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The Polish Operation of the NKVD, often referred to as the "Forgotten Genocide," was a brutal campaign of repression carried out by the Soviet Union against ethnic Poles living within its borders from 1937 to 1938. This operation, part of the broader Great Purge orchestrated by Joseph Stalin, targeted Poles under the pretext of combating espionage and counter-revolutionary activities. However, the true motive was rooted in deep-seated paranoia