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Mass grave of some of the 20,000+ imprisoned Polish officers and intellectuals who were executed by the Soviet Union, Katyn Forest, Russia, WW2, 1943 (lemmy.world)
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[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 8 points 6 days ago

Fuck me, that's horrendous.

I'm not really a WW2 buff beyond the key turning points of the war, but can someone point me in the direction of some good starting points for this sort of purge-style activity - as in not "Google WW2 hurrr"?

I feel it's something I really should know about but I don't.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago
[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago

Absolute legend, thank you. I'll check them out.

[-] PugJesus@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

Wiki is unacceptable as an academic source, but indispensable as a jumping-off point for casual investigation of a subject. Especially if the article links to primary sources!

[-] cows_are_underrated@feddit.org 6 points 6 days ago

Something I personally can suggest is(assuming you live in Europe) starting research about how your city was affected by WW2. I learned quite a lot about WW2 and the General time just by that. Great for this is your local Archive. They also should have primary sources.

[-] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 4 points 6 days ago

Fantastic idea, thank you. I work out of some old airfields from time to time so no doubt they'll be a great source of information. Cheers for the advice.

[-] halloween_spookster@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

It's pretty in depth given the scale and number of episodes, but the WWII YouTube channel has a series called War Against Humanity: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsIk0qF0R1j4cwI-ZuDoBLxVEV3egWKoM&si=DEDPzd3g9_Paql0h

[-] Mikelius@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I was also going to post them, they are invaluable.

[-] xor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 days ago

I always make sure to bring up the - criminally under discussed - genocide of the Romani (often referred to as gypsy) people when people are discussing the Nazi's genocides.

Approximately half of the entire Romani population of Europe were executed.

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