"The Polish word": the 70th anniversary of the Katyn tragedy

June 4, 2010. Zhytomyr Regional State Television and Radio Company. The program "The Polish Word" is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the Katyn crime. In issue — commemoration of executed Polish citizens at the Saint Sophia Church in Zhytomyr: Requiem concert of the Orpheus Chamber Choir, present at the event and performances by representatives of the city authorities and the diplomatic corps. The historical context is complemented by archival photographs, fragments of the feature film "Katyn" and materials of the scientific conference "Katyn 1940–2010".

Commenting: Secretary of the Zhytomyr City Council Anatoliy Kalenskyi, Consul General of the Republic of Poland in Vinnytsia Krzysztof Świderek, Head of the Sector for Religion and Nationalities Oleksandr Pivovarskyi.

The following worked on the program: author Olena Kulikivska, cameraman Serhiy Bondarenko.

Reference: Katyn crime — mass murder of Polish citizens, carried out by the NKVD in the spring of 1940 by the decision of the Soviet leadership. According to the Institute of National Remembrance of Poland, about 22,000 people became victims: Polish army prisoners of war, police officers and civilians. The shootings took place in Katyn, Kharkiv, Kalinin (now Tver) and other places. The name of the crime comes from the Katyn forest near Smolensk, where one of the places of mass burials was discovered.