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The skull from Katyn

2006-10-15 · 60 min · Not rated

History · Documentary

About the discovery of a mass grave with Polish officers in Katyn in Russia in 1943 and the identification of the skull that the Danish doctor Helge Tramsen took home

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Directors
Lisbeth Jessen
Production companies
Danmarks Radio (DR), YLE, SVT, VRT, Telewizja Polska
Countries
Denmark, Poland, Sweden
Status
Released

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Lisbeth Jessenself - narrator

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