After the Soviets suspended relations with the Polish government-in-exile in late April 1943 ( following the revelations of the Katyn massacre ) , Wasilewska wrote an article in '' Izvestia '' sharply critical of the Polish government , which was taken as a sign that no Soviet-Polish government '' rapprochement '' was in the offing . On 6 May 1943 , in Wasilewska-edited '' Wolna Polska '' ( ' The Free Poland ' ) periodical , the formation of the Polish 1st Tadeusz Kościuszko Infantry Division was announced . Wasilewska and Zygmunt Berling had appealed to Stalin for permission to create a Polish division already in September 1942 . Now they accomplished their goal and Stalin 's move signaled his definite intention to pursue Poland-related undertakings without regard to the government of Prime Minister Władysław Sikorski
Katyn massacre
Katyn massacre
Wanda Wasilewska