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History has always been an important element of life in Poland. Share your reflections on Poland's past. (page 2)

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	Do polish people know that some of them fought a war against the United States? 2 3 61 - My dad was in the conscripted Polish army in the late 60's as mandatory 2 year duty. He... Historyroca - 16 Nov 2011 / marty53 - 15 Nov 2017
	DID THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT OF POLAND CENSOR MAIL IN AND OUT OF POLAND 29 - Hello! I would like to contact those people who has censored letters, could you maybe one of you send... Historyguzzler - 18 May 2010 / aliciamn - 13 Nov 2017
	Adam Mickiewicz. What is his motherland: Poland or Lithuania? 2 3 4 93 - He certainly was, and I wouldn't even try:-)... Historymatteroftaste - 22 Feb 2010 / Lyzko - 1 Nov 2017
	POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? 2 3 4 ... 33 34 35 1,039 - "Poland is Western country. Rich, developed, first world country. Geographicaly is Central Europe, exactly Central-Western country. Poland definitely is... HistoryPolson - 30 Oct 2007 / ExpatLife - 24 Oct 2017
	Yalta Conference and Polish Government 5 - Which free and fair elections had that government won in order to legitimate itself? Isn't the reality that... HistoryPoplarBonbon - 21 Oct 2017 / Harry - 22 Oct 2017
	Terrible past for the Jews in Poland? 2 3 4 ... 16 17 18 532 - Merged: Polish-American Historian Takes Issue With Goldhagen A US historian has come out with a book contesting... Historywolf - 6 Mar 2012 / Lyzko - 10 Oct 2017
	Do Silesia people consider themselves to be Silesians, not Poles nor Germans? 15 - Feel as you wish, but most Silesians feel Silesian and Polish at the same time as the result... HistoryEnvyme - 28 Jan 2013 / Ziemowit - 7 Oct 2017
	Poland's Law and Justice party (PiS) and their links to the past. 2 - I don't think they do that, at least I don't remember any... The refugees thing is based... HistoryTimster166 - 28 Sep 2017 / G (undercover) - 30 Sep 2017
	Franciszek Kornicki - Son of Poland, WWII Flying Ace, Savior of Britain 6 - Here is a link to the video you mentioned: It's an excellent and important short film... HistoryBieganski - 23 Sep 2017 / Bieganski - 24 Sep 2017
	Origins of Polish Slavs 2 49 - the polish comes from *** tv GO WATCH OK... HistoryZakopanTG - 30 Apr 2012 / pootv - 21 Sep 2017
	Aurochs, the primitive prehistoric cattle of Europe, had lived in Poland? 2 40 - We didn't book it. We were just staying in Białowieża and looked for things we could do. The tourist... Historyfrankdom - 3 Mar 2013 / kaprys - 21 Sep 2017
	Time for Slavic Commonwealth around Poland as center 2 3 4 5 135 - I hope that Clinton`s, Wesley Clarke, Madeline Albright and other liars and anti-Serbian propagandists finish in jail, after new... HistoryCrow - 24 Jul 2010 / Crow - 20 Sep 2017
	For what the Germans owe Poland one trillion U.S. dollars? 2 3 4 ... 7 8 9 249 - ...which was their first mistake! You take over someone else's property without even making them an offer aka "red... Historymonia - 18 Mar 2013 / Lyzko - 6 Sep 2017
	Poland and Britain started WW2 2 3 4 101 - @Lyzko He's all yours. Someone with poor English is making antisemitic remarks - yet not a Pole. Teach him... HistoryDougTales - 21 Feb 2012 / kaprys - 5 Sep 2017
	National Service (Conscription) in Poland during 1938-1968 period 3 - Merged: Conscription in Russian Poland before Druga Rzeczpospolita (Second Polish Republic) Cześć Wszyscy. Our dziadzia emigrated from... HistoryMarilyn - 25 Jun 2015 / Turbowicz - 2 Sep 2017
	Alexander the Great - Macedonski. Poland connection? 2 3 4 ... 7 8 9 254 - Development....??? Stealing is not development. Vardar Banovinians are not Macedonians. Macedonian today is not a country. ITs a... Historybledi_nowysacz - 21 May 2013 / Thessaloniki - 30 Aug 2017
	Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? 2 3 4 ... 15 16 17 505 - Survival often breeds deviant behavior which is why it's the strongest of all human emotions.... History_Fiish_ - 18 Feb 2009 / Lyzko - 24 Aug 2017
	How to know the value of Polish coins from 1960-70's 4 - Thank you @Atch and @terri... Historysamthelearner - 22 Aug 2017 / samthelearner - 22 Aug 2017
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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 ... 8 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
	WW2 Polish settlement in the North study 2 - Hi Lucia Please email archives@barnsley.gov.uk we had a displaced persons camp and a few years ago we had... Historylukkija - 28 Jul 2016 / Cassie188 - 17 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
	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 ... 10 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
	Why Poland achieved nothing at all? 30 - I agree. He's more of a sort of "home boy" hero type to me:-)... HistoryPolar Bear - 4 Mar 2017 / Lyzko - 13 Mar 2017

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