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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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	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
	What are Poland's pagan roots? 2 55 - moved from Have any original statues of Svetovid been found in Serbia, Crow? Or have any original... Historyjasinski - 30 Jan 2010 / Ziemowit - 10 Nov 2016
	Restoration of Poland's Monarchy? 2 40 - Important: If you quote a non-English source, ALWAYS summarize / translate the relevant parts into English! May... HistoryBarbastelle - 22 Jul 2014 / Marysienka - 31 Oct 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
	Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? 2 3 4 ... 23 24 698 - True, for many Germans from generations past, Poland was merely farm land, fodder for the German Reich, whose inhabitants... HistoryMareGaea - 8 Feb 2008 / Lyzko - 21 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
	Closed: In Memory of victims, who had their lives cruelly taken at Treblinka Death Camp in Poland 2 3 68 - The only Treblinka thread was closed. So I came here. Great film I watched tonight on local... Historybeckski - 3 Sep 2010 / nothanks - 19 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
	Jan Potocki On Ancient Slavic History. 3 - My great grandfather is a Potocki. He immigrated to America on July 22, 1914 under a different name. His... HistoryDes Essientes - 3 Apr 2011 / jschladil1 - 1 Mar 2016
	Teaching our kids about Poland's History 2 57 - Little something me and friends from Choir decided to play at the end of the Mass because of the... HistoryWlazski - 19 May 2006 / goofy - 28 Feb 2016
	Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? 2 3 4 5 6 171 - I personally think that people who DISLIKE an entire nation ( which of course also includes the people living... Historysamsungkorea - 8 Feb 2012 / Labrador - 23 Feb 2016
	Why is the Diary of Saint Sister Faustina Kowalska still unknown to Polonia and other countries? 29 - I've been to Medjugorje, too. At that time (1990s) the town was pretty well developed in the economic sense.... HistoryPol attorney - 15 Feb 2016 / Ziemowit - 17 Feb 2016
	Who is this communist Polish man? 3 - Miner uniform perhaps ? Something like this: lubin.pl/files/newsphotos/5860656b4b0439156ab551efeaa66697.jpg... Historyadrienne - 17 Feb 2016 / G (undercover) - 17 Feb 2016
	Poland unit in England - can anybody recognize this military uniform? 10 - Hi JGriff, There was a forum member named "Lacznosci" who set up a website that had some... Historyikla - 6 Aug 2013 / Ozi Dan - 17 Feb 2016
	"Poland's Concentration Camp" ?? 2 3 4 ... 19 20 571 - IS please, you evidently have no idea. It takes little or nothing to set the media off on... Historyscorpio - 5 May 2008 / jon357 - 16 Feb 2016
	A Polish Town in Turkey. Who Knew? 9 - it is not an active thread in this forum but for those still interested there is a webpage of... Historyjasondmzk - 29 Mar 2013 / merogluj1 - 13 Feb 2016
	Religion Of Children From Interfaith Marriages In The Kresy areas of Poland 3 - Thank you for this. Joyce focuses mostly on Roman Catholic and Orthodox relations. She does note that... HistoryLwow Eagle - 31 Jan 2016 / Lwow Eagle - 1 Feb 2016
	Why did Russia attack Poland in WW2? 2 3 4 5 6 178 - Merged: Russia is an aggressor again?! youtube.com/watch?v=cHfBIO-alTI... Historypolak123 - 10 Apr 2011 / Crnogorac3 - 27 Jan 2016
	Polish martyrology during WW2 - today`s monuments 2 54 - Exactly, well put, my thoughts exactly. Most Polish will agree with you and most of those who know... Historypawian - 14 Oct 2010 / Ktos - 25 Jan 2016
	The ethics of buying PRL products. Tax? 4 - pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historia_podatk%C3%B3w_w_Polsce#System_podatkowy_Polski_Ludowej -> some here although it doesn't seem to be clear. Generally in PRL times government owned most of... HistoryTim Bucknall - 4 Feb 2013 / G (undercover) - 20 Jan 2016
	Poland's Crowns jewels - what happened to them? 2 - they were robbed and re-smelted by the Prussians in the late 18th century (in the time of partitions of... HistoryBrytyjskiPolak - 12 Jan 2016 / gumishu - 12 Jan 2016
	What do Polish think of Gen. Pilsudski? 12 - Merged: Piłsudski-what would you do? Out of all leaders Poland ever had, as most people agree, the greatest... Historyylzmichal - 9 Mar 2013 / BrytyjskiPolak - 11 Jan 2016
	Why did Hitler kill so many Jews in Poland? 2 3 4 ... 8 9 261 - Now or pre-Shoah? Nowadays, just like anyone living anywhere in Europe. Before the war however when the... HistoryWroclaw Boy - 21 Mar 2010 / jon357 - 8 Jan 2016
	WWII & LEKAWICA TARNOW COUNTY 2 - You are right, there doesn't seem to be much on the net about it. In this link under XX... Historyszemula - 4 Jan 2016 / Chemikiem - 4 Jan 2016
	Rajmund Kaczyński not in PZPR 2 43 - Now, at the time it was the only place in Warsaw that some pre-war intelligencia were living in... HistoryPolonius3 - 29 Dec 2015 / Ironside - 30 Dec 2015

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