10 Apr 2010
Polish President Killed in Plane Crash
Disasters, Katyn Forest Massacre, Lech Kaczynski, Poland
WWII-era German propaganda poster depicting the Katyn Massacre
En route to a service commemorating the massacre at Katyn Forest of more than 20,000 Polish officers by the Soviet Union in 1940, Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife and numerous members of the Polish government, everyone aboard the presidential plane perished in a crash near Smolensk.
