On April 11, 1943, the first news about the crime committed in the forest near Katyn was released to the world.
On the morning of 13 April 1940, NKVD soldiers came banging against the doors of the homes of more than 60,000 residents of eastern Poland. They ordered them to pack quickly and loaded them into cattle wagons.
On April 3,1940, the first “death transport” of Polish prisoners of war set off from the Kozelsk camp.
