Books on Katyń

Allen Paul, “Katyn: The Untold Story of Stalin's Polish Massacre” Scribner Book Company (August 1991)
Paul Allen tells the story of three families: the Hoffmans and the Pawulskis from Lwów and the Czarneks from Kraków. In each family, the husband was murdered: a lawyer, an officer, and a doctor. The author describes, in detail, the reasons for and history of the subsequent cover-up of the Katyń Massacre, presenting family tragedies against the wide backdrop of meticulously documented Polish history from 1939 to 1992, when Russian authorities finally released official documents in which Stalin personally orders the execution of Polish P.O.W.s held in Kozielsk, Starobielsk and Ostaszków.

Vladimir Abarinov, “The Murderers of Katyn” Hippocrene Books (October 1992)

Russian author Vladimir Abarinov conducts his own investigation on the Katyń Massacre, following the mystery from the moment of its revelation, through attempts to blame the Nazis, as well as other lies about the Massacre that have been repeated up till today. In “The Murderers of Katyn”, Abarinov shows the sheer volume and nastiness of the lies told about the crimes committed against Polis P.O.W.s. Abarinov has transcribed many accounts of witnesses and perpetrators, now dead. His moral verdict on the murderers of the Polish officers and policemen is stern. This books sheds light on the seriousness of the crime and tells the painful truth hidden in the mass graves of Katyń.