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| | *deliberately and maliciously propagandizing against friendly Soviet Russia, and therefore indirectly against Croatian people; spreading fear and hatred towards the Soviet Russia in Croatian peasants and working class. | | *deliberately and maliciously propagandizing against friendly Soviet Russia, and therefore indirectly against Croatian people; spreading fear and hatred towards the Soviet Russia in Croatian peasants and working class. |
| | The verdict "found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death by shooting, permanent loss of citizen's honours, and confiscation of property" was delivered after he was already shot death and included ridiculous note "There is no right of complaint against this verdict" (presumably because it is hard to complain from the grave; because they have already shot their victim) as well as slogan ''"Death to fascism-freedom to people!"''. | | The verdict "found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to death by shooting, permanent loss of citizen's honours, and confiscation of property" was delivered after he was already shot death and included ridiculous note "There is no right of complaint against this verdict" (presumably because it is hard to complain from the grave; because they have already shot their victim) as well as slogan ''"Death to fascism-freedom to people!"''. |
| − | In September, 1946, when the Nuremberg Trial was nearing its end, Soviets hired a Communist member of the Swiss Grand Council, Mr. Vincent (Swiss [[Communist]]s ostensibly belong to the "[[Labour Party]]"), who consequently deemed it expedient to launch an attack against Francois Naville, the Professor of [[Forensics|Forensic]] Medicine at the University of [[Geneva]]<ref>{{cite book |title=Churchill and Roosevelt, Volume 2: The Complete Correspondence |author=Warren F. Kimball |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2015 |pages=400 |isbn=978-14008-79991 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=eFbWCgAAQBAJ}}</ref>, on account of his participation in an International Medical Commission which in 1943 had conducted an investigation at [[Katyn Massacre|Katyn]] and later published its well-known report. Mr. Vincent chose the form of an [[interpellation]] addressed to the Geneva Executive Body (State Council). Dr. Naville, who had agreed to act as legal expert at the request of the German Government in April, 1943, refused the accusations of acting under the pressure of Gestapo: ''"Mr. Vincent asserts that I was acting under constant pressure from the [[Gestapo]], which prevented us from having a free hand. This is absolutely untrue. I do not know whether the police were represented amongst those who received and accompanied us (doctors and guides), but I can definitely state that we were able to proceed undisturbed with our work as experts. I did not notice any signs of pressure being exerted on myself or on any of my colleagues. We were always able to discuss all matters freely amongst ourselves without the Germans being present."'' | + | In September, 1946, when the Nuremberg Trial was nearing its end, Soviets hired a Communist member of the Swiss Grand Council, Mr. Vincent (Swiss [[Communist]]s ostensibly belong to the "[[Labour Party]]"), who consequently deemed it expedient to launch an attack against Francois Naville, the Professor of [[Forensics|Forensic]] Medicine at the University of [[Geneva]],<ref>{{cite book |title=Churchill and Roosevelt, Volume 2: The Complete Correspondence |author=Warren F. Kimball |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2015 |pages=400 |isbn=978-14008-79991 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=eFbWCgAAQBAJ}}</ref> on account of his participation in an International Medical Commission which in 1943 had conducted an investigation at [[Katyn Massacre|Katyn]] and later published its well-known report. Mr. Vincent chose the form of an [[interpellation]] addressed to the Geneva Executive Body (State Council). Dr. Naville, who had agreed to act as legal expert at the request of the German Government in April, 1943, refused the accusations of acting under the pressure of Gestapo: ''"Mr. Vincent asserts that I was acting under constant pressure from the [[Gestapo]], which prevented us from having a free hand. This is absolutely untrue. I do not know whether the police were represented amongst those who received and accompanied us (doctors and guides), but I can definitely state that we were able to proceed undisturbed with our work as experts. I did not notice any signs of pressure being exerted on myself or on any of my colleagues. We were always able to discuss all matters freely amongst ourselves without the Germans being present."'' |
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| − | Among experts from 12 countries in the german guided investigation commission was also [[Slovak]] František Šubík, M.D. Professor of Pathological Anatomy at [[Bratislava]] University, and [[Czech]] Professor of Forensic medicine and Criminology František Hájek from Charles University of [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite web |title=O’Malley report 11 Feb 1944 |url=http://katyn.ru/forums/viewtopic.php?id=44 |quote=Dr. Hajek, Professor of Forensic Medicine and Criminology in Prague; Dr.Subik, Professor of Pathological Anatomy at the University of Bratislava and head of the Public Health Service of Slovakia. |accessdate=27 Dec 2016}}</ref> | + | Among experts from 12 countries in the German guided investigation commission was also [[Slovak]] František Šubík, M.D. Professor of Pathological Anatomy at [[Bratislava]] University, and [[Czech]] Professor of Forensic medicine and Criminology František Hájek from Charles University of [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite web |title=O’Malley report 11 Feb 1944 |url=http://katyn.ru/forums/viewtopic.php?id=44 |quote=Dr. Hajek, Professor of Forensic Medicine and Criminology in Prague; Dr.Subik, Professor of Pathological Anatomy at the University of Bratislava and head of the Public Health Service of Slovakia. |accessdate=27 Dec 2016}}</ref> |
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| − | Hájek, who as representative of the so-called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia dissected two exhumed corpses in Katyn, was later, after the war and 1948 [[Communist]] [[putsch]] in [[Czechoslovakia]], forced to give public "testimony" that was in 1952 published by main communist newpaper ''"Rudé právo"''. There in he asserted, contrary to implication of the 1943 report that he had signed, that Polish officers were killed by Nazis.<ref>{{cite web |url=ttp://kniznica-sgzp.webnode.sk/news/doktora-subika-zahubila-pravda-o-katyni-andrej-zarnov/ |title=Doktora Šubíka zahubila pravda o Katyni - Andrej Žarnov |accessdate=31 Dec 2016 |quote=Písal sa rok 1952 a zase tu bola jar. Šubíkovho kolegu doktora Františka Hájka práve prinútili v Prahe, aby znovu verejne vystúpil a tvrdil, že poľských dôstojníkov v Katyni postrieľali nemeckí nacisti. Jeho "svedectvo" uverejnilo Rudé právo. Šubík podobnému tlaku neustúpil ani tentoraz. Šubík a Hájek boli členmi medzinárodnej komisie, ktorá sa o deväť rokov skôr, v apríli 1943 zúčastnila v Katynskom lese na obhliadke masových hrobov a na pitve niektorých zavraždených.... Keď navyše Katyn koncom roku 1943 znovu ovládali jednotky Červenej armády, zorganizovala Moskva vlastnú akciu. Poslala tam komisiu súdneho lekárstva vedenú akademikom Nikolajom Burdenkom, ktorá vydala z "obhliadky" vlastné svedectvo, vyhovujúce politike Kremľa.|language=Slovak}}</ref> Šubík however, unlike Hájek, never delivered similar "testimony" that communists expected of him and after severe persecution secretely emigrated through [[Iron curtain]] into [[USA]].<ref name="Subik">{{cite web |url=ttp://www.24hod.sk/slovak-skumal-hroby-v-katyni-pravda-sa-mu-kruto-vypomstila-cl227978.html |title=Slovák skúmal hroby v Katyni, pravda sa mu kruto vypomstila |date=28. apríla 2013 |quote=„Ak by bol o Katynskom lese opak pravdou, neváhal by som to povedať úplne otvorene, alebo by som protokol rozhodne nepodpísal. Nie som človekom ani zadných dvierok, ani človekom, ktorého možno podplatiť alebo dokonca prinútiť popísať nepravdu“ |accessdate=27 Dec 2016 |language=Slovak}}</ref> | + | Hájek, who as representative of the so-called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia dissected two exhumed corpses in Katyn, was later, after the war and 1948 [[Communist]] [[putsch]] in [[Czechoslovakia]], forced to give public "testimony" that was in 1952 published by main communist newspaper ''"Rudé právo"''. There in he asserted, contrary to implication of the 1943 report that he had signed, that Polish officers were killed by Nazis.<ref>{{cite web |url=ttp://kniznica-sgzp.webnode.sk/news/doktora-subika-zahubila-pravda-o-katyni-andrej-zarnov/ |title=Doktora Šubíka zahubila pravda o Katyni - Andrej Žarnov |accessdate=31 Dec 2016 |quote=Písal sa rok 1952 a zase tu bola jar. Šubíkovho kolegu doktora Františka Hájka práve prinútili v Prahe, aby znovu verejne vystúpil a tvrdil, že poľských dôstojníkov v Katyni postrieľali nemeckí nacisti. Jeho "svedectvo" uverejnilo Rudé právo. Šubík podobnému tlaku neustúpil ani tentoraz. Šubík a Hájek boli členmi medzinárodnej komisie, ktorá sa o deväť rokov skôr, v apríli 1943 zúčastnila v Katynskom lese na obhliadke masových hrobov a na pitve niektorých zavraždených.... Keď navyše Katyn koncom roku 1943 znovu ovládali jednotky Červenej armády, zorganizovala Moskva vlastnú akciu. Poslala tam komisiu súdneho lekárstva vedenú akademikom Nikolajom Burdenkom, ktorá vydala z "obhliadky" vlastné svedectvo, vyhovujúce politike Kremľa.|language=Slovak}}</ref> Šubík however, unlike Hájek, never delivered similar "testimony" that communists expected of him and after severe persecution secretely emigrated through [[Iron curtain]] into [[USA]].<ref name="Subik">{{cite web |url=ttp://www.24hod.sk/slovak-skumal-hroby-v-katyni-pravda-sa-mu-kruto-vypomstila-cl227978.html |title=Slovák skúmal hroby v Katyni, pravda sa mu kruto vypomstila |date=28. apríla 2013 |quote=„Ak by bol o Katynskom lese opak pravdou, neváhal by som to povedať úplne otvorene, alebo by som protokol rozhodne nepodpísal. Nie som človekom ani zadných dvierok, ani človekom, ktorého možno podplatiť alebo dokonca prinútiť popísať nepravdu“ |accessdate=27 Dec 2016 |language=Slovak}}</ref> |
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| | Only in 1991 after declassification of the archives was the truth established – some 20 thousand Polish officers had been murdered on orders of the Soviet government upon their occupation of Poland in 1939. Among the declassified documents were notes by [[Lavrenty Beria|Beria]], where it is stated that the People's Commissar of Internal Affairs ''de facto'' suggests to shoot ''"inveterate and incorrigible enemies of Soviet power"'': <blockquote>The [[NKVD]] of the [[USSR]] considers it necessary to propose to try the case of former Polish officers etc. located in the [[POW]] camps in separate proceedings by applying the highest level of punishment by shooting. The trying the case should be carried out without prompting arrestees and without announcing the formal indictment, the decision to terminate the investigation, and the final judgment.</blockquote> | | Only in 1991 after declassification of the archives was the truth established – some 20 thousand Polish officers had been murdered on orders of the Soviet government upon their occupation of Poland in 1939. Among the declassified documents were notes by [[Lavrenty Beria|Beria]], where it is stated that the People's Commissar of Internal Affairs ''de facto'' suggests to shoot ''"inveterate and incorrigible enemies of Soviet power"'': <blockquote>The [[NKVD]] of the [[USSR]] considers it necessary to propose to try the case of former Polish officers etc. located in the [[POW]] camps in separate proceedings by applying the highest level of punishment by shooting. The trying the case should be carried out without prompting arrestees and without announcing the formal indictment, the decision to terminate the investigation, and the final judgment.</blockquote> |