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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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	Polish military uniforms - collar markings 2 32 - Brilliant, thank you.... HistoryOzi Dan - 18 Feb 2013 ASWaldman - 17 Apr 2018
	What should Russia and Poland do to become if not friends, then at least not enemies? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 294 - Crow, Serbia cannot trust Putin either. No way. He doesnt give a toss about anyone but the billions he... Historytrzy kola - 20 Aug 2017 TheWizard - 9 Apr 2018
	Effects of Living under Communism in Poland 2 58 - Merged: Poland has a fine tradition of resisting Communism Beginning in 1945, the Poles bravely fought Bolshevism... Historypolishmama - 12 Dec 2010 Slavictor - 8 Apr 2018
	Jan Potocki On Ancient Slavic History. 6 - Equally, why not? This other film was back in the mid-60s. Anyway, the latest film (currently showing at... HistoryDes Essientes - 3 Apr 2011 jon357 - 20 Mar 2018
	I would talk to you about our King WŁADYSŁAW WARNEŃCZYK 9 - My King, we didn`t forget. Racowie gave their oath to you. We won`t left Poles in the mud. From... HistoryCrow - 17 Aug 2008 Crow - 17 Mar 2018
	How come Poles like Russians but not Germans? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 216 - Poles ! My sisters and brothers, listen to me. Maybe now you don`t understand. But you shall... Historygluehapfel - 3 Jul 2013 Crow - 17 Mar 2018
	Is there a Western/Eastern divide in Poland like the Northern/Southern divide in Italy? 2 37 - There was some payback on a small scale, every time my father captured a Uebermensch (that was the... HistoryGuestuser - 15 Mar 2018 dolnoslask - 15 Mar 2018
	Great people of Poland and Slavdom - please, only name of your favorite great person, without any explanation 3 - Nice. Now me > Sergei Prokofiev Dmitri Shostakovich Svatopluk I of Moravia Leo Tolstoj Władysław Warneńczyk ... HistoryCrow - 13 Mar 2018 Crow - 13 Mar 2018
	Need Help Identifying This Uniform 13 - Assume again... :)... Historydawnan - 15 Aug 2016 TheOther - 7 Mar 2018
	De-communisation in Poland? 2 38 - Due to the simple fact that regardless of the soviet union fall the 'commies' had been firmly in... HistoryPolonius3 - 29 Jun 2013 Ironside - 4 Mar 2018
	From Poland to America via HAPAG in the 1890s 2 - Interesting question. I'd assume everything went through the PRL offices (most likely had to be accepted by someone in... HistoryMaxwellStDog - 13 Feb 2018 Nathans - 1 Mar 2018
	What do Polish people think of Palestinians? 20 - The ancient aka Biblical Holy Land of the Jewish people was called "Judaea", not "Palestine"! After the British Mandate... Historyhypertyper - 30 May 2012 Lyzko - 12 Feb 2018
	Polish perspective of WW1: Germany, their Defeat & the Legend of the Stab in the Back 17 - Hitler parleyed the stab in the back legend into his rapid ascent to power! German aggression in Verdun, for... HistoryMarcinD - 2 Aug 2012 Lyzko - 12 Feb 2018
	'Defamation': The Anti-Semism Industry & Poland 2 3 4 5 6 7 186 - Yeah I remember that one, Defamation. Featuring Israeli teenagers on tourist trips to Auschwitz and how they are... Historyjoepilsudski - 20 May 2011 johnny reb - 11 Feb 2018
	Looking for info on wartime Polish community in Manchuria 21 - I was born in Manchuria and lived in harbin until 1945 as6 year old my mom lived there for... Historyarelis - 19 Dec 2016 wlodek harbin - 8 Feb 2018
	Polish and other Slavic nobility in our time 2 3 65 - Head? Yes, yes. Thanks Observere for correcting me. In use of my Slavicized English I often forget that people... HistoryCrow - 12 Jun 2010 Crow - 6 Feb 2018
	What are Polish opinions regarding Felix Dzerzhinsky? 4 - They may have done, but in Communist Poland, he was treated like some sort of mythical figure. That... HistoryBobko - 30 Jan 2018 delphiandomine - 31 Jan 2018
	Its decided. If Germany interfere in Silesia, Russia would support Poland. New winds 9 - Moment when Putin explained to Merkel > youtube.com/watch?v=OexlkYDoEBg Dialogue: Merkel: ``You see, we fly high.`` Putin:... HistoryCrow - 30 Apr 2011 Crow - 31 Jan 2018
	Roman Dmowski-Patriot, Nationalist, Anti-Semite? 2 3 4 105 - ..while the more far thinking, kaprys, realized before long that the road to acceptance, is solely through assimilation! ... HistoryPennBoy - 24 Nov 2010 Lyzko - 30 Jan 2018
	Good fences make good neighbors. 13 - Thats what pis has been doing - focusing on building relationships with v4 which po didnt nurture as they... HistoryBorrka - 10 Jul 2010 Dirk diggler - 29 Jan 2018
	WWII - who really was the first to help Poland? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 893 - Oh come on. Talking about low information voters.... Historyona - 5 Aug 2009 Ironside - 27 Jan 2018
	Poles and (Polish) Jews... Victims of war... and beyond 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 289 - Trust Mr. Trump won't forget to mention Jewish victims as well, rather than being so conveniently general:-)... Historyirishlodz - 11 May 2010 Lyzko - 27 Jan 2018
	Thinking of changing Wikipedia's Holocaust article to include genocide of Poles. 2 3 78 - It won't but what they did is still the hidden holocaust that many leftist Marxists and Russians are trying... Historymasks98 - 11 May 2010 dolnoslask - 22 Jan 2018
	Historic Polish-Japanese intelligence cooperation 19 - Seams that Poland always wait for western Europe or USA to approve everything. Good thing is that Poland at... Historysobieski - 8 Jun 2011 Crow - 18 Jan 2018
	Closed: Genocide strikes relations between Ukraine and Poland... again 7 - That's not entirely true, some Serbs are big fans of Russia. As can be seen by the way... Historydarpawlak - 18 Jan 2018 Taxpaying voter - 18 Jan 2018
	Closed: Polish hatred towards Jews... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 1,290 - A plea for clemency from a 96 year old German convicted over his role in the murders of 300,000... HistoryKONSKIEpelta - 1 Jan 2008 johnny reb - 17 Jan 2018
	Kronika Wielkopolska, Kronika Słowian - Text 4 - Merged: Is Łęczyca historically in Wielkopolska? Is Łęczyca historically in Wielkopolska?... HistorySemsem - 24 Nov 2010 TAK1730 - 29 Dec 2017
	75th anniversay of Dr Janusz Korczak's death - a true Polish hero 24 - They're all deceased:-)... Historyjon357 - 6 Aug 2017 Lyzko - 13 Dec 2017
	What proportion of the Polish population collaborated with the Nazis? 2 3 4 120 - @ShortHairThug Donald Tusk' dad served for the nazis, what a scummy ****** we elected as president... HistoryKingAthelstan - 1 Oct 2011 DoraTheGora - 12 Dec 2017
	Poland Army (Haller) - the American Campaign Medal 2 - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_Polonia_Restituta If that's not it, try googling the Cross of Valour and the Cross of Merit.... HistoryDa Bears - 9 Dec 2017 kaprys - 9 Dec 2017
	Good enough for British - Joseph Conrad? Poland-born novelist. 23 - Compared to Lady Ottoline Morrell, almost everyone was unsophisticated and of modest intellect. Mrs Conrad was evidently of... HistoryPolonius3 - 10 May 2015 jon357 - 3 Dec 2017
	Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Serbia- segmented. Who is next? Poland? 2 3 90 - Today, last verdict of the International court in Hague, due enormous quantities of evidences, proved that internal bearers of... HistoryCrow - 12 Mar 2010 Crow - 29 Nov 2017
	Poland in a Slavic Union/Alliance/Federation? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 325 - Poland still have chance that elegantly escape (literally) on winning side. Even still have chance not to humiliate itself... HistoryLodz_The_Boat - 25 Dec 2010 Crow - 28 Nov 2017
	When will you Poles give back German land and the cities which you robbed? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 557 - I think it's clear that Germany did the plundering and pillaging of her neighbors, NOT the other way round:-)... HistoryPOLENGGGs - 3 Aug 2010 Lyzko - 27 Nov 2017
	Association of Lovers of Lwów and Southeastern Kresy 27 - @TAK1730 Not only. I still have family members in Belarus who are part of the officially recognized Polish... HistoryLwow Eagle - 3 Apr 2016 DominicB - 21 Nov 2017
	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 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 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 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 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 5 6 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
	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 5 6 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 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 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

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