Russia - Katyn Massacre Remembered

Описание: (4 Jun 1995) T/I: 10:49:54

Polish and Russian leaders on Sunday (4/6) laid a memorial stone
to mark the site of a mass grave in Katyn Forest about 400 km west
of Moscow of some 4,400 Polish officers executed in 1940 by the
Soviet secret police. Polish President Lech Walesa laid a cornerstone to the cemetery and Polish Primate Jozef Cardinal Glemp blessed the monument with a Catholic mass. Walesa, Glemp and others spoke to a crowd of 1,500 of mostly Polish people. The Russian leader
was represented by his Chief of Staff, Sergei Filatov.


SHOWS:

(KATYN, RUSSIA 4/6)
Soldiers and cardinals walking to memorial
Polish President Lech Walesa walking to memorial
Polish President Lech Walesa laying wreath at memorial to the
victims of massacre
Polish primate Jozef Cardinal Glemp walking
Sergei Filatov (Russian chief of staff) walking (white hair)
Polish soldiers
Bell being rung
Cardinal Glemp addressing crowd
Memorial candles burning
Lech Walesa listening to prayer

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