Originally Posted by Matt 26z

Those statements were traded for sparing their lives.

Russia was behind the fabrication of evidence at the Nuremberg trials. They had a lot to lose. They invaded Poland with Germany. Discussions of history like to sweep that fact under the rug.

The Katyn forest massacre for instance was covered up by Russia and the US for decades.

"The US has long held in its possession verified documentation proving the 1940 Katyn forest massacre of several thousand Polish POWs was committed by the Soviet Union. Why did Washington conceal it: to cover-up for its wartime ally Josef Stalin."
Read more:
http://rt.com/news/katyn-massacre-documents-usa-816/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre