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	What do Poles think about Turks? 2 3 4 ... 24 25 737 - Then also, we see that western Europeans support all who works against Slavs. So how can one love Turks... Historyturkishfriend - 15 Aug 2007 / Crow - 2 Mar 2017
	Polish Food Stamps of the Communist Era 9 - Hello there. I don't know if anyone is still checking this but I was wondering if anyone knee what... Historyjasondmzk - 28 Feb 2013 / BigTom - 2 Mar 2017
	Criminal "Belle Epoque" in Kraków of 1908 8 - Yes, his stuff is amazing, should be much better known. A friend who visited Krakow in the mid... HistoryZiemowit - 15 Feb 2017 / mafketis - 23 Feb 2017
	How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer 2 3 4 ... 6 7 188 - Pretty interesting scenario. I am not sure and i don't want to offend. But so many posts here are... Historypierogi2000 - 2 May 2013 / KazimierzWielki - 10 Feb 2017
	Origins of Polish Slavs 2 48 - not to fall in trap of misunderstanding, when speak about Serbians in those ancient time always have in... HistoryZakopanTG - 30 Apr 2012 / Crow - 9 Feb 2017
	Most important Poles and Slavs that ever lived 2 3 74 - It has crossed my mind, too. I thought that the Nobel prize commitee issuing the certificat for her... HistoryCrow - 12 Mar 2015 / Ziemowit - 9 Feb 2017
	Give back Lwow to Poland and Kaliningrad to Germany - is it possible? 2 3 4 ... 6 7 198 - I would tend to agree with you, but not entirely. We Slavs, if serious, for example serious... HistoryDavid_18 - 27 Jun 2010 / Crow - 31 Jan 2017
	Silesia to Czechia 4 - According to a certain line of reasoning then, why not return formerly-German-held territory, now situated squarely in Poland, to... HistoryBacksilesia - 27 Jan 2017 / Lyzko - 27 Jan 2017
	Should Poland be given ANY credit for ALLOWING Jews into Poland for 1000 years? 2 3 4 ... 6 7 189 - Put down the bong and back to scrubbing floors peasant!... HistoryMediaWatch - 11 Mar 2012 / Marsupial - 27 Jan 2017
	The ongoing de-Germanisation of the Nazis and the Holocaust adds to Poland's Responsibility 2 3 4 5 124 - In case with this topic, Albanians (Shqiptars) joined in mocking the Poles and then apologized. Seams that mocking the... HistoryPolonius3 - 22 Nov 2016 / Crow - 25 Jan 2017
	Poland worst off as a result? (life in German Prussia vs. Russian communism) 14 - Pappyboy : Life in Prussia was different from life in Germany. They voted less to nazi party than... HistoryPeter Rossa - 5 May 2012 / przyjacielPL - 22 Jan 2017
	Give Poland back it's lost land ! 2 54 - I met an elderly gentleman the other day who hailed from the former Rastenburg (Polish ??? I can't recall... Historyszeliga - 28 May 2015 / Lyzko - 20 Jan 2017
	Royal Family still in Poland? 2 54 - @SASPoland Check what I wrote in the topic linked below. Could be some help. polishforums.com/genealogy/piechowski-family-80358/... HistoryRileyS - 4 Apr 2010 / Awrite pal - 19 Jan 2017
	Lobau, West Prussia. Is this now Lubawa in Poland, or Lobau in Germany? 5 - The above definitions are correct. Until 1871 Loebau was part of the Koenigreich (Kingdom) of Prussia. The province was... Historylightalma - 9 Jan 2014 / arnona100 - 17 Jan 2017
	Foreigners who fought for Poland 13 - Racowie for free Poland. Poland without foreign troops. Poland in independent Intermarium. Defend Her. Defend Poland.... Historypawian - 15 Aug 2013 / Crow - 15 Jan 2017
	Whats the French Huguenots history in Poland? where did they settle Poland? 16 - Very true. Also true :)) Now what's interesting is that in Poland that was... HistorySlavicaleks - 12 Sep 2012 / Atch - 12 Jan 2017
	ANYONE KNOW WHAT POLISH REGIMENT OR AIR FORCE WAS MY STEP FATHER in WW2, HE WAS IN SCOTLAND 3 - The only man of that name in the Polish Air Force survived the War and returned to his birthplace... HistoryBAGPIPESMAD - 2 Jun 2016 / R1268 - 2 Jan 2017
	Sensational : the biblical Philistines - were they Slavic people? 5 - Ziemowit this 'translation' is simply rubbish - and if Slavs migrated into central Europe from somewhere it was... HistoryZiemowit - 15 Dec 2016 / gumishu - 16 Dec 2016
	When will you Poles give back German land and the cities which you robbed? 2 3 4 ... 18 19 551 - There is the interesting online Rastko Project, sponsored by Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. There is entire section... HistoryPOLENGGGs - 3 Aug 2010 / Crow - 4 Dec 2016
	"Quiet Hero" a book on Polish Survivors rarely heard - by Rita Cosby 27 - youtube.com/watch?v=Pn1xzeQy1Lk... HistoryMediaWatch - 3 Jul 2010 / Piece of Polish - 28 Nov 2016
	Need Help Identifying This Uniform 10 - @Bartkowiak I'd be guessing this man wears a uniform of the Border Protection Corps (Korpus Ochrony Pogranicza). Are you... Historydawnan - 15 Aug 2016 / Veles - 24 Nov 2016
	German history of my new home in Poland 2 31 - mafketise You don`t understand. What hypothesis on the origin of humanity? What "Out of Serbia" hypothesis? I didn`t... Historyabaper - 18 Nov 2016 / Crow - 20 Nov 2016
	Would love some info about my found Polish stamps. 3 - Thank you for the response. :) I'll take your advice.... Historykings - 21 Oct 2016 / kings - 30 Oct 2016
	Kaczynski's Legacy 2 3 88 - All Communist countries had certain factors common to their education systems. Education was very much 'managed' and had specific... HistoryShawnH - 13 Apr 2010 / Atch - 25 Oct 2016
	Time for Slavic Commonwealth around Poland as center 2 3 4 108 - hypothetical Intermarium? Hardly. Its necessity already. Anyway, theoretically, Intermarium would be open for any country that you mentioned.... HistoryCrow - 24 Jul 2010 / Crow - 22 Oct 2016
	Forgotten crime from Soviet occupation period - an article from Rzeczpospolita 6 - Merged: 60th anniversary of (almost) a Soviet intervention in PRL "(..)Tylko jeden raz, rozpoczęła się w Polsce... HistoryRobertLee - 22 Jun 2011 / RubasznyRumcajs - 20 Oct 2016
	Polish mathematicians who solved the Enigma machine 2 37 - Sorry I thought that movie was sci fi? Was I wrong?... HistoryPrince - 2 Feb 2009 / Marsupial - 16 Oct 2016
	Conscripted to German Army, then the British Polish Free Army. How? 11 - Many Polish soldiers forced to fight for Germany some came over to the allied side, some captured prisoners... HistoryTezBobrow - 24 Aug 2016 / dolnoslask - 19 Sep 2016
	Battle of Grunwald 1410 The biggest medieval battle. Germans smashed. 2 3 4 5 6 174 - wow, older than the USA? THAT old? incredible... ;)) but yes, of course Poles achieved other things, too... HistoryLukasz - 25 Sep 2007 / Linneus - 13 Sep 2016
	How do Poles feel about 10th anniversary of 9/11 2 33 - It definitely shows the most disrespect possible. Just shows you what is happening in America since 'Barrack "Hussein" Obama'... HistoryOWELL - 11 Sep 2011 / johnny reb - 11 Sep 2016
	Polish military uniforms - collar markings 24 - It's definitely a uniform of Mountain Infantry, one of the Podhale Rifle Regiments at that time, the biggest... HistoryOzi Dan - 18 Feb 2013 / 984562 - 26 Aug 2016
	Poles also killed innocents 2 32 - Harry you're backpedaling or your geography is poor, what is western Ukraine according to you? Phew,... HistoryBogdan26 - 14 Jul 2016 / Ironside - 27 Jul 2016
	What Was Happening in Poland around 1905? 2 60 - By then, the pogroms were sadly in full force. grossmanproject.net/pogroms.htm Many Polish citizens (and back then, Poland was... Historyliteraturecat - 16 Oct 2009 / Nickidewbear - 27 Jul 2016
	Polish hatred towards Jews... 2 3 4 ... 36 37 1,092 - In a word, No. "Psy-ops" indeed!... HistoryKONSKIEpelta - 1 Jan 2008 / jon357 - 17 Jul 2016
	Poland in WWI 2 38 - Just chucking in an example of the chaos of WW1... Bronisław Malinowski, the famous anthropologist, was doing research in... HistoryAtch - 1 Jul 2016 / Trevek - 11 Jul 2016
	60th anniversary of the Poznan uprising! 2 60 - Don't forget he humiliated her directly after the elections that she won for him by floating rumors of a... Historymafketis - 28 Jun 2016 / mafketis - 5 Jul 2016
	Interesting memorial about 212 Polish soldiers 18 - Perhaps because the British trained a lot of them in England. They were under the SOE, however they were... Historydtaylor5632 - 13 Oct 2011 / Trevek - 5 Jul 2016
	How come Poles like Russians but not Germans? 2 3 4 5 6 177 - I'll answer with sincerity, Poles tend to 'lean' towards Germans. There're some areas where Russians can relate to with... Historygluehapfel - 3 Jul 2013 / Skacia - 30 Jun 2016
	A question regarding Christian/Pagan military alliance in First Millenium Central Europe 17 - Ok, it's 2016 now, I just happened to stumble upon this thread... I believe I migth have an answer... HistoryDes Essientes - 1 Mar 2011 / Gielie - 27 Jun 2016
	Polish Air Force 1939-45 8 - I have a friend whose (Polish) dad was in RAF. He has a log book. I'll ask if he... HistoryGuest - 1 Aug 2008 / Trevek - 12 Jun 2016
	POLISH IDENTITY-shift from communism to democracy 28 - One of the many reasons that the current regime want to stifle an independent media; basically they want... Historymrpainte - 3 Nov 2010 / jon357 - 12 Jun 2016
	Further Reading Online of Kazamierz III? 2 - The King has a headache. But, you can find satisfaction with good quality Polish sausage links. These have a... HistoryCas Milosz - 3 Jun 2016 / landofthunder - 11 Jun 2016
	Old Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth Inheritance, Legitimacy, and Nobility. 8 - I somehow doubt it, to be honest... My mum said that according to a family legend her family... HistoryPrzybyslaw - 5 Mar 2016 / Paulina - 8 Jun 2016
	13 of December - the anniversary of MARTIAL LAW in Poland 2 48 - Greneda... Yes, it is weird that OT Mr B was apparently a highly charismatic bon-viveur with an alarmingly... Historymiranda - 12 Dec 2007 / Dougpol1 - 24 May 2016
	Current Polish-Russian relations.. What do the Poles think? What about PiS? 2 52 - You mean the war crimes that were committed against the Serbs also right?.. Srebnica counts were found to... HistoryAdrianK9 - 8 Mar 2016 / AdrianK9 - 16 May 2016
	POLAND: EASTERN or CENTRAL European country? 2 3 4 ... 34 35 1,034 - All depends who (and how) is measuring... there are at least several other so called 'Centres of Europe' -... HistoryPolson - 30 Oct 2007 / Jardinero - 12 May 2016
	Question about Warsaw Ghetto (shared building?) and Monument 19 - Wait until we start seeing Macierewicz's brownshirts on the streets...... Historyskibum - 23 May 2010 / jon357 - 22 Apr 2016
	Digital reconstruction of Warszawa - Miasto Ruin - rebuilding the destroyed Warsaw 29 - Merged: How postwar Warsaw was rebuilt using 18th century paintings A good article in The Guardian's "Stories... Historypgtx - 28 Jul 2010 / jon357 - 22 Apr 2016
	Seeking info on Courland 4 - thank you jon jon this is golden... HistoryCas Milosz - 21 Apr 2016 / Cas Milosz - 21 Apr 2016
	Is 5th partition of Poland possible? What kind? How? When? 2 3 72 - what about Poland's participation to Irak war in order to follow their friend bush? ;) For sure, Poland... Historypawian - 13 Jan 2013 / InPolska - 9 Apr 2016
	Website about Poland's History, would anybody like to contribute? 5 - Poland has had quite a few enemies through the years, Germans, Russians, Ukrainian and Lithuanian nationalists, some Jews (not... HistoryPolandExplorer - 17 Feb 2014 / Lwow Eagle - 8 Apr 2016
	History of two Neighbors: Poland - Germany Interrelations 4 - Absolutely. I wouldn't say "really common", but for instance - the Poznan Voivodship (province) in 1921 had 7.6%... HistorySkacia - 6 Apr 2016 / delphiandomine - 7 Apr 2016
	Association of Lovers of Lwów and Southeastern Kresy 19 - "Those educated under the communists don't know much about history" I can second that, the commies stole my... HistoryLwow Eagle - 3 Apr 2016 / dolnoslask - 4 Apr 2016
	Sarmatism in Poland 2 3 4 105 - Actually more of it from here - historyfiles.co.uk/ yes some of the maps and quotes I got from Wiki....... HistoryLukasz - 8 Mar 2008 / AdrianK9 - 4 Apr 2016
	Role of Serbian medieval cavalry in formation of Polish hussars 21 - Interesting... HistoryCrow - 29 Oct 2009 / Fluffypanda - 1 Apr 2016
	What connects Poland with Vlad Impaler or to say Vlad Tepes or simple Dracula 2 41 - See, there would be order in Europe, again.... HistoryCrow - 1 Jul 2009 / Crow - 24 Mar 2016
	Should Poland organize March of the Living in Volhynia and Eastern Lesser Poland? 19 - There could be no "revival" for something that was novel, and not accepted by many of the people others... HistoryMyMom - 24 Aug 2011 / Lwow Eagle - 9 Mar 2016
	Russian Labor Camps pre-WWII (in the regions of Poland) 7 - Merged: People from Poland interned to Vorkuta during WW2 Is anybody aware of records with names of... HistoryGoszcz - 28 Feb 2012 / BobM - 8 Mar 2016
	Role of Poland's PSK (Women's Auxiliary Service) in WWII 4 - Polish women at 2nd Polish Corp in Puglia: Base 316 Transport Company (polish women) was in Palagianello, near Taranto.... Historylneri - 28 Dec 2013 / Gianluca - 5 Mar 2016
	Cars made in Poland - during communist and post-communist times 8 - Not sure kpc21 - this was before my times. Communism in Poland was quite different right after WW2, different... HistoryAdrianK9 - 29 Feb 2016 / AdrianK9 - 1 Mar 2016

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