Genealogy / POLISH NOBILITY NAMES IN -SKIi [82]

This is true, there are two branches in my family which changed their name, both to much more English/Anglo style names. When I asked about this, I was told that there was a lot of discrimination against those of Polish decent, and those members just wanted their kids to not have to deal with the b.s. concerning the 'ski' in the name.

Genealogy / POLISH NOBILITY NAMES IN -SKIi [82]

Not an entire country, but ignoramouses to be sure. In the small town I grew up in, anyone with an 'ski' behind their name was often called a dumb polack. Where the idea that people from Poland are dumb is beyond me, since some of the smartest people I knew were Polish, including my dad :) (may he rest in peace.)

History / WAS KATYŃ GENOCIDE? Polish officers were killed [237]

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When those killed represent the best and brightest (or so i have been told who were the majority murdered in Katyn) of a culture or ethnic population, then the implied objective would be to undermine that population, to the extent that that population does not have the historical footing with which to produce and pass on its legacy to another generation. Thus, it could be inferred that Katyn was a genocide. Katyn may not have had to the full bore technique Rowanda did, but studying USSRs methodology of eliminating those they oppose, such as the Ukrainian Holodrome (sp?), would lead me to believe this was just one of many such actual or planned acts by those powers. My Opinion.