News / Is this the first clear and open signal that Poland makes preparations for war with Russia? [163]


Poland neither has the capability to build them, nor the money to buy or maintain them, or the political weight to even own adult toys like that.


And this is the reason why Poland should never be allowed to have nukes... :)

News / Is this the first clear and open signal that Poland makes preparations for war with Russia? [163]


Didn't happen in 1962, won't happen in 2014. Putin might be dangerous, but he's not suicidal.

News / Is this the first clear and open signal that Poland makes preparations for war with Russia? [163]


Stop whining. The head of the Sarmatians, good old Putin, is raising his ugly head. Wasn't that what you were asking for all these years?

News / Poland shall dominate Europe. Ongoing process [30]


... and when he died he was still impoverished and in debt ...


Well, you were the one who provided the link to the Bloomberg article.


You forgot your Sarmatian brothers who occupied Poland much longer than the Nazis.

Anyway, Tesla and WW2 have nothing to do with Poland's current economic strategy. It's a political decision to bring low paying service and blue collar jobs like the Amazon logistics centers into the country. Does that make the millions of highly educated people who left Poland want to go home? No.

News / Poland shall dominate Europe. Ongoing process [30]


As a provider for cheap labor?

Quote from the Bloomberg article:
"Even so, average monthly salaries are a third of what companies pay their employees in neighboring Germany, according to statistics office. That's lured foreign investors."

Genealogy / My grandmother's last name was Krolik, is this name Jewish? [66]


Oberlangen Stalag VI was a POW camp, not a concentration camp.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stalag_VI-C

Genealogy / My grandmother's last name was Krolik, is this name Jewish? [66]


Lots of records at the LDS; you can even order online.

Genealogy / My grandmother's last name was Krolik, is this name Jewish? [66]


Then why don't you provide the necessary information to help you? If your grandmother was born in Kalisz, she was most likely married there, too. Try to find the catholic church books of the relevant time frame (again: when was your grandfather born?), and order the microfilms from the LDS if available. If not, contact the state archive or the church that is in charge of Kalisz and the surrounding area.

Genealogy / My grandmother's last name was Krolik, is this name Jewish? [66]

Marina, looking at the search results from familysearch.org/search, it could well be that your family was of either Polish-German or Polish origin. There were plenty of Kroliks in Prussia/Germany, and there are quite a few Polish/German first and family names to be found in the same marriage and birth records. There are also many records from Kraków and Lublin for the Królik surname, but without knowing your grandfather's given name and his date and place of birth, it's hard to tell in which direction to search.

Genealogy / Poles born under Russian control - are we Russian? [29]


It doesn't 'bother' me as you say, I'm simply curious because half of my ancestors came from Poland. As someone with a keen interest in genealogy, I want to understand under what circumstances - both politically and economically - people had to live. I don't care about the distorted patriotic view of historic events, and I'm therefore particularly allergic to any attempt to rewrite history (which happens all too often on PF, IMO). Call it a fad if you like.

So, are you able to answer my question regarding the participation of ethnic Poles in the uprisings? :)

Genealogy / Poles born under Russian control - are we Russian? [29]


Guess why I wrote 'after 1831' ... :)


Well, who knows? 'For Poles' is a generalization which implies that all ethnic Poles were ardent patriots fighting for their freedom at every opportunity. I've never seen any statistics that show what percentage of the ethnic Polish population was actively involved in the uprisings for example, and how many of those were city dwellers and farmers. I would really be interested in such data, so if you know a good source please post it.


Yes. There's a difference between citizenship and ethnicity; that's why we have these discussions all the time.

Genealogy / Poles born under Russian control - are we Russian? [29]

There were of course a whole bunch of ethnicity living under the rule of the partitioning powers.

Genealogy / Poles born under Russian control - are we Russian? [29]

The "natural" answer looks a bit different: they were Russian citizens, but ethnic Poles.


After 1831, there was no such thing as a Polish territory.

Genealogy / Where are birth records from Przewałka ( Bialystok Department ) held? [10]

Could it be that the family name of your grandmother was 'Wasilewska' by any chance? Then you'd have quite a few datasets at the LDS to choose from:

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


And if you read the article again you will see that it was actually the term "Jewish-Christian" which was used earlier... :)

Quote:
"Judeo-Christian is a term used since the 1950s to stress the common ethical standards of Christianity and Judaism..."

News / Don't let Poland become like my country, France. [630]


If you believe Wikipedia, the term 'Judeo-Christian' was coined in the US in the 1950's.


True. See above.

News / Poland's economic future? [294]


Look, another Polish meathead... :)

News / Poland's economic future? [294]


That's why the USA for example uses GDP as its primary measure of total economic activity, right? Of course there are adjustments to the nominal GDP necessary which take certain factors into account. I thought that was clear ... silly me ... :)


The Marshall Plan funding ended in 1952 and the dismantling of the German industry continued until after 1949.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan#German_level_of_industry_restrictions

News / Poland's economic future? [294]


You are showing the symptoms of a stereotypical Polish meathead (or PolAm, I can't remember): unable to admit that Poland needed a lot of outside help to reach the current level of development. The country would still be an ex communist dump without foreign investment, EU funds and the ability to export to the common market without having to pay massive import duties. Add to that the fact that Poland was able to "export" a lot of its potential unemployment to the UK and other western countries, and you will have a few of the reasons why Poland made such a big progress.

Poland can really be proud of what it has achieved so far, but claiming that it was only through good education and hard work without any help from others is just plain nonsense.


Take the GDP instead: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29

News / Poland's economic future? [294]


Well, then don't take them.

News / Poland's economic future? [294]


EUR 106 billion are irrelevant? Don't be silly.

msp.gov.pl/en/polish-economy/economic-news/4015,dok.html

Quotes:

"In the light of the current arrangements, over the next seven years Poland will be the biggest EU funds beneficiary among all the member states, not only the biggest beneficiary of the Cohesion funds alone as has been the case so far."

"Consequently, the greatest peril connected with EU funds, according Lewiatan, is using the EU support to boost "short-term growth drivers". Such an approach "... in the long run leads to ... preventing Poland from developing its future competitive edge..."

News / Poland's economic future? [294]


And what were the reasons, may I ask? Is Poland a magical island which is not affected by the ups and downs of the global economy? Or could it be that a high number of emigrants combined with massive monetary transfers from the EU helped a "little"?

History / Walesa says without meeting Mrs Thatcher in Gdansk Solidarnosc wouldn't have won [51]


Try reading, that helps ... [shrug]

History / Walesa says without meeting Mrs Thatcher in Gdansk Solidarnosc wouldn't have won [51]


Then why the invasion plans of the Soyuz-80 maneuvers?

History / Walesa says without meeting Mrs Thatcher in Gdansk Solidarnosc wouldn't have won [51]


Harry is too young to remember that. ;)

History / Walesa says without meeting Mrs Thatcher in Gdansk Solidarnosc wouldn't have won [51]


Read up on 'Soyuz-80'.


And that proves exactly what?

History / Walesa says without meeting Mrs Thatcher in Gdansk Solidarnosc wouldn't have won [51]


What does that matter? If a man like Brezhnev would have been in power at that time instead of Gorbachev, you would have seen Soviet tanks crushing any freedom movement including Solidarność. Thus the organization wouldn't exist today.


They simply wanted western attention and publicity to prevent the USSR from interfering (i.e., invading). Thatcher was despised for crushing the trade unions at home. You really think Solidarność respresentatives had any sympathy for her? She was just a helpful tool.

History / Walesa says without meeting Mrs Thatcher in Gdansk Solidarnosc wouldn't have won [51]


As if that witch had any influence east of the Berlin Wall. The only one to thank is Gorbachev, without whom Solidarność and a free Poland wouldn't exist.

Polonia / Uncomfortable treatment of Poles in Lithuania? [15]


What do you have in mind? A little military invasion perhaps? :)

Genealogy / Is the Surname Yang Polish? [14]


You know that the German Empire had colonies in China and that quite a few people from the colonies moved to Europe?


Trembatschau, Schlesien, Deutsches Reich