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Joined: 28 Jun 2008 / Male ♂ 		Last Post: 12 Sep 2008
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Posts: Total: 140 / In This Archive: 131 		From: Białystok
Speaks Polish?: yes
Interests: history

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ski   
28 Jun 2008
History / Jews-Officers in the Polish Armed Forces 1939-1945 [52]

According to the book's author, nearly 200,000 Polish Jews fought against Nazi Germany in the ranks of the Polish Armies on Polish soil and in exile.

Originally published by the Association of Jewish War Veterans of Polish Armies in Israel.

avotaynu.com/books/PolishOfficers.htm

What do you think about that ? It isn't well known fact. Jews were killed in Katyn too.
ski   
28 Jun 2008
History / Jews-Officers in the Polish Armed Forces 1939-1945 [52]

Check our foreign affairs ministers after 1989.

Bronislaw Geremek

Adam Rotfeld

Stefan Meller

All with Polish Jews origin, like me. They are Polish. All doing good job. You should be happy that so many Jews want to be Poles.
ski   
28 Jun 2008
History / Jews-Officers in the Polish Armed Forces 1939-1945 [52]

I don't spend much o time thinking about how some people consider themselves.

Mine ancestors have moved here 600 years ago, I'm Polish as hell.

I don't think so.

What is your opinion about Rotfeld negotiations with Russia?

I remember seeing a bit of the movie "Uprising" where it claims incorrectly and irrelevantly (comparing apples and oranges) that the Warsaw Ghetto uprising lasted longer than the German seige of Poland.

There is huge progress and changes in showing the same events from different perspectives. Hopefuly we are closer and closer to each other.
ski   
29 Jun 2008
History / Jews-Officers in the Polish Armed Forces 1939-1945 [52]

So what? It seems to me that you demand some special recognition. Somehow the rest of Poles should be happy and grateful that you consider yourself Polish.

I don't need special recognition.

You write about the times when Kwasniewski needed to wait half an hour in front of Putin cabinet till Russian president mercifully let him in? "Our" politicians did nothing to improve Polish-Russian relations.

That's why we need US shield. *wings* :P

Why you are talking about Kwasniewski ? By the way he isn't Jew.

Personaly I am fan of people like Wildstein.

I have been talking about new Rotfeld negotiations with Russia. Museum, hostpital maybe small compensations for Katyn vicitimes. Everything for Poland everything on Russians cost.
ski   
29 Jun 2008
History / Jews-Officers in the Polish Armed Forces 1939-1945 [52]

Jewish Poles could mention many events with anti-semite background.
Maybe we should concentrate on positive sides of our multicultural state.

Brygady Bartoszowe ? Jewish units supporting Polish independence.
Jewish voluntary soldliers in all Polish up-rises.

1794

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berek_Joselewicz

Berek Joselewicz (1764-1809) was a Jewish-Polish merchant and a colonel of the Polish Army during the Kościuszko Uprising. Joselewicz commanded the first Jewish military formation in modern history

1830
Warsaw Jewish Guards in Polish up-rise.

powstanie

1863
The closest relationship in history. Majority of Polish society supports being equal. Several mixed marriages. Masive Jewish support for this up-rise. Jewish community organise international help form Jewish diaspora - weapons.

jstor.org/pss/3622458

1920
Jewish volutary Units in Polish-Bolshevik war.

1939- read main topic here

1989

Tadeusz Mazowiecki - first PM in free Poland ( of Jewish decent)
ski   
29 Jun 2008
History / First graduates of "Jesziwa Chabad" in after WW2 Poland [2]

In Warsaw, was the first post-war ceremony of awarding powers rabbinic . Chabad Yeshiva diplomas - studies of the rabbis , received ten people . Director of Chabad Lubavitch religious organization in Poland , Rabbi Shalom Ber Stambler said that the ceremony is a historical character. By the time because of the Holocaust , Poland for almost a thousand years it was a center of learning Talmud. Warsaw Yeshiva running since 2005 . At this time, may take from 10 to 15 students. It is planned , however, larger groups.

Yes we have true Polish rabbies with Polish education. Before the war Poland was center of Jewish education much more developed than USA. Now we are planing to back to this tradition.
ski   
29 Jun 2008
Life / New skyscraper in Warsaw... [58]

282 m

native Pole's building

Sky Tower in Wrocław..

native Pole's building

Złota 44...

Daniel Libeskind - Polish Jew

One more in Warsaw

Polish Jews company

Don't forget to mention: Shalom tower, Jewish community center in Warsaw. My dear Grzegorz. Our campital is going to look much more impressive than London, Paris and Berlin.
ski   
30 Jun 2008
History / Jews-Officers in the Polish Armed Forces 1939-1945 [52]

Mazowiecki was Jewish? I thought it was right wing propaganda...

Mazowiecki ? Poznanski ? Gdański ? Warszawski ? He is fully assimialted Polish Jew unfortunately he isn't practising Jew who goes to snagogue.
ski   
1 Jul 2008
News / Daniel Libeskind -Polish Jew supporting Poland [19]

Poland needs new image, such projects are going to make this place more representative. Warsaw is city with planed tall center that is why there are so many interesting projects.
ski   
2 Jul 2008
USA, Canada / US wants Poles to visit, spend lots of money :) [28]

I would never abandon being Scottish. Sure, I can embrace the cultures that I encounter when I travel, but u shouldn't lose ur identity through it.

Napierski is polonisated version of scottish name Napier.
ski   
2 Jul 2008
News / The Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, refused to sign the Treaty of Lisbon [43]

Poland have Tescos not Walmarkts (Polish companies slowly push them form market but Tescos still make big profits), Poles buy European cars rather than American.

German companies are engaged in projects in Poland ...

it isn't deal like some people would like to present for others
ski   
2 Jul 2008
News / The Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, refused to sign the Treaty of Lisbon [43]

I does have a lot to do with european integration and deal. Poles let enter Tescos Lidls only because old EU let us work there and gave us donations. We could let Americans open their walmarkts in Poland.

We had no cash on our own investemnts becuase of communist system.

Polish retaliers are stronger and stronger and started to be competitors (good article in May Forbs about situation on Polish market) but still ... you make good money here.

It is how europe works, when Poland will be stronger and will start help others and take profits like you have here.

Poles in their history were nationalists in shops ... it is nothing new... series of articles in press small re-brainwash and Tescos are empty ...
ski   
2 Jul 2008
News / Weak US dollar in Poland and other countries... [180]

yeah strong Zloty is problem but it is great opportunity to pay all debts in $ ;) no i'm not talking about other dicussions we had today.

somebody earned great money with beautiful prediction of whole crisise in USA.

now inflation is going to be more problematic and low rates must be changed ... it will neagtively affect GDP growt (I am talking about usa) but it can make $ stronger.
ski   
2 Jul 2008
Law / Ikea suspends all investments in Poland [35]

Swedish IKEA halted all of its investment projects in Poland due to stipulations in the act on large space stores, which hinders development of such outlets. Despite earlier announcements, the government did not uplift the law left by the previous government.

wbj.pl/?command=article&id=40948

Move in good direction. What kind of investment is that. Shop? sucking out money.
ski   
3 Jul 2008
Life / Freemasons in Poland [41]

PS: A lot of people responsible for the Polish May Third Constitution, which BTW was the first constitution in Europe and second in the world (yes, i just had to write this ;D ), were in fact freemasons. Amongst them, the last king of Poland, Stanisław Poniatowski.

exactly :) here is topic for Joepilsudski.

First modern constitutuion in europe (second after USA) :) Poland ... Polish free massons job :)

illuminati ;) new world order :)

Another interesting fact ;) maybe not directly about free masons but ... ;)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_Brethren

Most of Polish Brethren moved to the Netherlands, where they greatly influenced European opinion, becoming precursors to Enlightenment. Through their connection to Enlightenment thinkers, their ideas also influenced the Founding Fathers of the United States.

ski   
4 Jul 2008
Law / Paper bag market in Poland [12]

Poles start to use (again) bags like this one:

I don't know if there is market for paper bags.
ski   
4 Jul 2008
Law / Ikea suspends all investments in Poland [35]

when we look on statisics (May Forbes) foreign companies are weaker and weaker in comparison to Polish retailers.

Furnitures?
Ikea ? Polish furnitures are Polish export hit (western&eastern europe) you can talk what you want. Statisitcs don't lie.
ski   
4 Jul 2008
Law / Ikea suspends all investments in Poland [35]

I'm not here to educate Polish people. :) Some members here suggest where we shouldn't buy :)

Statistics ... statistics show new trend on Polish market ...

Polish shopping center in center of town (I wouldn't call it small business) It looks better than Ikea :)
ski   
4 Jul 2008
Law / Ikea suspends all investments in Poland [35]

How many foreign business's are in the mall?

I am not against all foreign companies :) I am sure there is KFC and Nike (made in china with stakeholders in Saudi Arabia I havent checked this data just joke ):)

Sometimes I buy products from countries where Polish products are popular. :)
I'll never buy products form country where Polish products are not popular or someting is wrong in our contacts :)

Seeing as u like statistics, u've misspelt it three times, just for the record.

Oh, btw, we don't pluralise furniture to furnitures. Pieces of furniture, yes.

Come on preacher man, tell me all about economics. It was one of my weaker subjects at Uni so, like a Ferengi, I'm all ears.

Why I should teach you. It is enought you teach Poles here - where they shouldn't buy :)