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History has always been an important element of life in Poland. Share your reflections on Poland's past. (page 13)

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	Polish soldiers in '68 made Czech men to drink beer from his shoes... 2 34 - Care to elaborate these contradicting statements? Thanks. >^..^< M-G (tiens)... HistoryKsysia - 4 Feb 2010 MareGaea - 29 May 2010
	Wespazjan Kochowski and the Polish messianism 10 - You're welcome>... HistoryLeonis - 23 May 2010 noreenb - 27 May 2010
	Slovakian misrepresentation of Polish history 2 32 - Come on moderator, we were just discussing the similarities of the Afrikaans and Dutch languages, which is pertinent to... Historyhague1cmaeron - 16 May 2010 hague1cmaeron - 18 May 2010
	Anita J. Prazmowska's "The Polish Century" 24 - Does she have merit? On the surface, she is only climbing on the Holocaust circuit and she is... HistoryMareGaea - 10 May 2010 1jola - 14 May 2010
	A General's Honour documentary, directed by Joanna Pieciukiewicz 5 - Yes ... right there. If Polish people are in the Netherlands, be sure to visit the museum... HistoryStu - 10 May 2010 Stu - 10 May 2010
	"Europa" - An article about recent history of Poland 15 - Lets not use the word "left" they're leftist in name only, they're not even communist by ideology, basically... HistoryAdamKadmon - 8 May 2010 Sokrates - 9 May 2010
	To Understand Poland 39-89 (L.U.C - TRIBUTE TO STEFAN STARZYŃSKI) 17 - There are some bits I don't like but other than that it's amazing! It's a pity that no other... HistoryGregrog - 5 May 2010 vetala - 6 May 2010
	Happy Constitution day! 3 May 1791 (Poland Constitution) 14 - A good number of Wroclaw youth and myself marked the occasion in usual style by attending a gig... HistoryHusariawiktoria - 3 May 2010 Wroclaw - 4 May 2010
	Closed: The Polish Blame Culture! 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 332 - Then why do you continue to insult people, Nanook? ;)... HistoryAmathyst - 25 Apr 2010 TheOther - 29 Apr 2010
	Polish-Moroccan mutual relations 2 3 67 - I would love to see millions of Moroccans move to Poland and change the complexion of the country. I'm... HistoryTorq - 18 Apr 2010 guzzler - 26 Apr 2010
	Anger at yet another Polish tragedy 30 - Thanks for that nice article on Poland. I look forward to reading Rita Cosby's book on her... HistoryMarcinD - 11 Apr 2010 MediaWatch - 24 Apr 2010
	Poland's 20th century and modern national heroes? 4 - General Fieldorf aka "Nile" General Leopold Okulicki aka "Bear cub" There are quite a few 'heroes' who... HistoryPoughkeepsie - 18 Apr 2010 Ozi Dan - 19 Apr 2010
	The heroic jump of the 1st Polish Independent Paratrooper Brigade 2 3 81 - Det gör detsamma. :) Whatever he says there should be the evil Russian trace. Check his posts each of... HistoryAirborne - 25 Sep 2007 Sasha - 16 Apr 2010
	Jagiełło's blunder or design? 6 - Lithuania was technologically two hundred years behind Poland and the Teutons and it had less than 1/10th population... HistoryPolonius3 - 4 Apr 2010 Sokrates - 5 Apr 2010
	Battle of Arnhem 64th Aniversay - Polish Paratroopers 10 - Perhaps the threads should be merged.... HistoryPhil33101 - 5 Oct 2008 jonni - 4 Apr 2010
	Piłsudski, like Hitler and Stalin (according to some Lithuanians) 2 3 4 105 - Poles made uprisings just like that, Poles never needed any excuse to do anything their acts are always... HistoryMr Grunwald - 24 Mar 2010 Mr Grunwald - 4 Apr 2010
	Lord Conway's rule and Poland in 1772 2 35 - Well, much later, Churchill suggested the same. He was seen as anti-Semitic and somewhat of a Polonophobe. Let's... HistoryIronside - 31 Mar 2010 Seanus - 3 Apr 2010
	Hitler had Parkinson's - had to accelerate his war plans 17 - no one knows what Stalin did, some people know but majority do not give **** as holocaust word only... HistoryVarsovian - 31 Mar 2010 Marek11111 - 2 Apr 2010
	Does Poland deserve credit for the 1989 Revolution? 2 3 73 - in Poland or in general in eastern Europe?... HistoryHarry - 6 Aug 2009 Crow - 30 Mar 2010
	Yalta Conference and Poland 2 3 75 - WWII for Poland 12,5 million citizen's less people with university education survived about 6 percent of population Warsaw destroyed,... HistoryPrince - 5 Feb 2009 Ironside - 28 Mar 2010
	"SOLIDARNOŚĆ" is just a word for Polish people? 2 47 - Poland for ever.... HistoryJabwaw - 1 Apr 2008 kh siarko sanok - 27 Mar 2010
	Polish Atlantis (pre-war Warsaw, Poland in pictures). 2 32 - You mean the building that's mostly the Traffic bookshop. Quite a few buildings round that part of... HistorySokrates - 23 Oct 2009 jonni - 26 Mar 2010
	Morally bankrupt kleptocracy: Hounded by Reds pre-89, then by "Democrats" 2 - * Shouldn't this be in Polish Politics & History rather than Off-Topic? * The people who wield power... HistoryVarsovian - 9 Mar 2010 melsomelyb - 24 Mar 2010
	A rare Polish medal 14 - Actually it wouldn't be so stupid idea.It's the thing Polish ppl never learn-that sometimes it's wise to just keep... Historyespana - 22 Mar 2010 Lenka - 23 Mar 2010
	Historical Polish parades 6 - Not after WW2 as they were commmies lol and to the pre WW2 not likely either as Poland and... Historygrubas - 20 Mar 2010 Mr Grunwald - 20 Mar 2010
	Closed: Which nation were the biggest pussies of WWII? 2 3 4 120 - You misunderstood. What I said was that the vast majority of people in the former East Bloc... HistoryWroclaw Boy - 16 Mar 2010 TheOther - 20 Mar 2010
	The Gustloff - one of the worst maritime disasters that seemed to never have happened 2 3 66 - Of course, why didn't we all think of that earlier? You create a nonsensical "fact" of the... Historyspiritus - 9 Mar 2010 skysoulmate - 20 Mar 2010
	Weapons of WWII (Poland and other countries) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 239 - The best weapon... This thing made all the difference. Too bad the chosen ones got to write on... HistoryWroclaw Boy - 1 Oct 2009 DariuszTelka - 19 Mar 2010
	Google Earth WWII aerial images 5 - Yes, this is Royal Castle. Here's the most known building in post-war Warsaw - PKWiN and how it... Historyconvex - 18 Mar 2010 Gregrog - 19 Mar 2010
	just before the war the Polish/Ukrainian szlachta learned Ukrainian 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 243 - Thank you :-) Nice blog by the way!... HistoryKsysia - 1 Mar 2010 time means - 18 Mar 2010
	What would they think of today's Poland...? 16 - They would be pleased for some very simple reasons: 1) National safety - needless to say, this has... Historypgtx - 16 Mar 2010 Seanus - 17 Mar 2010
	Is There A Polish Foreign Legion? 30 - He was indeed. Even in his NKVD mug shot his face still resonates pride and an indomitable posture.... Historyjasinski - 24 Jan 2010 Ozi Dan - 12 Mar 2010
	The WW2 Hero.. Henryk Sławik (1894-1944) 17 - She didn't get much of a mention in the film. Maybe she should have done?... HistoryMcCoy - 1 Mar 2010 Seanus - 2 Mar 2010
	Were these Polish people communists? 16 - And so it should be. Shame the stuff he took out was among the best of it. ... Historydominikus28 - 24 Feb 2010 jonni - 27 Feb 2010
	The relations: Church and III Reich (Kosciol-NS Niemcy) 16 - I'm not a specialist in this area, so I even won't try to play the wisest. In Wikipedia... Historystefanos - 21 Feb 2010 marqoz - 22 Feb 2010
	Can Poland allow itself to refuse Slavija? 29 - I was recently in Morava and I saw history of Greater Morava as Crow presents it.For sure people there... HistoryCrow - 6 Feb 2010 Exiled - 22 Feb 2010
	Books on the Partitions of Poland? 5 - Beware with details from Davies - he's missing and outing some balls in his Playground.... HistoryNowak - 12 Feb 2010 marqoz - 21 Feb 2010
	Life magazine 1.09.39 and sattelite pictures? 3 - Wonderful piece, indeed. Thanks TIT. It's cartographers work, of course. I've seen this kind of shading the mountains... HistoryTIT - 21 Feb 2010 marqoz - 21 Feb 2010
	Early begginings of `democracy` and Polish contribution to it 6 - yes but only szlachta was a nation...... HistoryCrow - 24 Apr 2009 jeden - 20 Feb 2010
	WWII - Wolf's Lair. Valkyria operation had place in Poland's bunker complex. 10 - East Prussia then... The war would probably last longer...... Historydani - 9 Feb 2010 Grzegorz_ - 10 Feb 2010
	Ukrainians working in Poland in the 90s 2 34 - Funny, I seem to recall reading about a lot of tension in the inter-war period and a lot... HistoryKsysia - 4 Feb 2010 Trevek - 7 Feb 2010
	Wroclaw Zoo Railway - before 1945 7 - Thanks for all your replies, I've recieved an awful lot of help so far, which is great as we... Historypetermbryant - 31 Jan 2010 petermbryant - 2 Feb 2010
	1612 new russian epic movie. Polish troops in Moscow. 23 - Have you seen the movie? It actually has unicorns :) "1612" was commissioned by the Kremlin, and co-produced... HistoryLukasz - 23 Oct 2007 z_darius - 1 Feb 2010
	Polish 76th Infantry regiment WWII 5 - No, Canadian. I can speak some Polish but my grammar is horrid... :( Dad always wanted me to go... HistoryKerchew - 28 Jan 2010 Kerchew - 29 Jan 2010
	Closed: Poland and Muslims (Tatars and others). 2 3 80 - You are a retard. I am a muslim Pakistani and I actually find you funny, funny because its... HistoryDariuszTelka - 23 Nov 2009 Yousafzai - 24 Jan 2010
	Question on Poland's szlachta clan admission 15 - My grandfathers plowed your grandfathers in the battlefield (when they didn't flee, which as you know happened very... Historytruhlei - 18 Jul 2007 Nathan - 23 Jan 2010
	AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FORMER COMMUNIST born in Poland 6 - Certainly worth a read. Thanks for posting.... HistoryLudwik Kowalski - 3 Jan 2010 Tymoteusz - 14 Jan 2010
	Closed: What British unit liberated Poland in 1945?? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 445 - o they may be atheists,but all jews have one god they love most - money....... HistoryKsysia - 6 Dec 2009 gregy741 - 8 Jan 2010
	Polish resistance group under II World war in Denmark 18 - Howdy Lars Barasinski. There is some barasinski in the villages of Kolding and Haderslev... HistoryJola - 17 Nov 2006 Jola - 27 Mar 2008

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