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050		4	_aD804.S65 _bD47 2009
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245	0	4	_aThe destruction of the Polish elite : _bOperation AB - Katyn / _cInstitute of National Remembrance, Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation, Public Education Office.
246	3	0	_aOperation AB - Katyn
260			_aWarsaw : _bInstytut Pamięci Narodowej-Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, _c2009.
300			_a87 s. : _bil., mapy ; _c30 cm.
500			_aThe exhibition is held permanently in Poland by the Institute of National Remembrance (IPN), and travelled to Australia in 2010 with the support of the Federation of Polish Associations in NSW and the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland. It was on display at the University of Western Sydney, Parramatta, 10- 27 June 2010, and at State Parliament of NSW, July 2010.
500			_aExhibition arranged by: Witold Wasilewski, Paweł Kosiński, Grzegorz Motyka, Paweł Rokicki.
650		0	_aPolacy _xZbrodnie przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu _zZwiązek Radziecki _vWystawy.
650		0	_aWojna Światowa, 1939-1945 _zPolska _vWystawy.
650		0	_aWojna Światowa, 1939-1945 _xOkrucieństwa _zZwiązek Radziecki.
650		0	_aKatyn Massacre, Katynʹ, Russia, 1940 _vExhibitions.
651		0	_aPolska _xPolityka i rząd _y1918-1945 _vWystawy.
651		0	_aPoland _xPolitics and government _y1945- _vExhibitions.
651		0	_aPolska _xHistoria _yOcupacja, 1939-1945 _vWystawy.
700	1		_aKosiński, Paweł.
700	1		_aMotyka, Grzegorz.
700	1		_aRokicki, Paweł.
700	1		_aWasilewski, Witold.
997			_ajs
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
520			_aThe exhibition, Destruction of the Polish Elite: Operation AB - Katyn, commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre after the partition of Poland by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union in 1939. Using historical photographs and imagery, it tells the stories of the mass killings of Polish nationals by the Soviet secret police, the NKVD, in 1940, as part of the Soviet plan to suppress resistance and prevent Poland's resurgence by destroying its army corp and its social elite. It has been estimated that some 22,000 Poles in total were shot and buried in mass graves at the site of the Katyn Forest, located west of Smolensk in Russia, as well as other Soviet prison camp sites during this period. Those killed were Polish officers and members of the Polish intelligentsia, including university professors, doctors, lawyers, teachers, engineers, writers and journalists, and other public servants. The exhibition not only pays respect to the thousands of lives lost during this period in World War II history, but also serves as a reminder of the importance of truth telling in order to set on a path to healing.
710	2		_aInstytut Pamięci Narodowej--Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu. _bBiuro Edukacji Publicznej.
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999			_c72004 _d72004