Cold War Investigation of Soviet War Crimes, U.S. Congressional Hearing on the Katyn Forest Massacre, 1952

Katyn Massacre of Polish Officers

First Edition

United States Congress. Hearing on the Katyn Forest Massacre, Part 6, 1952, presenting a formal investigation by the Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation of the Facts, Evidence and Circumstances of the Katyn Forest Massacre during the early Cold War period. The report addresses the execution of approximately 22,000 Polish officers, intellectuals, and officials by Soviet authorities in 1940, an event that became a central point of international dispute and propaganda during and after the Second World War. Drawing on testimony, government records, and wartime intelligence, the committee evaluated competing claims regarding responsibility for the killings and examined the handling of information by American officials. Chaired by Representative Ray J. Madden of Indiana, the committee concluded unanimously that the Soviet NKVD carried out the executions and recommended that the case be brought before an international tribunal. The report further assessed the failure of U.S. authorities to act on early indications of Soviet responsibility, identifying broader implications for American policy toward the Soviet Union.

United States Congress. Hearing before the Select Committee to Conduct an Investigation of the Facts, Evidence and Circumstances of the Katyn Forest Massacre. Part 6. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1952. Printed congressional report in wrappers, including maps and photographic illustrations, compiling documentary evidence from State and War Department files alongside witness testimony concerning the massacre and its aftermath. The publication forms part of a multi-volume investigative record intended to establish responsibility and inform policy and public understanding during a period of heightened geopolitical tension.

Single volume in original wrappers, stab-bound, with light wear consistent with use; overall very good condition. A primary-source government publication documenting a pivotal Cold War inquiry into wartime atrocity, evidentiary assessment, and the political consequences of delayed disclosure.

Item #17958

Price: $550.00