Award
Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
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François Naville
1883-06-14 – 1968-04-03
Life & Legacy
François Naville (14 June 1883 – 3 April 1968) was a Swiss physician and director of the medico-legal Institute of the University of Geneva. He was the only truly neutral expert participating in the international Katyn Commission investigating the Soviet Katyn massacre of some 22,000 Polish prisoners of war, mostly Polish Army officers, who had been arrested and imprisoned in the course of the Soviet and German invasion of Poland. Their bodies were discovered in a series of large mass graves in the forest near Smolensk in Russia following the Nazi German Operation Barbarossa.
Occupation & Career
physician, psychiatrist, neurologist, medical examiner
Faith & Community
reformed
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Commander of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Church
reformed
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Faith Community
reformed
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q124860 · wikidata
Family Father
Adrien Naville
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q124860 · wikidata
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