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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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	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
	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 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
	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

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