Alexander Werth

Alexander Werth (4 February 1901 – 5 March 1969) was a Russian-born, naturalized British writer, journalist, and war correspondent.

In January 1944, he was part of the delegation of Western correspondents who visited the graves in Katyn forest at the invitation of the Soviets.

[5] His son Nicolas Werth is a French historian (Directeur de recherche au CNRS) who specializes in the history of the Soviet Union.

Werth was among a group of journalists who visited Majdanek concentration and extermination camp after it had been discovered by the advancing Red Army.

He filed a report on the atrocities that had been committed there, but the BBC initially refused to broadcast it, believing that it was too incredible to be true and suspecting a Soviet propaganda stunt.