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MartAnthony   
30 Apr 2011
History / Silesia occupation [49]

Interesting page: polandpoland.com/germany_poland_border.html
MartAnthony   
5 Mar 2011
News / Far-right party organizes 'pro-Polish' march in Silesia [20]

The free Silesia idea must be growing if they now need to have marchs to prove to themselfs it is part of poland.
Maybe poland needs to apologize for how it treated the Silesia ppls it expelled. The one whos families lived there for hundreds of years.
MartAnthony   
10 Jan 2011
Genealogy / Anyone live in this area (former Germany) -any info on birth records for the early 1900s [9]

Yes I know it was german but I think the town is still there and there must be a church. And I am sure i have the new name right.

Brzezia Laka, Wroclawski, Dolnoslaskie, Poland .. about 15km east of Wroclaw.

I am looking for records from 1890 to 1920. My great grandfather was a ranch forman in this area. And had about 10 kids who I am sure were born here but it would be nice to have records.
MartAnthony   
9 Jan 2011
History / Silesia occupation [49]

Not any more than all of Canadian territories are.

Good point it is..but it is independed from France and England for the most part. And the true natives are gaining ground slowly.
MartAnthony   
8 Jan 2011
History / Silesia occupation [49]

But wasn't there a referendum once already? Who would vote in the new referendum? Only the people living there now, or also the the people who were forced to move out? (not many still alive so maybe there children could vote?) After all if you have past family born in Silesia back to the 1700's or earlier, I think there should be some kind of rights for this. Not only german Silesian were force to move after the war but also germanized poles (and what is a germanized pole. 1/2 geramn 1/2 pole by marrage or a pole who learned to speak german?).

And Silesia is now in 3 parts by the way.
MartAnthony   
8 Jan 2011
History / Silesia occupation [49]

Is Silesia still under occupation ?
MartAnthony   
8 Jan 2011
History / Polish flag over the Reichstag first? [399]

I wont even argue about your grand parents being polish. Silesians are so stubborn!

And Silesians never forget
MartAnthony   
4 Oct 2010
History / Life in Partitioned Poland (Specifically in the Prussian Partition) [118]

Are you that naive? If your country disappears from the map, you're taught in Polish at school, you're thaught Polish history from the Polish point of view, you have to speak in Polish to your classmates, pray in Polish at religion classes, deal in offices in Polish... In a second or third generation - how much there's left of your "Silesianess"?
MartAnthony   
4 Oct 2010
History / Life in Partitioned Poland (Specifically in the Prussian Partition) [118]

Are you that naive? If your country disappears from the map, you're taught in German at school, you're thaught German history from the German point of view, you have to speak in German to your classmates, pray in German at religion classes, deal in offices in German... In a second or third generation - how much there's left of your "Polishness"?

If we cahnge the german to polish and the Polishness to Silesianess.

We have what?
MartAnthony   
4 Oct 2010
History / Life in Partitioned Poland (Specifically in the Prussian Partition) [118]

Still as every country did and still does, there could only be one official language...

Canada has 2 ..French and English

It is funny how everyone talks of Germany or Polland and how they love to teach there own history..Yet Silesia is wiped from the face of the map.

Related: IS KRAKAN, AUSTRIA IN THE 1870'S NOW PART OF POLAND?

IS KRAKAN, AUSTRIA IN THE 1870'S NOW PART OF POLAND? THIS IS WHAT I AM LEAD TO BELIEVE. CAN ANYONE CONFIRM. TRYING TO FIND MY ANCESTORS - NEUGEWIRTZ.

Kraków, in German Krakau. Yes, it's now in Poland.