Mindre känt är hur få de var som genomförde denna massavrättning i Katyn i det fördolda.
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Blokhin is recorded as having personally executed tens of thousands of prisoners by his own hand, including 7,000 condemned Polish POWs in one protracted mass execution—making him the most prolific official executioner in recorded world history. He was awarded both the Order of the Badge of Honor (1937) and the Order of the Red Bann.
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Vasili Blokhin initially decided on an ambitious quota of 300 executions per night, and engineered an efficient system in which the prisoners were individually led to a small antechamber—which had been painted red and was known as the "Leninist room"—for a brief and cursory positive identification, before being handcuffed and led into the execution room next door. The room was specially designed with padded walls for soundproofing, a sloping concrete floor with a drain and hose, and a log wall for the prisoners to stand against. Blokhin—outfitted in a leather butcher's apron, cap, and shoulder-length gloves to protect his uniform—then, with no procurator present and no reading of the sentence or any other formalities, pushed the prisoner against the log wall and shot him once in the base of the skull.
Blokhin was the primary executioner and, true to his reputation, liked to work continuously and rapidly without interruption.
Drygt 300 på ett 8 timmarskift betyder drygt 40 per timme....med pistol...!!!!!
Tänk att vara den som står på tur och officeraren plötsligt beslutar sej för kafferast eller lunch?
Hur bar de sej åt för att inte mista aptiten?
Några få officerare inom NKVD som jobbade nattskift i drygt en månad för att få detta gjort.
Så kallhamrade typer fanns defintivt inte hos nazisterna.
De brukade överåriga ordningspoliser som inkallades och fick en SS-uniform.