How do Polish people remember the massacre now?
Historical memory becomes less and less visible with time. Especially for the younger generations who live with completely different issues and with completely different lives. But I think that it is crucial to have knowledge about our own history because it is educational for us. It was also important for me to show young people the kind of worries we had in the past, what we felt, how big our hope was. What was the reaction in Poland to the film? For Poland it was like bidding farewell to the topic. It was an elegy to the subject. Is it still taboo in Russia to talk about Katyn? Obviously there are two angles to the story. Not that all Russians find it taboo. Lots of artist friends there understand the problem and agree with the fact that we want to show it, and with the fact that this was one of the biggest European crimes in the 20th century. But there is another faction of people who still admire Stalin for his power. And a few are maybe sentimental about him. Would you say it is
