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SeanBM   
27 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

Some of the communist propaganda looks amazing.
Really powerful people, working hard, but the style even magnifies this really well.

Here some US ones

These are obviously during the war back in U.S.A, trying to get everyone to chip in?

Wasn't there a bugs bunny propaganda for pots and pans to make bombs out of the metal? I think I remember something like that. They did not even use the metal, it was just a way to boost moral, to make people feel as if they were helping defeat the enemy.

I will look for it
here is another bugs one
Any bonds today, buy your share of freedom today, invest in the usa!.
SeanBM   
27 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

PRL posters:

Hey excellent, amazing really.

made by banksy

I don't know if I am going off topic here?
I just thought they were very interesting and kinda fit here.

Later i will get some from the Vietnam war?

I find all this very interesting.
SeanBM   
27 Oct 2008
Real Estate / Current state of the property market in Krakow [135]

prices so far have not even doubled since EU accession.

Ah they have :)

Credit freeze will bring a fall back to a level of affordability.

Credit cool refreshing breeze perhaps but not freeze.

220sqm House anywhere in Krakow 2 yrs ago , would have cost you 750,000 - 800,00zl
Now same House will cost you 1.700,000

True but you can still find a bargain with a little effort.

asking someone to put a value on something that they are going to sell AND also get a comission on is plainly LUDICROUS !!.

Agreed, I have worked with estate agents in several countries and they all expect to get something for opening the front door, very annoying.

No ONE IS BUYING HERE!! FACT, not avaerage polas , and not average dummy tourists either

I disagree with you on this one, well not on the tourist, the credit crunch is of course effecting them.
But Polish people are still buying.

I always dislike when people shout out "FACTS" even if they are sometimes true.
We are reasonable people, no need to shout :)
SeanBM   
27 Oct 2008
Life / Where to do laundry in Krakow? [24]

How much does a load cost? are they big industrial ones? are there cues of smelly tourists? How many machines are there?
SeanBM   
27 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

British press was quite busy

Very interesting, mum's the word ;)

In Northern Ireland Painting Murals is a way of expressing politics

The American one says
" AND THE ROCKETS
RED GLARE
BOMGS BURSTING
IN AIR
GAVE PROOF THROUGH
THE NIGHT THAT
OUR FLAG WAS STILL
STANDING"


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SeanBM   
27 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

But if that isn't gay then I don't know!

Super gay ha ha ha, but was this not addressed to the soviets? comrades at arms?

Looks like an Aryan

Yes, they all look very similar, change the wording and the symbols and send them back.




puercoespin Could you translate them , please?
SeanBM   
27 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

alot of posters too

Holy Moly, they are scary :)

Some of the Nazi stuff looks really gay to me.
Even some of the videos linger on the young men just a little too long, if you know what I mean.
Perhaps it is just my perception but see for yourself, see what I mean?


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SeanBM   
27 Oct 2008
Real Estate / Current state of the property market in Krakow [135]

My personal view is that neither Warsaw (where I own a couple of apartments) nor Krakow will do very much for a year or so, and then we'll start seeing some good growth again, say 10-15%.

I agree with this forecast.
I also think the lull is the best thing for Krakow (and the rest of Poland) so that prices do not get overly inflated like Ireland.
SeanBM   
27 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

I know that one it is the entrance to Auschwitz.
puercoespin, does that mean "Work will free you"?




I have been thinking about this topic a lot.

The first world war, I always thought it was amazing that WW1 was called "The Great War", perhaps language has changed since then?


  • Uncle Sam

  • British Kinda Bull Dog WW1

  • I love this one, very persuasive in my opinion
SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

There seems to be similarities in all of these.
There are 5 stereotypes :-

1. The peasant

2. the soldier

3. The fat cat

4. The brains behind it all

5. The viewer

I include the viewer because it is important who he is.

You could probably change the wording or a little symbol and use it against the people who made it?
SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

We had one at the begining of this page.

Yes, i momentarily forgot.

Here is old English propaganda, depicting an Irish monster. More English propaganda against Irish.
nde.state.ne.us/SS/irish/unit_2.html


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SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

That is some heavy stuff there Crnogorac7 again very interesting.

I do not know where this thread is going...
But the visuals are amazing, It must be incredible working for the propaganda machine on any side.
To go to work each day and dream up the most nightmarish stuff, truly fascinating, you would go a wee bit bonkers though.




I don't under stand the text but the message, I think is clear enough.


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SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
Travel / Wroclaw to Spain, best route with no mountains? [6]

Hello milly123
And welcome to the Polish Forum.
Are you afraid of heights? :)
The mountains on the way to Spain from here are some of the the most spectacular I have ever seen (in Switzerland especially)
But you are looking for a way round that, so then i am not saying it is impossible but look at that is going to be tricky. But follow the coast looks the best way, through north Germany, down to Holland and all.

i have just driven from from Portugal to Poland
SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

maybe it's british or american poster.

I would assume also that if the British or Americans were to make such a poster they would put themselves in it, although just trying to get Polish people to fight might have been enough, why's it in English? I have never seen anything like it.
SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
Work / Is there jobs for a beauty therapist in Poland? [28]

this can be a valuable service for women.

She told me we couldn't afford beer anymore and I'd have to quit.

Then i caught her spending 150PLN on makeup.

And I asked how come I had to give up stuff and she didn't.

She said she needed the makeup to look pretty for me.

I told her that was what the beer was for.

I don't think she is coming back.


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SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

maybe you can tell me?

Well we know it was against the nazis but the traditional costume the victor is wearing appears to be European. Other than that I have no idea.




I thought no thread on Propaganda would be complete without this fella, he was never the same after he met Yoko.


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SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

McCoy

That does not fit in with the rest, it looks Asian to me, it looks strange to me in this context.
I will assume it is either a doctored version of a previously existing picture or that they wanted something that did not like the other forms of propaganda?
SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

I don't know if you understand it but it is fact.

I did not think he was making facts, just showing us something interesting.
I have not read Crnogorac7 posts on this topic, so maybe that is something else but as propaganda posters they are wonderful but that does not mean I agree to them, i just find them interesting.
SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
History / Poland war propaganda poster - can anyone explain this picture? [292]

They are really interesting Crnogorac7, the psychological tricks used to make one side right or wrong, big or small, really fascinating stuff.
I see a lot of these are anti communist and pro German, so was this Nazi propaganda in Serbia?
Stunning imagery, really stunning.
SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
News / The most useless things in Poland [140]

Funny the quirky things that you notice...

Yep, they are not in Lithuania either.

Maybe it's cause the place is a mad house :)
SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
News / The most useless things in Poland [140]

Anybody know what I'm on about?

I think it was supposed to look fancy and in blocks have some sort of noise insulation.
SeanBM   
26 Oct 2008
UK, Ireland / fly with pet from Ireland to Poland [3]

Hello emily24,
And welcome to The Polish Forum.
I thought you could bring your dog on any flight BUT there are quarantine issues.
Especially because ireland does not have rabies, you might have a hefty expense with the vets and it can take months but maybe that has changed.

Give us an introduction, please.

I am from Dublin and I live in Poland.