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Polish Jews - they changed their Jewish surnames to Polish [532]
Quoting: isthatu
blah blah, I wasnt even talking about ww2,as only a dummy brings up that subject......
Why is it dumb to talk about WWII?...while people can become obsessed with the past, thus, in turn, becoming crippled when dealing with the present & the future, it is important to get a balanced perspective on history, so that one can learn from one's mistakes and not repeat them.
cant disagree with anything youve said( makes a change eh?) but, I had been discussing Jewish lives in Britain in the 18th/19th and early 20th century compared to those in Poland/Russian Empire at that time and was avoiding the subject of WW2 as it usually brings out anti semites and loony goy's that think the sun shines out of every jewish butt.
here I recently learned that my family immigrated to the United States as "russian jews" but were really "polish jews"
The same for people who arrived in the UK,they were termed "russian jews" for the simple fact they were coming from the then russian empire whether that be eastern Poland/ukraine or the baltic states or even,though doubtfull ,russia itself.
Oh and whoever it was that was using Shindlers list as historic fact? Ha bloomin har har. Where do I start with the taking that apart? A good film,but stinkingly inacurate. No mention of the fact that it was a Polish catholic who ran the pharmacie/hospital in the ghetto, no mention of the fact that Poldek pheferbergs contacts who helped him escape were Polsih catholics, no mention of the fact that kl Plasow was predominantly a camp for Polish catholic hostages who were treated just as badly,and the layout of the camp altered in the film to give Amon Goethe free vision across the camp with his hunting rifle. Stand where he was and you can see he would have been looking across the "Polish" sector of the camp......etc etc etc
Actually the poster posting some of the worst stuff about Jews is joepilsudski. Ironically I assume he was named after Joseph Pilsudski who was a pre WW2 leader of Poland that apparently had a Jewish wife and was strongly opposed to anti-semitism. I doubt that he would approve of what is been written in his name in this thread
Ive been wanting to say the same for an age....and he's a septic not a Pole,where is it again Joe,kentuky or Alabama?
