If Poland's borders had not been changed after World War II, the 100th anniversary of the Polish Red Cross would be celebrated with the Lviv, Volhynian, and Wilno branches, which still operate today but under the structures of different state associations.
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19. The PCK employees conducted the exhumation of Polish officers murdered in the Katyn Forest while also being responsible for creating the official Katyn Lists.
After the Red Army entered Polish territory, thousands of Polish soldiers and representatives of the intelligentsia were taken into Soviet captivity. The NKVD placed them in special camps, having previously organized a selection for officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates.
Only after the fourth request to the International Red Cross was the Polish Red Cross organization recognized on the international stage.
The first time such a proposal was made was on August 5, 1915, by the Polish Committee for Sanitary Aid, which wanted to be recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross as a national association in the reborn Poland, presenting its activities in a comprehensive memorandum.
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