A wall is inscribed with the names of killed Polish officers during a commemoration ceremony at a memorial complex in Katyn, about 350 km (217 miles) west of Moscow, April 10, 2013. The memorial was erected on the spot of the 1940 massacre where thousands of Polish officers were killed by the Soviet NKVD secret police.
Poland's Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak (R) speaks during a commemoration ceremony in front of a wall inscribed with the names of killed Polish officers at a memorial complex in Katyn, about 350 km (217 miles) west of Moscow, April 10, 2013. The memorial was erected on the spot of the 1940 massacre where thousands of Polish officers were killed by the Soviet NKVD secret police.
The President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, center left, and Polish counterpart Bronislaw Komorowski, during the unveiling ceremony of a memorial to victims of totalitarianism in the village of Bykivnia, near the Ukrainian capital Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych on Friday inaugurated the memorial which is a part of the Bykivnia memorial complex, where up to 120,000 people are buried. The victims include 3,500 Poles executed by the Soviet secret police in western Russia and other parts of the Soviet in what became known as the Katyn massacre, according to Polish historians.
A woman holds a photo by the memorial stone, prior to the ceremony inauguration of the memorial to the victims of totalitarianism in village of Bykivnia,Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, nearby the Ukrainian capital Kiev. Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski and his Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yanukovych on Friday inaugurated the memorial which is a part of the Bykivnia memorial complex, where up to 120,000 people are buried. The victims include 3,500 Poles executed by the Soviet secret police in western Russia and other parts of the Soviet in what became known as the Katyn massacre, according to Polish historians.
Col. Andrzej Kopacki, right, an assistant military attache with the Polish Embassy in Washington, attends an event on Capitol Hill to announce the release of information about the Katyn Forest massacre of Polish Army officers and others captured by the Soviets during their invasion of Poland during World War II, in Washington, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. At left is W. J. Milan-Kamski of Easton, Md.
Antoni Chroscielewski, 88, and his wife Lunia, 80, of New York, attend an event on Capitol Hill to announce the release of information about the Katyn Forest massacre of Polish Army officers and others captured by the Soviets during their invasion of Poland during World War II, in Washington, Monday, Sept. 10, 2012. Antoni Chroscielewski was a member of the free Polish army during World War II.
