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Bratwurst Boy   
16 Mar 2009
History / UPA barbarian murders on Polish and Jewish neighbors during WW2 [150]

they lived in Germany for a while

"for awhile"?
When you call about 1500 years "awhile"? :)
They even managed to build a distinctive ethnie with their own language (yiddish).

You must'n mix up the german ashkenazim with their eastern brethren in the polish or
russian stetls. They stayed mainly isolated, mostly orthodox and maybe even darker.

The german jews were mostly quite different...here they thrived...just look at the famous names and how many of them came from Germany or the german speaking lands...

And they were in their majority secular, modern and integrated.
Bratwurst Boy   
16 Mar 2009
History / UPA barbarian murders on Polish and Jewish neighbors during WW2 [150]

I've seen the Ashkenazi jews, the ones with dark hair, high cheek bones, they look turkish to some extent..

Umm....the Ashkenazi Jews are also called "German Jews" and look like it, quite central/western European, very rarely dark and turkish.
(...okay...maybe darker as usual)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_Jews

....are the Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities of the Rhineland in the west of Germany. Ashkenaz is the medieval Hebrew name for the region which in modern times encompasses the country of Germany and German-speaking borderland areas. Ashkenaz is also a Japhetic patriarch in the Table of Nations (Genesis 10). Thus, Ashkenazim or Ashkenazi Jews are literally "German Jews."

Interesting side fact...even the german rooting Ashkenazim show a much higher IQ than the average Israeli Jew...
(living in central Europe does wonders for the brain me thinks!) :)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashkenazi_intelligence
Bratwurst Boy   
16 Mar 2009
News / Germany seeks extadition of Sobibor death camp guard. [65]

Too bad they didnt catch him while he was younger

Erm...they did "catch" him!
He got actually trialed in Israel already...they now don't want him again, the US don't want him...says enough I think...

nizkor.org/hweb/people/d/demjanjuk-john/israeli-data/demjanjuk-s1-2.html
Bratwurst Boy   
15 Mar 2009
History / Taras Bulba - the movie [115]

It was a strange mix of fugitive peasants of various nationalities, but in first turn they were russians, nevertheless. Fugitive peasants and robbers, they were a real problem not only for Poles and Turks, but for Russians as well.

Is that true?
There seems to be different versions...

...Cossacks are a group of several peoples living in the southern steppe regions of Eastern Europe and Asiatic Russia, famous for their self-reliance and military skill, particularly horsemanship. Cossack may also refer to a member of a Cossack military unit. They are a non-exclusive ethnic group...

Could it be that because they weren't so taken with the upcoming Stalinism/Bolshevism that they got a bad name by the new rulers?

...Following the defeat of the White Army, a policy of Decossackization (Raskazachivaniye) took place on the surviving Cossacks and their homelands since they were viewed as potential threat to the new regime. This mostly involved dividing their territory amongst other divisions and giving it to new autonomous republics of minorities, and then actively encouraging settlement of these territories with those peoples. This was especially true for the Terek Cossacks land.
The Cossack homelands were often very fertile, and during the collectivization campaign many Cossacks shared the fate of kulaks. The famine of 1933 hit the Don and Kuban territory the hardest. According to Michael Kort, "During 1919 and 1920, out of a population of approximately 3 million, the Bolshevik regime killed or deported an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 Cossacks" [2]....

Bratwurst Boy   
15 Mar 2009
News / Germany seeks extadition of Sobibor death camp guard. [65]

But why is he being persued by Germany if his alleged crimes were commited on Polish soil?

That might be the reason:

guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/mar/13/germany-nazi-trial-demjanjuk

...
Immediately after the debacle in Jerusalem, it would have been unthinkable for the then-West German authorities to seek to try Demjanjuk. Then, for as long as Demjanjuk's case was grinding through the US courts they had to hold off. It might be thought that after so long, when the suspect is 88 years old and far from well, the Germans would have relented.
But one former war crimes investigator told me that the German Federal Office for the Prosecution of Nazi Crimes, at Ludwigsberg, needs at least one case a year to remind people that it still exists and to give itself a raison d'etre....

Bratwurst Boy   
15 Mar 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]

I really would refrain from comparing Achmadinejad with Hitler...

From the NYT article:

...Perhaps I have a bias toward facts over words, but I say the reality of Iranian civility toward Jews tells us more about Iran — its sophistication and culture — than all the inflammatory rhetoric...

That may be because I’m a Jew and have seldom been treated with such consistent warmth as in Iran.

And no Nutsie I know of has ever killed a Jew!
Maybe calming down with the rethoric would be a good thing...
Bratwurst Boy   
15 Mar 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]

Another interesting article:

What Iran's Jews Say

By ROGER COHEN
Published: February 22, 2009

nytimes.com/2009/02/23/opinion/23cohen.html

...
Accepting, I inquired how he felt about the chants of "Death to Israel" - "Marg bar Esraeel" - that punctuate life in Iran.

"Let them say 'Death to Israel,' " he said. "I've been in this store 43 years and never had a problem. I've visited my relatives in Israel, but when I see something like the attack on Gaza, I demonstrate, too, as an Iranian...

...
Still a mystery hovers over Iran's Jews. It's important to decide what's more significant: the annihilationist anti-Israel ranting, the Holocaust denial and other Iranian provocations - or the fact of a Jewish community living, working and worshipping in relative tranquillity.

Bratwurst Boy   
15 Mar 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]

He also wants to kill every last Jew and wipe Israel from the map.

Please don't force me to defend Achmadinejad but do you know about the jewish minority living in Iran?

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5367892.stm

...
Although Iran and Israel are bitter enemies, few know that Iran is home to the largest number of Jews anywhere in the Middle East outside Israel.

About 25,000 Jews live in Iran and most are determined to remain no matter what the pressures - as proud of their Iranian culture as of their Jewish roots.

If he really wanted to kill every Jew he would had started with his own already, don't you think?

"Whatever they say abroad is lies - we are comfortable in Iran - if you're not political and don't bother them then they won't bother you"

Hersel Gabriel

Bratwurst Boy   
14 Mar 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]

But as a German I have to say it's not quite the correct term.
But then...today there are the "Soup Nazi", the "Spell Nazi", even the "Jew Nazi"...who today cares anymore..
Bratwurst Boy   
14 Mar 2009
History / Roman Dmowski- Polish Adolf Hitler? [219]

You are throwing "Nazi" around quite freely Randal...

I didn't know we have so many members of the NSDAP here on PF!
Bratwurst Boy   
12 Mar 2009
Life / Stalin's baroque style in Poland's architecture [16]

i remember seeing the tv tower (top dome) decked out as a football for the 06 world cup and the toilets in the ufo bar are funny.

Yup! :)
I don't know anyone who calls the tower "stalinist"....

If someone has any idea what baroque is, that is.

Something like this, yes? :)

pic
Bratwurst Boy   
11 Mar 2009
Language / Du ju spik polisz? [21]

Languages are all bound to change over time.

I fully agree!
Germans would be hard pressed trying to understand their ancestors of 200 years back...also english is changing too (lingua franca or not).
One can already differentiate only by hearing between american english and english english! :)
And for the future, being used in so many different countries by so many non-native speakers "world-english" is bound to become an internationalized esperanto in few decades with many, many foreign words and dialects. All these people will leave over time their mark on poor, old "Oxford-english"...:)
Bratwurst Boy   
7 Mar 2009
News / Poland embraces new effort to fight anti-Semitism [138]

I disagree. I think it was because this particular student was a stupid, idiotic jerk so he was actually doing me a favor...I didn't want to catch his ignorance.

What did you do to the guy? What happened?
Bratwurst Boy   
28 Feb 2009
History / Why communism failed in Poland? [275]

We might come back to the comminism under the different name (the EU already became to have some socialistic deviation).

Well...a great difference and an objective measure:

Who tries to escape from where!

People voted against the Communism with their feet...people had to get imprisoned in huge jails to keep them together.
And do you want the newest statistics about those millions wanting to get IN to the EU?

There is no comparison!
Bratwurst Boy   
27 Feb 2009
History / Ancient Polish History thread [180]

If German reenactors would play "Poland 1939", would Poles be miffed?
Honest question here....
Bratwurst Boy   
18 Feb 2009
News / Polish politician thrown off Lufthansa plane. Just enjoy. [60]

That's another cause for a bad neighbourhood....putting the story wrong.
Rokita didn't get arrested for "hanging his coat in the wrong place" but for throwing a tantrum as a stewardess wanted to hang his coat into the right place where it belong.

You should try to see things objective and not always: The Pole is right...because he is polish!
Bratwurst Boy   
18 Feb 2009
History / UPA barbarian murders on Polish and Jewish neighbors during WW2 [150]

My real enemies are people with "blind spots"

May I ask you why?
If someone admits to not knowing about a country ("having a blind spot") why does that makes him your enemy?

You are an idiot Natty and if there wasn't Miranda which I like very much you would give Ukrainians a very bad image in my eyes..
Bratwurst Boy   
18 Feb 2009
News / Polish politician thrown off Lufthansa plane. Just enjoy. [60]

There's definately some Polonophobia in Germany as many Gerries can't get over their inferiority complex...

So....and what is the cause of the polish Germanophobia then?

in short words Poles follow the logic

Where is the logic in Rokita's and the Profs behavior?
Or maybe there is something like "polish logic"?
Bratwurst Boy   
18 Feb 2009
News / Polish politician thrown off Lufthansa plane. Just enjoy. [60]

even more if he could prove this prejudice was motivated by his nationality.

You know Sokrates, most Germans don't spend their nights thinking about how they can harass every hapless Pole they might encounter next day, believe it or not!

By your logic if someone crosses the street on red lights police can shoot him, law clearly regulates consequences allowed for overstepping.

No, but you better don't file a lawsuit against the Police who might point that out to you and accuse him of anti-polish prejudices if a police man tries to stop you!
Bratwurst Boy   
18 Feb 2009
News / Polish politician thrown off Lufthansa plane. Just enjoy. [60]

Female Rokita is Germanik and a guy must be too, who else would marry a German woman ?

I don't think so...she screeched quite polakish not german

Actually yes he was wrong

Please spare me the rest of your apologizing and explaining..the fact is all what counts, period!

It's a case of misbehaving Poles not of prejudices against Poles.
To many Rokitas!