Katyn massacre

E11166
crime against humanity massacre political repression war crime

The Katyn massacre was a World War II mass execution of thousands of Polish military officers and intelligentsia carried out by the Soviet NKVD in 1940.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Katyn massacre canonical 16
Katyń massacre 4
Katyn Forest 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime against humanity ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
admissionDate 1990 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Katyn massacre ⓘ
surface form: Katyn Forest massacre

Katyn massacre ⓘ
surface form: Katyń massacre
blamedOn Nazi Germany ⓘ
cause Soviet policy to eliminate Polish elites ⓘ
commemoratedOn Katyń Memorial Day ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryAtTime Soviet Union ⓘ
countryCommemorating Poland ⓘ
coverUpBy Soviet Union ⓘ
date 1940 ⓘ
decisionMaker Joseph Stalin ⓘ
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: Soviet Politburo
discoveredBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
discoveryDate 1943 ⓘ
endDate 1940-05 ⓘ
hasMediaCoverage Katyn (2007 film) ⓘ
numerous historical studies ⓘ
investigatedBy International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement ⓘ
surface form: International Red Cross observers
justificationClaimedByPerpetrator alleged security concerns ⓘ
location Katyn massacre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Katyn Forest

near Smolensk ⓘ
memorialsAt Katyn war cemetery ⓘ
Warsaw ⓘ
method execution by shooting ⓘ
numberOfVictims approximately 22000 ⓘ
over 20000 ⓘ
officialAdmissionBy Soviet Union ⓘ
partOf Stalinist repressions ⓘ
surface form: Soviet political repressions

Stalinist repressions ⓘ
surface form: Soviet repressions against Poles
perpetrator NKVD ⓘ
Soviet Union ⓘ
recognizedAs war crime by Poland ⓘ
relatedEvent Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ⓘ
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland ⓘ
surface form: Soviet invasion of Poland
relatedTo Soviet war crimes ⓘ
responsibleOrganization NKVD ⓘ
surface form: People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs
startDate 1940-04 ⓘ
subjectOf international controversy ⓘ
targetedGroup Polish intelligentsia ⓘ
Polish police ⓘ
Polish Army ⓘ
surface form: Second Polish Republic officer corps
victim Polish intelligentsia ⓘ
Polish military officers ⓘ
Polish prisoners of war ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Poles → victimOf → Katyn massacre ⓘ
NKVD → responsibleFor → Katyn massacre ⓘ
German occupation of Poland → notableEvent → Katyn massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palmiry massacres
Soviet occupation of Eastern Poland → significantEvent → Katyn massacre ⓘ
Katyn massacre → location → Katyn massacre self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katyn Forest
Katyn massacre → alsoKnownAs → Katyn massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katyn Forest massacre
Katyn massacre → alsoKnownAs → Katyn massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katyń massacre
Inhuman Land → mainSubject → Katyn massacre ⓘ
Polish POWs → victimOf → Katyn massacre ⓘ
Polish–Soviet relations → hasKeyEvent → Katyn massacre ⓘ
Polish intelligentsia → victimOf → Katyn massacre ⓘ
Katyn (2007 film) → mainSubject → Katyn massacre ⓘ
Katyn (2007 film) → titleRefersTo → Katyn massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katyn Forest in western Russia
Katyn war cemetery → eventCommemorated → Katyn massacre ⓘ
Katyn war cemetery → relatedTo → Katyn massacre ⓘ
Katyń Memorial Day → hasCause → Katyn massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katyń massacre
Katyń Memorial Day → namedAfter → Katyn massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katyń massacre
Katyń Memorial Day → namedAfter → Katyn massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katyń Forest
Katyń Memorial Day → relatedTo → Katyn massacre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Katyń massacre
Kozelsk camp → relatedEvent → Katyn massacre ⓘ
Kozelsk camp → category → Katyn massacre ⓘ
Ostashkov camp → partOf → Katyn massacre ⓘ
Ostashkov camp → relatedEvent → Katyn massacre ⓘ
NKWD → notableEvent → Katyn massacre ⓘ
subject surface form: NKVD
World War II atrocities → includesEvent → Katyn massacre ⓘ