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Trial of the Sixteen

Russia · Politics / NKVD (Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1945Date range
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Chronological records

1945

Ivan Serov Pruszkow28 March 1945

Politics / NKVD (Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs)

The Polish Government Delegates, together with most members of the Council of National Unity and the Commander-in-chief of the Armia Krajowa, were invited by Soviet general Ivan Serov with the agreement of Joseph Stalin to a conference on their eventual entry to the Soviet-backed Provisional Government. They are presented with a warrant of safety, but are arrested in Pruszkow by the NKVD on 27 and 28 March

Joseph Stalin Pruszkow28 March 1945

Politics / NKVD (Peoples Commissariat for Internal Affairs)

The Polish Government Delegates, together with most members of the Council of National Unity and the Commander-in-chief of the Armia Krajowa, were invited by Soviet general Ivan Serov with the agreement of Joseph Stalin to a conference on their eventual entry to the Soviet-backed Provisional Government. They are presented with a warrant of safety, but are arrested in Pruszkow by the NKVD on 27 and 28 March

Names involved

Ivan Serov PruszkowJoseph Stalin Pruszkow

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