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The Katyn massacre of Polish officers and...
file” on Katyn were published in 1992. The remaining documents deal with specific executors and possibly also spies recruited from the Polish prisoners of war on orders from the notorious Soviet security chief, Lavrenty Beria. Wouldn’t it be better to leave the dead in peace rather than let them cling to the legs of the living? Is it worth inciting revenge and destroying family histories and reputations?We should think hard before deciding whether to declassify the remaining facts on Katyn. In my opinion, an ideal solution would be to hand over the remaining documents to Polish historians, so that they could make sure the remaining papers do not contain any horrible truths that had been concealed till now. In exchange, these historians would promise to respect personal secrets and not to publish specific names or details.
However, as a realist, I understand that this ideal solution is not necessarily possible. Perhaps not all the historians will
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