it's necessary to subject them to execution as the last sanction of the law signed miria people's komisar with internal affairs it . these are authentic documents i'm sure authorize the various proposal to execute polish army soldiers officers and other military personnel. the polish army officers were taken prisoner by soviet troops it happened after a secret agreement was signed in august one thousand thirty nine between the soviet union and hitler's germany to divide poland into spheres of influence thousands of captive poles found themselves in soviet camps soon afterwards the soviet repression machine jettisoned that unnecessary and burdensome ballast the father of renowned polish film director and j. vida was among the poles shot by barrios man. unlike my father most of those taken prisoner were not career offices rather they represented of the polish intelligentsia. they were university professors high school teachers actors and artists among them. in short all those who had been drafted into the army in one thousand nine hundred thirty nine. yet another project sought out by beria