A German World War Two propaganda poster accusing the Russians of the Katyn massacre, a series of mass executions of Polish military officers and intelligentsia carried out by the Soviet Union, specifically the NKVD ("People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs", aka the Soviet secret police) in April and May 1940. Though the killings occurred in several locations, the massacre is named after the Katyn Forest, where some of the mass graves were first discovered.

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Size: 3423px × 4825px
Location: Poland
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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