Medicolegal reconstruction of the Katyń forest massacre.

The genesis of the massacre of Polish officers, committed by the Soviets in the Katyń forest in 1940, is presented. Medicolegal documentation of the exhumation by the International Committee is contrary to the report by the Special Soviet Committee. The importance of the medicolegal findings concerning the time of the crime is stressed. The report by the Select Committee of the House of Representatives is also referred to.