Dear Anna and Group, My understanding of the sentence you have marked ("carried a lift from a camera...": Prisoners held at Lukyanovskaya were transported by...
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Barbara Milligan
bwbm5...
Jul 30, 2012 2:23 pm
Camera = a room in Italian. Perhaps he was made to look down at the floor to give more neck area for the shot, and the singer is presumably the executioner? ?...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jul 30, 2012 3:38 pm
Looking down on the floor while kneeling seems unlikely since the shooter would need to worry about the bullet riccocheting off the floor. I understand about...
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Barbara Milligan
bwbm5...
Jul 30, 2012 3:44 pm
I was told that the gun was put to the neck so no chance of a misfire and a wasted bullet! Basia (UK) ... I was told that the gun was put to the neck so no...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jul 30, 2012 3:56 pm
That sounds like something that would be of great interest to the NKVD; such an efficiency would give them more bullets to kill more people. However, it doesnt...
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Eva
eszegidewicz
Jul 30, 2012 4:10 pm
Dear Group, Please listen to a great follow up programme on Bristol radio which was broadcast on 22 July after the Invisible Army play. There is mention of...
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Barbara Milligan
bwbm5...
Jul 30, 2012 6:05 pm
Dear Elzunia, You have not told me how much I owe you for the book (is it in the post please?). Do let me know. All the best, Basia (UK)...
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Carol Hornby-Clements
caz2ukuk
Jul 30, 2012 6:44 pm
Dissertation by Jean C. Bingle: https://eidr.wvu.edu/eidr/documentdata.eIDR?documentid=630 Source: K-S message #45254 This was recommended to me to read and i...
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Basia
basiazielins...
Jul 30, 2012 10:01 pm
It is wonderful that we can be so deeply moved! That our ancestral past is so important to us, This has been an extraordinary few days. Perhaps other precious...
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Basia
basiazielins...
Jul 30, 2012 10:07 pm
It could have deep meaning  an awareness his days were numbered and he had skills to do that fine engraving hoping one day it would be found. That is what...
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annapacewicz
Jul 30, 2012 10:14 pm
It is very likely that the prisoners were made to kneel down in the middle of the cell. This is an identical method of execution to those POW's in Kalinin NKVD...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jul 30, 2012 11:29 pm
Thanks Anna. I would like to learn every single available detail no matter how vile or painful. Could you direct me to that testimony? I want to know if they...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jul 30, 2012 11:36 pm
Thanks Basia. What I want to believe is that these polish men were officers so they earned separation from the average soldier. Most of them had been fighting...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 31, 2012 2:40 am
Mark, this is what angers me most, the Soviets told lies, right up to the point of death. If they told the truth, do you think the Polish would sit back and...
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annapacewicz
Jul 31, 2012 9:33 am
Hi Mark, this was just Wikipedia "Katyn" under the section Executions. The detailed info comes from Dmitrii Tokarev, former head of the Board of the Districut...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 31, 2012 10:55 am
Another article on Katyn with an excerpt from - The Katyn Controversy: Stalin's Killing Field - Benjamin B. Fischer ...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 31, 2012 11:01 am
Hi group, one of the videos has Russian writing, but for those who cannot read Russian like me, the picture is a thousand words. Also there is another article,...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jul 31, 2012 11:30 am
Thank you Anna. I think I need to take a few days off from all of this. That comb really lit a fire for me. Mark T. Canada ________________________________ ...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jul 31, 2012 11:33 am
You are right Lenarda, thanks. Â Mark T. Canada ________________________________ From: Lenarda Szymczak <szymczak01@...> To:...
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Dan Ford
godanford
Jul 31, 2012 11:49 am
... Of whom several were women, including a Polish Air Force combat pilot. -- Dan Ford US...
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Mark
turkiewiczm
Jul 31, 2012 11:50 am
I notice in the video that alot of personal effects were found with some victims. I hope the excavation project continues in Bykownia and is meticulous in...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 31, 2012 12:16 pm
Mark There are many more video, beside the one in Russian Writing, they are shown after the original video finishes, worth a look. Lenarda, Australia From:...
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Lenarda Szymczak
lenardaszymczak
Jul 31, 2012 12:21 pm
Dan, This was only a copy of paragraph from the entire article, which makes interesting reading ...
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marcie_vallonchini
marcie_vallo...
Jul 31, 2012 1:05 pm
We got exactly the same reply. they seem to use the same standard email which is disappointing as we were not looking for Piech Michal or Kurys Jozef! Does...
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atticusfinch1048
atticusfinch...
Jul 31, 2012 1:09 pm
Hi Guys Trying to find out if my Great Grandfather was a member of the Underground Army after the invasions in 1939 Does anybody have an address I could use...
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Eva
eszegidewicz
Jul 31, 2012 1:54 pm
Hi Pawel, You could try the Polish Underground Movement in London: http://www.spp-pumst.org/index.php/kontakt/spp-londyn-dane-teleadresowe Best regards. Eva...
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AtticusFinch1048@...
atticusfinch...
Jul 31, 2012 2:02 pm
Thanks Eva Pawel In a message dated 31/07/2012 14:54:23 GMT Daylight Time, eszegidewicz@... writes: Hi Pawel, You could try the Polish Underground...
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Stefan Wisniowski
skwisniowski
Jul 31, 2012 6:26 pm
I believe the book referenced may be at the Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum in London. Best regards Stefan Wisniowski Sydney Australia ... I believe the...
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Eva
eszegidewicz
Jul 31, 2012 7:08 pm
Yes the book is at PISM and can also be viewed on-line at http://pism.co.uk/Docs/wpol52.pdf Best regards. Eva Szegidewicz Kresy-Siberia (UK) Manchester...
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Anna Dimakopoulou
annalyzer
Aug 1, 2012 6:42 am
Hi MarcieFinally got through to Polish Embassy in Uzbekhistan - they've seen my email but been unable to deal with it so far as they have been on holiday,(...