Comments on: Katyn – movie review

By: C. Knefel

C. Knefel — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 14:33:36 +0000

I was told about Katyn from my Father since I was a young boy. My dad made such a big deal about it that he eventually did something about it here in Baltimore with the organization of a Katyn Memorial Fund. He collected money on his own in the beginning from working Polish Festivals as the owner of a booth selling food. As I grew up helping him, I began to appreciate what exactly he was doing and the pride he had for his Polish roots. My father was trying to right a wrong and put the truth out there for all to here. The Katyn Forrest Memorial that my father help start is proudly on display in Baltimore, and unforunately was erected after my dad’s death in 02/1993. I know my dad would be so proud to have seen both the Memorial and now the movie Katyn come to fruition. I know that I’ve never been more proud to be a Pole because of his unselfish actions all those years when many people didn’t believe him. God Bless you dad, Major Clement A. Knefel

By: Bennett

Bennett — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:57:24 +0000

As a descendant of Polish immigrants, I was astounded when I stumbled across this movie online while researching Polish history. Until that moment, I had not heard of Katyn. It displayed to me the absolute barbarism that men treat their fellow man. Poland was drawn and quartered in World War II and the scars of that time are still seen today. The movie became something personal to me as did the research I’ve done on the subject since. The atrocities displayed in this movie took place at the same time that the Jews of Poland were being murdered. Christians and Jews alike were systematically butchered and whether they died as Christians or Jews, the one common bond that connected them was that the died as Poles. May they ALL be remembered.

By: mike provinski

mike provinski — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 21:55:50 +0000

Why has this film been so difficult to find here in the United States. It was nominated for Best Foreign FIlm Oscar in 2008 but it was next to impossible to find a showing with the exception of a few specialty cinemas.