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	For what the Germans owe Poland one trillion U.S. dollars? 2 3 4 ... 6 7 207 - France though was attacked when Wehrmacht soldiers marched into the Rhineland and took over the Saar (formerly French, of... Historymonia - 18 Mar 2013 / Lyzko - 6 hours ago
	Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? 2 3 4 ... 16 17 503 - You mean the kapos who were forced at pain of death and torture to shove the corpses of their... History_Fiish_ - 18 Feb 2009 / Lyzko - 6 hours ago
	Is there a list of those in the Polish Army during WWII? 2 3 4 100 - 5PAL - (5 Wilenski Pulk Artylerii Lekkiej) 5th Wilno Regiment of Light Artillery. A part of the 5th... Historyjpwin26 - 14 Apr 2008 / Ironside - 1 day ago
	How to know the value of Polish coins from 1960-70's 4 - Thank you @Atch and @terri... Historysamthelearner - 1 day ago / samthelearner - 1 day ago
	Alexander the Great - Macedonski. Poland connection? 2 3 4 ... 8 9 253 - Development.. Macedonia is, after Croatia, one more South Slavic country that effectively stops to be Slavic country. Albanians... Historybledi_nowysacz - 21 May 2013 / Crow - 2 days ago
	What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? 2 3 89 - That word doesn't exist outside of Russia. The closest translation would be non-Russian, or anti-Fascist.... Historytrzy kola - 20 Aug 2017 / peterweg - 2 days ago
	World War 1 - Poles on most fronts in Europe. Any good sites about it in English? 27 - I would very much like to know more about the Poles during WWI. It serves as a good way... HistoryMr Grunwald - 7 Sep 2010 / Girugamesh - 8 Aug 2017
	75th anniversay of Dr Janusz Korczak's death - a true Polish hero 5 - Not only of those years, but of the 20th century in general. Korczak was the very definition of... Historyjon357 - 6 Aug 2017 / delphiandomine - 6 Aug 2017
	Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? 2 3 4 ... 23 24 702 - Forget that pleasure, dobri i plemeniti brate legione. Found love in your deep Polish heart. Germans we don`t... HistoryMareGaea - 8 Feb 2008 / Crow - 5 Aug 2017
	Villas like the one Kaczynski was living in were given only to top party officials!!!! 9 - Really? How is that?... Historyerin111 - 1 Aug 2017 / Ironside - 4 Aug 2017
	Poland and Britain started WW2 2 3 77 - Haha, yes, I'm one of their biggest apologists. In truth, even this I'm highly sceptical of, as, at... HistoryDougTales - 21 Feb 2012 / Girugamesh - 3 Aug 2017
	Looking for info on wartime Polish community in Manchuria 20 - Hello, there is a Polish Harbiners' Club in Szczecin (Klub Harbińczyków w Szczecinie) who may help you a lot... Historyarelis - 19 Dec 2016 / Sirabun - 3 Aug 2017
	How was Poland compensated after World War 2 2 47 - Warsaw, have US support both military and Energy, moreover Warsaw knows Brussels is a toothless tiger. Poland will play... HistoryCzarnkow1940 - 7 Mar 2010 / synka - 3 Aug 2017
	How have Albanians wronged Poles in the past? 2 3 88 - It is said that one of measures of Russia, in order to counter USA`s anti-Russian actions, could be Russian... Historyalbania22 - 20 Jun 2012 / Crow - 2 Aug 2017
	UK betrayal of Poland during and after WWII 12 - Its hot here, man. focus on the topic please... Historyfrancis2017 - 1 Aug 2017 / Crow - 1 Aug 2017
	Adam Mickiewicz. What is his motherland: Poland or Lithuania? 2 43 - Thanks, Ziemowit!... Historymatteroftaste - 22 Feb 2010 / Lyzko - 1 Aug 2017
	WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? 2 3 4 ... 17 18 513 - @ona As an Englishman I had hoped that we English helped, but sadly our government betrayed you by... Historyona - 5 Aug 2009 / francis2017 - 1 Aug 2017
	Poles and (Polish) Jews... Victims of war... and beyond 2 3 4 ... 9 10 287 - An excellent reply. Haters gonna hate, and the funniest thing is that not one word of it is... Historyirishlodz - 11 May 2010 / jon357 - 29 Jul 2017
	Greatest Polish and Slavic scientists, their discoveries, inventions and achievements 25 - Let us calm (drinking something cold, while in fact hot) and, while doing so, I won`t even try to... HistoryCrow - 3 Nov 2011 / Crow - 28 Jul 2017
	Lusatian-Sarmatic obsession of Poles 2 3 4 109 - When it comes right down to it, wouldn't it have made a lot more sense if Kennedy said... Historysobieski - 9 Jun 2010 / mafketis - 28 Jul 2017
	POLISH MEMORIES OF CHERNOBYL...April 26th 1986 2 32 - I grew up near nuke stations in South Carolina and Pennsylvania. I was fishing across the river from Three... Historywildrover - 26 Apr 2009 / KK4AXX - 27 Jul 2017
	In Memory of victims, who had their lives cruelly taken at Treblinka Death Camp in Poland 2 3 4 104 - Quiet and agonizing, I'm certain! While I've never been, I was many years ago a visitor at the... Historybeckski - 3 Sep 2010 / Lyzko - 26 Jul 2017
	History behind Poland and Turkey's Relationship 2 3 4 117 - In our time, for the first time in history, China compete with Turkey and Germany for the influence on... Historybeyaz turk - 11 Nov 2011 / Crow - 21 Jul 2017
	Kashubians are nation in Poland? 2 3 81 - Kashubs are Kashubs - They have always been Kashub, they are today and they will always be Kashub. They... HistoryBabylon - 1 May 2009 / johnnykashub - 20 Jul 2017
	Podhale Rifles Brigade records 3 - Sorry, I misread that last link, the lady got her relative's records from the Polish section of the British... HistoryRdb11021951 - 18 Jul 2017 / Atch - 18 Jul 2017
	Polish conscripts to German army 2 3 4 111 - My father likewise was drafted/conscripted into the German Army served with the Reserve Division 148 in southern France before... Historyjochemczyk - 27 Nov 2011 / kagkat - 17 Jul 2017
	Walesa says without meeting Mrs Thatcher in Gdansk Solidarnosc wouldn't have won 2 51 - Do tell... HistoryHarry - 14 Jan 2014 / jon357 - 11 Jul 2017
	What Hitler really thought about Poles? Hitler's letter to Himmler 1944 2 3 62 - kinda debatable.we dont know if Soviets would attack Poland if situation on front was more favourable to Poland,and... HistoryPennBoy - 19 Sep 2012 / gregy741 - 9 Jul 2017
	Medieval Polish Knight Armour 3 - Thanks! These are neat examples!... HistoryCuriousBanana - 6 Jul 2017 / CuriousBanana - 7 Jul 2017
	Film "Wałęsa" - historical reality vs myth - controvercies 2 3 84 - When you mentioned dobri pane, it would be very good that we see our brothers Walesa and Jaroslaw... Historypawian - 19 Jun 2013 / Crow - 3 Jul 2017
	What are Poland's pagan roots? 2 60 - Frankly, I am little upset with that trait of `universalism` in both- in Islam and in Christianity. Same... Historyjasinski - 30 Jan 2010 / Crow - 29 Jun 2017
	Restoration of Poland's Monarchy? 2 41 - SZLACHTA POWRACA ... HistoryBarbastelle - 22 Jul 2014 / Crow - 29 Jun 2017
	Any Poles in the American Revolution? 2 - ... ... Couple interesting articles about Polish heroes who fought for America. I'll try to translate one fragment... HistoryJohnPolam - 24 Jun 2017 / Looker - 27 Jun 2017
	Any good sources on Kashubian history/culture? 3 - Merged: My Kashubian Ancestors from Putzig Please visit my website tribalpages.com/tribe/browse?userid=jmfisher&rand=629698481... HistoryPrince Ire - 5 Apr 2015 / Kashub - 26 Jun 2017
	Poland's law and justice.. return of Sanacja? 19 - I don't know what they would do IF the Polish Army stopped German invasion if given different, better... Historygoofy_the_dog - 11 Jun 2017 / Ironside - 13 Jun 2017
	Armia Krajowa - Polish underground forces during WWII 4 - Merged: Russian Govt forbids AK memory Russian govt continues to forbid any promotion of memory of the... HistoryJaneDoe - 3 Mar 2011 / goofy_the_dog - 13 Jun 2017
	MS Jan Heweliusz disaster 3 - Thank you Ziemowit. If I may ask, do you remember anything about the reaction in Poland at the time?... Historydelphiandomine - 12 Jun 2017 / delphiandomine - 13 Jun 2017
	Vilnius Region must be returned to Poland! Right away! 10 - Who is "they" in "they give Konigsberg to Russia" since Konigsberg (Kaliningrad now) has already been in Russia's... Historysobczak - 18 Jul 2013 / Ziemowit - 11 Jun 2017
	'Poland: A Knight Among Nations' - Book about Poland by an American Author, dated 1907 2 51 - Good Points will come back with comments after reading the book... Historymadparasol - 3 Jun 2010 / greencitizen - 10 Jun 2017
	Seeking details of Polish Soldier - Carol Biscupec/Biskupec 7 - Thanks Atch We are following it up here. My relatives father was from Newcastle. We're in England. ... Historyheritageplus - 23 Feb 2017 / heritageplus - 6 Jun 2017
	Are Polish Women very promiscuous towards foreigners and refugees? 3 - Yea I don't think the government event kept statistics on hiv/aids during the commie years. Much of the hiv... HistoryTheMilfman - 3 Jun 2017 / Dirk diggler - 3 Jun 2017
	Warsaw newspapers in the 1930s 2 - @AnnaP2 Do you have more informations about him? Or this newspaper?... HistoryAnnaP2 - 1 Jun 2017 / Kuzyn - 3 Jun 2017
	What do Poles owe to Jews? 2 3 4 ... 9 10 276 - That many Jews during the war years owe their lives to Good Samaritans in Poland, Polish Christians who, like... Historypawian - 1 Jul 2012 / Lyzko - 2 Jun 2017
	Bialystok most famous son. Albert Sabin or Ludwig Zamenhof 8 - "Typical(-ly) Jewish names, [aren't they]?" - Nooo, they're not! Ahemm, the great Viennese archictect and designer "Josef Hoffmann"... Historyplainfacts - 31 May 2017 / Lyzko - 2 Jun 2017
	Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? 2 3 75 - No, I think it would be a great opportunity to bring it directly to Trump's attention in a peaceful... HistoryMememe - 10 Apr 2012 / johnny reb - 31 May 2017
	Wartime Rescue of Jews by the Polish Catholic Clergy. The Testimony of Survivors. 5 - I'm the first to assert that Poland can be mighty proud of people such as the unnamed, unsung heroes... HistoryIronside - 29 May 2017 / Lyzko - 30 May 2017
	Polish hero discovers Jewish roots 22 - Very much so.... Historydelphiandomine - 27 May 2017 / jon357 - 29 May 2017
	Closed: Blue eyes of Gavrilo Princip for the independance of Poland. Was it worth? 2 60 - Is it true that the Serbian flag is the only flag besides American to be flown over the White... HistoryCrow - 4 Mar 2011 / Crow - 16 May 2017
	How a Slovak poet described Poland four centuries ago 3 - Most here are chavs and not noble... HistoryPolonius3 - 14 May 2017 / Bristols - 15 May 2017
	Poles the biggest hypocrites in the world 2 35 - First of all: according to Wikipedia, Radio Marya was founded in 1991. How come that Mr. Nowak... HistoryNumber1polishfa - 4 Jun 2016 / TheOther - 12 May 2017
	What is Poles opinion on Intermarium (Międzymorze)? 23 - Crow it appears the Intermarium project you have been hoping for has been unfortunately hijacked. Banderovits -... HistoryThanatos - 10 Jan 2017 / Crnogorac3 - 10 May 2017
	Polish-Hungarian border exchange? 2 60 - You think wrong. Should learn a thing or two about history. Poles who are interested in... HistoryFehervary - 23 Sep 2016 / Ironside - 29 Apr 2017
	70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies 2 3 4 101 - Y0U OUGHT TO READ : HIRKA PRAWDA = BITTER TRUTH by POLISZCZUK ----learn the facts.... Historypawian - 20 Jun 2013 / rudolfo - 25 Apr 2017
	The Piast dynasty is of non-Slavic origin? Latest DNA findings suggest Germanic or Celtic 11 - Really You can`t even imagine how close you are to understanding but, still you fails. ... HistoryZiemowit - 20 Apr 2017 / Crow - 21 Apr 2017
	Lithuanians hate Poles? 2 3 4 5 6 156 - Also a great heretic whose Hussite marauders attacked Poland's Jasna Góra monastery and desecrated its most sacred icon... HistoryPolonius3 - 6 Jan 2012 / Polonius3 - 21 Apr 2017
	Question about the Polish exiles in Siberia 19th century? 3 - That's very interesting, I never heard of Mr. Bieniowski. What a story that is!... Historyarelis - 18 Mar 2017 / arelis - 9 Apr 2017
	Chance of Lwów once again became coming part of Poland 2 3 4 ... 11 12 344 - EU hold Poland. NATO, too. Its obvious. Polish interests already on so many fields collide with interests of western... HistoryCzarnkow1940 - 5 Mar 2010 / Crow - 28 Mar 2017
	Politics of Poland in past, present and future; your opinion 20 - This thread is absolutely hilarious as Polish government stopped being anything but total corrupt, nepotistic, Tory-like tits in 1993... HistoryCrow - 26 Apr 2015 / Valentin W - 28 Mar 2017
	Catholic Irish or Scottish Immigrants to Poland 3 - I'm Irish and have never heard of Catholics going to Poland. The Catholic gentry who could afford it often... HistoryPattyOFurniture - 21 Mar 2017 / Atch - 22 Mar 2017
	Interesting Poland's military pin / "Mennica Panstwowa" 3 - Thank you so much for your help!... Historypoorjamesbond - 19 Mar 2017 / poorjamesbond - 19 Mar 2017

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