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The search for truth and justice 85 years after Katyn massacre

For the Germans, the discovery of the massacre was a propaganda coup. Photo: KOK-LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
For the Germans, the discovery of the massacre was a propaganda coup. Photo: KOK-LOCHON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

For decades the Soviets shifted the blame onto Nazi Germany.