Word: katyn
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Millions of Poles were killed by the Nazis during World War II, and every night, candles burn in memorial along the streets of Warsaw. But the most shocking atrocity of all-the murder of at least 4,500 Polish army officers in the Katyn Forest near the Russian city of Smolensk in 1940-is the one that Poles are forbidden to commemorate. Reason: the Soviets have long been suspected of doing the shooting...