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Sep. 09, 1976 - Ceremonial unveiling of the Katyn Memorial in London at which the government refused to be represented: Thousands of Poles from Britain and abroad were present today at the ceremonial unveiling of the Katyn Memorial, at Kensington Cemetery, Gunnerbury, Hounslow, London. The Memorial commemorates the messacre of 14, 471 Polish officers and men by the Russians in the Katyn Forest in 1940. The massacre has always been denied by the Russians. The British Government was not represented at the ceremony, and British serving officers were forbidden to attend the ceremony in their uniforms. Photo shows Mrs. W. Piotrowska (now remarried) is overcome as she carries a picture of her former husband, Captain Ksawery, a victim of the Katyn massacre, on a black-draped board which also bears the name of the prison in which he was last seen

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Abroad Commemorates Denied Forbidden Hounslow Katyn Massacre Overcome Poles Refused Represented Russians Unveiling

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