Communist Youth Union in trouble for lying about Katyn

The Czech Communist Youth Union may face charges for spreading lies about the Katyn massacre. On its web page, the most radical leftist organization in the Czech Republic, lays the blame for the massacre of 22,000 Polish officers at Katyn on the Nazis, perpetuating one of the biggest lies spread by the Soviet regime which attempted to cover up the fact that the mass execution was carried out by Soviet troops at Stalin’s order. Civic Democrat senator Jiří Oberfalzer said he was determined to instigate criminal proceedings against the union.

The Communist Youth Union was banned by the Czech Interior Ministry four years ago after calling for a revolutionary overthrow of capitalism, but got a new lease on life in January of this year after a court ruled it did not represent a threat to democracy.