History / Poland - Scotland, the untold story... [75]


Thats right he was the grandson of James 11, who was deposed by William of Orange after he invaded England with the help of some English traitors.

UK, Ireland / Hand washing at public toilets in the UK [75]


Easy solution buy some surgical gloves, put them on before you enter the public toilet, throw them away when you exit.

UK, Ireland / Hand washing at public toilets in the UK [75]


She's got so many arse lickers around her, she doesn't have to bother.

History / Endecja - State Sponsored Anti Semitism 1935 - 1939. [138]


Yes Modern Orthodox American Jews.

M-G In general the Americans I met I found a generious and kind people, with little comprehension as to what's happening in the rest of the world. Here is something that has always puzzled me, as you know I'm an old man. And I have known lots of Polish Christians and Polish Jews. And I can't remember any of them saying anything bad about each other, I am convinceded a lot of this crap came out during the USSR occupation of Poland, To pour scorn on the capitalist system, and to deflect the spotlight from their own ****** history.

UK, Ireland / Polish immigration in UK [491]

No we don't want the Turks, or any other F...er coming here and overloading the systems which are already in trouble. We need them as much as Germany needed Mussolini and the Turks as allies, I'm sure they were more of a hindrance then a help. And now this nutcase Cameron is pushing for a Muslim country from Asia Minor to join the EU. Britain's politicians have done more damage to Britain since the war, then Hitler did. The Turks will be a short time fix, and a long time headache. And I'm sure it's something he and Obama have stitched up together, when he was in the US.

History / Endecja - State Sponsored Anti Semitism 1935 - 1939. [138]


Yes you are right I experienced the same thing myself in NY last month, and no matter what you say it will not register with them. All they wanted to talk about was what happened to the Jews in Poland, when they heard I was from Europe. They are convinced the camps were built by the Poles. When I told them the camps were built 1940 to concentrate, Polish slave labour to manufacture war materials for Germany, and the Jews did not come into the camps until 1942 they looked at me blank. As regards war dead the only people were they interested in were the six million Jews not the other 74 million. The next time I go to NY I won't cross the Brooklyn Bridge

History / Endecja - State Sponsored Anti Semitism 1935 - 1939. [138]


You are perfectly right zetigrek, orthodox Jews stay away from non Jews and secular Jews as much as possible. It is written in Torah that they should stay apart, they can do business but not socialize. Thats why 60% of the Jews is now secular. Judism was always a religion even before they left the Holy Land. So if Polish Jews were not Polish nationals what nationality were they?

Let me put it this way: Is Catholic a nationality? Hindu? Muslim? Mormon? If they are not why is Jewish a nationality?

I have posted a link which you might find of interest.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Jews_in_20th-century_Poland

News / POLAND LEAVING WHAT COUNTRY FOR A BETTER LIFE?? [73]

I remember when they started the Common Market as it was called, people said it would turn out to be a rich mans club, and thats exactly what happened.

History / Endecja - State Sponsored Anti Semitism 1935 - 1939. [138]

I am most likely one of the few people on this forum who actually knew, and has spoken to Hasidic Jews who lived in Poland before the war. And what I have written above is what they told me happened. As you will know it is hard to mistake a Hasidic by the way they dress, they started to dress like that in the 18Th century. Some Polish prince gave them permission to do so, and they have continued to do so ever since. Yiddish was spoken most of the time in their enclaves, but they could speak Polish with an accent, like if a German was speaking Polish. If you knew there religion you would understand how they could not live with the greater population. All the Jews in the towns and cities living among the general public, would be secular Jews and speaking perfect Polish. A secular Jew is a Jew by tradition, and not religious.

History / Endecja - State Sponsored Anti Semitism 1935 - 1939. [138]


You have taken that quote from a Neo Nazi website "French Connection" what a sad person you are.

History / Endecja - State Sponsored Anti Semitism 1935 - 1939. [138]


Yiddish is a mixture of German and Hebrew, spoken by the Gerrer Chassidim who were the largest Jewish group in Poland. They are ultra orthodox and lived in closed communities, and only spoke yiddish. And polish with an accent, which was the downfall of some of the ones who tried to flee the Germans. The Polish Blue Police who worked along side the Germans could pick-up the accent.


M-G, Abraham Stern on behalf Jabotinsky the founder and leader of the Irgun, in February 1939 approached the Polish government with a plan to oust the British in Palestine. I idea was for the Poles to take over the mandate, and transfer the Jews to Palestine. And Palestine would become a homeland for the Jews, and a colony of Poland. The Polish government asked the British government and they refused.

Plan B, was for Poland to supply the Irgun with weapons to arm 40,000 Jewish volunteers already in place around Europe. And help establish an officers training camp, it was set up in the mountains of Zakofna South West Poland in the Spring of 1939. The guns were supplied and the camp started training Irgun officers and NCO'S, the was aim was to over throw the British in Palestine and transfer the Polish Jews. Jabotinsky had been warning Jews in Poland to get out because of what was happening in Germany but they would not listen. In late May the British rounded up the Irgun leaders, and the operation never took place. Jabotinsky set up a government in exile in the USA.

USA, Canada / Do Poles feel America is going down the drain? [149]


Convex do you mean only the ones on welfare? I do hate it when some people think they a right to produce kid after kid. And have the rest of society fund them. In Britain there are some people who have been on the dole for generations.

News / Pole loses language discrimination case in Germany; Scandalous! [97]


I agree he must have been slagging off the wife to the kids, and that is why he is not allowed see the kids unaccompanied. They have the same law in the UK, If he has been in Germany 30 years and teaches he must have a good command of German. He is trying it on, to make a bit of compensation and get back at the state.

UK, Ireland / Irish leaving Ireland again. Economy forcing them to immigrate [39]


It is very sad Aphrodisiac, nobody likes to leave their country but sometimes needs must


That will depend on the skills and the educational standards of the people who are leaving.


Well M-G you know what they say about Ireland "What you expected to happen won't happen, what you least expected to happen will happen" It must be something to do with the air, it drives people insane. Are you the same person now, as you were when you arrived six years ago.

I hope you will enjoy your sabbatical in the US, I have just got back and had a great time in DC and NY. Look after yourself, and take it easy.

History / DID THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT OF POLAND CENSOR MAIL IN AND OUT OF POLAND [29]


M-G How well wired up for a war we all were during the cold war it was almost a case we knew the ICBMs were going to fly so lets get it over with. In 1977 my wife and I went Czechoslovakia it was very repressive the people were very nice but we could feel the underline hopelessness. When we spoke to them for any length of time they would tell us how unhappy they were. The beautiful city of Prague was in a sorry state for the want of maintenance the Soviets did not seem to have a maintenance program. We intended to stay a week after three days we had enough so we left and headed for Germany.

History / How Polish history is viewed by other countries textbooks [124]


I'm glad you do enjoy history I believe it is tremendously important to take pride in the achievements of ones country.


When my kids were young we were members of English Heritage because my wife and I thought it would bring history alive for them. And later on they told me it did help it gave them a visual impact when they learned about Kings and castles.


I never judge British people in a poor light my Grandparents on both sides are English my wife and children and Grandchildren are English. My brother and I are the only Paddies in the family it can get a bit hectic at family gatherings sometimes. As regards education I am well aware that we have a more highly educated class then we ever had. And I am proud of that because my girls and Grandchildren and my brother and sisters children are part of that group. What gives me the pip are people who are constantly running down the country like an old git I met at the library this morning and I told him to read some history.

History / DID THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT OF POLAND CENSOR MAIL IN AND OUT OF POLAND [29]


Darius that really makes sence I think when she showed me the latter it had a stamp marked censured. Its over fifty years ago so its looking back through the mists of time and she had been in the AK.


She used to send parcels with medicine and woolen jumpers from Marks and Spencer's but I think they all got there.


SeanBM thanks the link it is a fantastic thread and exactly what I wanted to know about Poland in those terrible times the author has done a wonderful job.


I never knew that what a bloody liberty!

History / How Polish history is viewed by other countries textbooks [124]


I suppose if I reversed the question and asked what the average Pole knows about British history I might get a similar response. And I take on board what you say about two periods of history a week your head crammed with dates and milestones in British history to get them through an exams. Made so uninteresting that a pupil would never want to pick up a history book again. I never picked up a history book until I was in my early twenties and funny enough that was about the Corn Laws.

History / How Polish history is viewed by other countries textbooks [124]

The average British or Irish person of my generation knew very little about the history of Poland. Except that Britain declared war on Germany because they invaded Poland (please note I said the average) people who knew more was because of family connections or Polish friends. When I tell people all Europe would be Muslim today if the Poles had not stop them they look at my with surprise.

News / Poland gets a little bigger:) [82]


I wholeheartedly agree with you like the North of Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

History / If i could write European history i would unite Europe under Polish language [67]


You don't have to bother Crow there is already an international language in existence it is called Esperanto invented by Dr Ludovic Lazarus Zamenhof from Bialystok. So the problem is solved until you can convince everyone to learn Esperanto we will carry on with English.

PS your home town looked great on the photo thread.

News / 2010 Year of Chopin (and his Dark Hallucinations) [13]

I loved to listen to Jan Paderewski play Chopin with friend who came from Poland we had some of the old 300mm records and would listen in the evening when we were relaxing with a glass of brandy. It transported her back home in her mind to Poland she always said Chopin was the soul of Poland.

Life / Good place to live in Poland (if you want to move on)? [66]


Paul you might as well come back mate I was in your situation and came back and I'm glad I did.

Good luck

News / UK might have anti-Polish socialist Prime Minister [29]


There is 5.5 million British Catholics in the UK discriminated because they are catholics I find this unbelievable in a country that has passed so many anti-race laws and will discriminate against its own Catholic subjects. Not that I give a feck about the Catholics I gave up being one a long time ago I just hate the injustice. As regards Gordo he was the greatest disaster since the Zeppelin its a pity he didn't fukc off two and a half years ago.

News / UK might have anti-Polish socialist Prime Minister [29]

If Labour had won the election Milliband could have been Prime Minister because he is a Jew only Catholics can't become Prime Minister of Britain.

Life / What's wrong with you, Polish people - is it an inferiority complex? [120]

I would like to submit my opinion for what it is worth that you will judge for yourselves. I was born in Ireland and have lived in England for over fifty years any knowledge I have of Poland was through my friends who were Free Poles.I can remember them sending parcels back to their relatives in Poland like medicine and other things which were scarce back home.

When reading this thread I go to thinking what my view of Poland was in the early sixties and to me it felt like they were in Prison. The whole soviet block was in prison the ones who were born into it knew no better. But the Poles and others did because their incarceration had been resent and they knew what it was like to be free.

When prisoners are released from a long term gaol sentence it takes time to readjust Poland is going through this now. It will come through it and be all the stronger for it you young Poles are the future of Poland remember the past but focus more on the future.

Life / COMBATING "POLACK" JOKES [460]


The same jokes you hear about the Poles the Brits were telling about the Irish for hundreds of years. And in Australia when I was there they were telling the most vile jokes about the Poms and Italians. The Nazi's told jokes about the Jews and the Poles, and before the Nazi's Germans told jokes about the Bavarians and still do. I bet the Romans told jokes about Greeks I have an English joke book two hundred years old and there is Irish jokes in it. But there is a positive side to this, if they are laughing at you they are not watching you. And you will have taken all their money and their women before they have stopped laughing.

UK, Ireland / Let's discuss Polish and British, only constructive (though we will digress) [60]


I take offence at the way you generalise about British people I have three children all highly educated girls. My eldest daughter is a consultant at a large teaching hospital in London my second daughter is a partner in a very large IT company and my youngest is doing her Masters

all educated in England. Most of their friends are English as they are and all in similar positions my daughters were fortunate that I had money but a lot of their friends came from less fortunate homes. For example my eldest daughters boss who is the senior consultant at the hospital his father was a porter. I would suggest you be more careful what you post you might upset more people then me with your silly generalisations.

News / Poland could emerge as new European and world power. If? [116]


The Vatican has been a world power since 400AD, the Roman Empire never went away it just changed its name to the Holy Roman Catholic Church with a larger Empire.