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2026-08-24 -Short Attention Span Theater-

If the Nazis did anything like this you'd know about it but it was communists so you don't.

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Posted by Spats Whereck2759 2026-08-24 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [311 views ] Top
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1 (Russian/NKVD) Responsibility
The Invasion: On September 17, 1939, the Soviet Union invaded eastern Poland pursuant to the secret protocols of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed with Nazi Germany.

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The Katyn Massacre: In the spring of 1940, the Soviet secret police (NKVD) executed nearly 22,000 Polish military officers, police, and intellectuals.

Soviet Cover-up: When German forces discovered the mass graves at the Katyn Forest in 1943 and publicized them for propaganda, the Soviet Union aggressively denied responsibility and falsely blamed the Nazi regime for decades.

Acknowledgment: The Soviet leadership officially admitted to the NKVD's guilt in 1990 under Mikhail Gorbachev, and subsequent Russian leadership has confirmed Soviet culpability.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-08-24 04:33|| 2026-08-24 04:33|| Front Page Top

2 #1 Russian side of the story.
Camps for Russian prisoners and internees in Poland that existed during 1919–1924 housed two main categories of detainees: the personnel of the Imperial Russian Army and civilians, captured by Germany during World War I and left on Polish territory after the end of the war; and the Soviet military personnel captured during the Polish–Soviet War, the vast majority of them captured as a result of the battles of 1920. Locations of the camps included Strzałkowo, Pikulice, Wadowice, and Tuchola.

Due to epidemics raging at the time, made worse by the very bad sanitary conditions in which the prisoners were held, largely due to overcrowding, between 16,000 and 20,000 Soviet soldiers held in the Polish POW camps died, out of the total of 80,000 to 85,000 prisoners.

Posted by Grom the Reflective 2026-08-24 06:39|| 2026-08-24 06:39|| Front Page Top

3 Nazi or Commie? The DSA folks keep pointing out that people should distinguish between socialists and communists.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-08-24 07:26|| 2026-08-24 07:26|| Front Page Top

4 Well, Uncle Joe polished off enough Soviet military officers, something Marshal Zhukov never forgave.

Posted by DooDahMan 2026-08-24 07:57|| 2026-08-24 07:57|| Front Page Top

5 It's all socialist totalitarianism. Neither the Nazis nor the communists believe in individual liberty or private property. You wouldn't want to live in either system.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2026-08-24 13:30|| 2026-08-24 13:30|| Front Page Top

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