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Polish Integration with other Nationalities [150]
As far as my dissatisfaction with Poland's ethnic composition
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Poland was historically multi-ethnic
My take on the historic multi-ethnic composition of Poland, which is used lately to promote multi-culturalism everywhere, the truth is this:
There has been allways blood-exchange with slavic and in smaller significance nordic people from regions neighbouring Poland. Trade routes led from the Balitc to Romanic area from the middle ages on. There has allways been connection to our christian neighbours, a brotheralike especially to Hungarians.
We had a border with ottomans for some decades - diplomatic, economic and scientific, medical exchanges and respect for each other, but there was no islamic community in Poland. About 800 muslims live in Poland since the 17thC - they came from the Krim and were our militaric allies in wars with siedmiogród and sweds, they migrated to Poland in that small number coz their empire was in trouble or s.th. They habitate some small villages. They led their lives - we led ours.
Mieszko allowed in hard times the jews to settle in Poland - this was the only large scalle migration from strangers. The jews were reserved, though jewish girls married polish boys and the offspring was regarded jewish by the community. There were some problems but on the large scalle, They led their lives - we led ours.
It is unfortunate if a interracial couple is really in love determined to live their lives together - but Poland is not the place.
It is great to be in a place full of Slavs.
It's great to be in a homogenously populized country, as tourist or citizen the same.
It's terrible to go into a Bavarian pub and see a Turkey-flag hanging from the wall.
You know something? There are many Poles in Germany, but they are at least that decent not to hang Polish flags everywhere. Some though are idiots who show the Germans that they are foreigners in their own country.
that's cool, but aren't you pissed off that the country's cultural tradition was destroyed by ******** (hitler, Stalin, etc...)
It was not destroyed, by a matter of fact it was unfortunate to loose Lwów but on the other hand we returned in the areas of historic Poland and adjusted quite well to that. Many from eastern Poland were moved to the new areas in the west.
