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History has always been an important element of life in Poland. Share your reflections on Poland's past. (page 3)

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	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 5 6 7 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 5 6 7 8 9 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
	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 5 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
	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 5 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
	Should Poland be given ANY credit for ALLOWING Jews into Poland for 1000 years? 2 3 4 5 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
	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
	"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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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

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