Katyn Exhibit and Film at Clarkston Campus February 10 through 28

In the spring of 1943, a mass grave containing thousands of bodies was discovered in a forest in western Russia. This alarming discovery prompted an international investigation which revealed that the remains were those of Polish military prisoners of war. Also discovered were some civilians from various walks of life-- clergymen, doctors, lawyers, engineers, teachers and others-- who had been forcibly removed from their homeland at the order of the Soviet Union.

This event has come to be known as the Katyn Massacre. For decades Katyn was a censored aspect of the official Polish-Russian history. Still, the memory and effect were retained within Polish communities worldwide.

Kaytn: Massacre, Politics, Morality, an exhibit commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Katyn Forest Massacre that has traveled to a host of prominent North American venues, will be on view at the Georgia Perimeter College Clarkston Campus from February 10-26. Through this installation which features documents, letters, photographs, three-dimensional artifacts and text viewers will be able to better understand this little-known example of genocide that occurred at the beginning of World War II.

In conjunction with the installation will be a screening of the 2007 Oscar-nominated film Katyn, directed by Andrzej Wajda. A reception and informal discussion will follow.

This duo of events, co-hosted by Georgia Perimeter College and the Polish Club of Atlanta, is free and open to the public.