.
Mr. Vaht, thank you for your comment. It seems that everything is very complicate and we reach once again the conclusion for the two sides of one coin, which are actually equal.
And I’m writing this comment just few hours after I watched the movie “Katyn”.
Mr. Laar, finally i found it and I was impressed a lot. The atmosphere, the actors play…everything…the actual size of this tragedy…I can’t find words to describe it… Think, those people, pulling the trigger in the blooded room and in the forest – they were people such as those, condemned to die – and they lived after that, had families, children… How can a man live after committing such things? How can truth be hidden behind tonz of lies for decades? How can a Pole live in a communist Poland, knowing that thousands of men lie in the forest, burried by those who are now “liberators”?
Maybe this movie should be seen in France and Britain – the allies of Polska, which prefered to watch calmly while German and Soviet dictators were murdering a whole nation…
Schopenhauer said: “I think thet human intelect has the limit but I am sure that human stupidity HAS NOT LIMIT!”
Wajda sent “Katyn Forest Masacre” to Holywood for “Oscar” to the SAME PEOPLE WHO MURDERED 23 Thousands of Polish oficers and uncounted thousands of other Poles!
I hate polish jokes…because they are so TRUE!
Jaroslav
You must have read my book, “A Test of Faith and Courage, Patton’s Raiders in WWII” where I discussed this topic cold bloodely. My book was written about my Memoirs of a Combat Soldier in Patton’s 3rd Army. Please read this real account of this very topic that everyone else was afraid to even talk about. The trouble with this world today is a direct result of the masses who were afraid of the Communist Murderes. Even President Trrman. Read on my friends and learn more that was kept from the citizens of America who were afraid of the Communists.
Oscar B Ladner
obllad@aol.com
I am proud to say that I was not, and am not afraid to speak out about the scourage of communism. It is about time that someone should and would make an authenic movie about Communist Riussia and the autrocities they inflicted on their own citizens as well as the rest of the world. The triuth should surface and if it does it would make Hitlers Holocost look like a tea party.
Hollywood will never give an Oscar to an anti-Communist movie. Many of those Hollywood idiots, like Steven Spielberg, worship Castro.
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