News / US slaps Poland in the face (Comey Poland) [92]


Most were deeply demoralized after defeat in 1918, the revolution of 1919 and the years of poverty, hunger and instability that followed. You underestimate both the antipathy that existed towards them from the educated and the workers and the breath of fresh air that they seemed to others, leading them to swallow the usual nationalistic rubbish they were spouting.

Life / Living in Warsaw costs - will my earnings be enough to live on? [22]


Life's journey.


Not by European standards.


And indeed my replies focused on that, plus life in wawa.

Travel / My Krakow Trip - Including Blackmarket, 2nd handstores, Drugs? [19]


In nice places in Krakow, perhaps around the Rynek, yes. 23zl for a mojito in my favourite one. A bit cheaper in more studenty bars or the open air ones in parks. Much cheaper in places down an alleyway that shut at 10pm with three old men and a dog in.


The arrival should be fine - just have some way of losing it quickly if there's any problem (which there probably won't be)

Study / Opinion about West Pomeranian Business School in Szczecin? Is it a good school? [24]

You need to look for it by its correct name "Zachodniopomorska Szkola Biznesu w Szczecinie". It's the 7th best in Szczecin (not great given the size of the place) and in the European rankings it's in something like the 5800th place. Not great.

Life / Living in Warsaw costs - will my earnings be enough to live on? [22]

Plenty do just that, including Poles on below the minimum wage in the UK. People go abroad for many reasons, not always money.

In any case, maybe the OP is veggie (or would have to mostly be on that wage).

History / How come Poles like Russians but not Germans? [216]

No it doesn't. See the earlier post about the translation of über alles. Meaning above (or over) everything. Nothing at all about any relationship with other nationalities.

Food / POLISH RECIPES! [287]

The Polish one is specific in that it needs Antonówka apples and the topping has to be done the right way. Plenty of recipes online.

Study / What would be a better city to study in being Muslim Indian - Krakow or Warsaw? [11]

Warsaw is the most cosmopolitan city in Poland and really the only place with a big city feel - there are people from around the world there. Also it the easiest place to find food you might like and a place to meet people from round the world. But Kraków is also OK although it feels like a smaller city and very touristy.

Life / Living in Warsaw costs - will my earnings be enough to live on? [22]


That bit's just not true - a load of rubbish even. In any case, there's a thriving Indian community in Warsaw.


It isn't much money and you don't mention if you're single or have a family; nor do you mention what sort of accommodation you would expect. Plenty of people earn less so yes, you can survive on it however you would need to e very careful if you want to save money on that..

History / How come Poles like Russians but not Germans? [216]

Remember that here, uber alles means "above everything" not "above everyone".

History / Was the holocaust by Germans in Poland the worse genocide in history? [210]

@The Other, you are very right to be wary of Lyndon Larouche as a source for anything except insane ravings.

Travel / My Krakow Trip - Including Blackmarket, 2nd handstores, Drugs? [19]

That's my feeling too. They bring them on the train after the Berlin Love Parade. For coaches, I'm not sure if there's a routine border stop at all now since I haven't crossed the border by bus since EU entry however I can well believe them being at Krakow coach station for an Amsterdam coach especially after the weekend, looking for Poles coming back with a bit.

Foreign tourists are less of a target than Poles (so much hassle) however I can believe anything about the police in PL.

Travel / My Krakow Trip - Including Blackmarket, 2nd handstores, Drugs? [19]

Less of a risk. I think they can bring the doggies on to search though I don't know if that happens often. Or even if they regularly stop the coach - other posters may know more.

Just be very very discreet if you do decide to bring it, don't smoke if there are people around and keep it in your hand rather than in luggage when crossing the border so you can swallow if the doggies do come for a sniff....

Also be careful carrying it when you're out and about. If you're young and male, you're in the demographic most likely to be stopped by police for a random check. They don't normally go through your pockets (unless they suspect you've got something) but if you're going to bring it, be careful...

Travel / My Krakow Trip - Including Blackmarket, 2nd handstores, Drugs? [19]


For most people it's outside their experience. They've heard about it but probably never thought of smoking it. It's an alcohol culture, even among the young.


On the low side, especially if you're paying for accommodation out of it. Very possibleto get by for a few days if you're careful, but best bring a bit more, just in case.


Especially through an airport now they can pull people for a random full body scan if they want and often pat you down after the metal detector even when they don't. There is a fairly reliable way, though it's unappealing to many...

I'm not sure about Krakow Airport however it's risky in any airport nowadays. People do it all the time, though they are taking a big risk. Plus, if you use it in Krakow, you'd need to be soooo careful. The penalties are high.

Travel / My Krakow Trip - Including Blackmarket, 2nd handstores, Drugs? [19]

You can find a bed in a hostel dorm for 30-50 zloty or a private room for about 150, maybe less depending on dates/location. A good idea to book in advance on something like hostelbookers.com.

100 Euro is possible but you'll have to be careful. A beer is about 10zl (cheaper in some places) and you can eat for about 20z-30 zloty.

Polonia / BRAZILIAN POLISH PEOPLE [21]

Quite well known since he won that competition. He has plenty of followers

News / Polish Post delays restructuring plans [8]

Merged: new dodgy Poczta Polska logo

Looking at it carefully and with a dirty mind, I can see why people find the new logo so funny. Perhaps they're offering a new kind of service in which the mail comes in a very different way...

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Travel / My Krakow Trip - Including Blackmarket, 2nd handstores, Drugs? [19]


Yes, extremely rare if ever.


Not that many of either in Poland and I've never come across either selling it. If you want to buy from African people, pop on the train to Berlin where it is very easy, relatively open and safe and not as illegal. In Poland it tends to be people living on housing estates and known to their local buyers, they are very discreet since the profits are low and the risks very very high.


Do check out some of the fora on it - google it and there 'may' be some tips. but be careful - possession of even a crumb can land you in big trouble and the days when you could smoke it in front of a cop who wouldn't recognize the smell (I've seen that in Warsaw) are long gone).

Try student clubs as I mentioned - or just enjoy the local vodka!

Travel / My Krakow Trip - Including Blackmarket, 2nd handstores, Drugs? [19]


If you mean the Russian Market, it was in Warsaw and was closed down a decade ago. Some small markets round Krakow, however no longer dodgy in that sense and guns are not sold there (and never to young westerners). No drugs either - the market is small in PL.


Lots of them - you will see plenty, however not in the touristy bits of town and not trendy unless you wan to buy a nightie that someone died in.


More low-medium quality weed than hash which is rare (though the authorities have just seized several tonnes at a port). Generally sold prepackaged in little 1 gram baggies (and underweight) though very rarely if ever by street dealers. Look at one of the weed fora (webehigh etc) for (rather out of date and somewhat inaccurate) information - though at least one site gives tips for Krakow. I read what they said and was skeptical. Asking around in one of the scuzzier student clubs might be your best bet.

History / Was the holocaust by Germans in Poland the worse genocide in history? [210]


Exactly - trying to promote a point of view rather than cherishing objectivity is not only transparent but also an insult to all concerned.

History / Was the holocaust by Germans in Poland the worse genocide in history? [210]


Yes. Remember though that some of the camps situated in Poland/former Poland were built for one specific purpose whereas those in Germany tended to house a huge variety of people and more to the point had a way out as well as just a way in. Most Germans knew little or nothing about the ultimate fate of their Jewish friends and neighbours - they either really did think they'd been resettled somewhere in the East or had darker suspicions (the brutality of the regime and the existence of Dachau were known) that they had no safe way of finding the truth about. The Nazis ruled by terror as totalitarian governments so often do.


Spot on.

History / Was the holocaust by Germans in Poland the worse genocide in history? [210]


Your exact words were:



Quite. And 'Adria' (her style of writing is soooo recognizable, but at least her posts under that name are much shorter than usual) is doubtless aware of the range of diverse opinions within Poland. Not everyone tries to shy away from the issue.

Love / Are Polish men chauvinistic? [35]

I'd say so too, however you are more likely to find it than in Northern Europe. It isn't insignificant that on International Women's Day, some men actually give flowers!!

Love / Are Polish men chauvinistic? [35]

So you're in fact claiming that it a. does make sense and b. is unabashedly chauvinistic. Not but what answering in the affirmative to the question.

Not that chauvinism per se makes sense so in fact reinforcing your yes.

History / Was the holocaust by Germans in Poland the worse genocide in history? [210]


So in fact you're trying to say that the narrative surrounding the holocaust should be dominated by a Polish point(s) of view to the exclusion of all other.


I suspect, Paulina, that as a German, he has received a more thorough and balanced grounding in the terrible historical facts of that period than most - a history that in Germany they as a nation do not try to obfuscate nor from which do they try to absolve any of their citizens' complicity.

Love / Are Polish men chauvinistic? [35]


That doesn't actually make any sense but does however display chauvinistic traits.

Love / Are Polish men chauvinistic? [35]

When there's gender parity in the Sejm and as many women bishops as men, feel free to repeat that.

History / Was the holocaust by Germans in Poland the worse genocide in history? [210]


Same thing but a different reason. He wasn't especially dangerous by then (one big worry was that he might escape abroad and start broadcasting) and his support base in fact was falling away even before he was interned. He was more a figure of fun than a threat by that stage however during a war, no chances are taken. Poland didn't have the chance (or the level of organizational ability) to avoid those risks, having been invaded.


Indeed. Like AH, Moseley had some fairly influential supporters especially in his early days however conditions were radically different at the start of WW2 in the UK and early Weimar days in Germany. Moseley went into Wormwood Scrubs however he and his wife were given a house in the grounds since they weren't guilty of anything. No statues to him fortunately, however in Warsaw there's a monument even now to his Polish equivalent and very fortunate really that so few Brits had the chance to collaborate in genocide. Some sad stories about people in occupied countries. The Wladislaw Dering case in Poland is a particularly complicated one. Have you read the Leon Uris fictionalization of it?

Love / Are Polish men chauvinistic? [35]

A great deal to do with male chauvinism.

History / Was the holocaust by Germans in Poland the worse genocide in history? [210]


Indeed. Those people murdered by locals, all of them (unless you can reliably claim otherwise) Poles, in the 1948 pogrom were guilty of nothing. But all to often we find people trying to explain it away or deny a Polish role at all. Jedwabne is a classic example.


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Sir Oswald Moseley, largely a figure of fun like Nick Griffin and just as despised. Wodehouse based a comic character on him. He wasn't locked away for being too dangerous, just interned with other potential sympathisers at the start of the war. I think they let him out when he promised to behave.

The British gov't though has a habit of forgiving past crimes. As I remember, there were about 150 Polish SS members who later received forgiveness and joined BAOR. Their names are on record at Kew.


So "random articles" in Polish give neutral and objective opinions devoid of any pro-Polish bias and "people around" you are all historians from different countries with a balanced consensus? Come off it!