Did Poles living in Germany support Hitler's rise to power before World War II?

Did Poles in pre-war Germany support Hitler's coming to power, and if so, for how long?

No, no they did not.
Hitlers image was built on pure propaganda that the Poles eaily saw through.
Especially the Polish Christians.

As Hitler considered the Poles along with other Slavs "Untermenschen" or subhuman, the answer is also unequivocally no.

Dmowski and Moscicki were indeed nationalists, but scarcely Hitler supporters and the latter surely wouldn't have regarded their sentiments anyhow, albeit in close agreement.

His stance on who is and who isn;t was pretty much flexible. I'm sure if Poland remained as his ally he would declare Poles to be pure Ayrans... So don't be so cocky sure, a country infested by Jews Hitler really hated but Poles because they stood in his way ....


you are an idiot! Someone who is ignoramous and doesn;t know what he is talking about, and jews are racists...


who the hell knows? What kind of lazy question is that? Are all Germans support Merkel?

I always wondered how his partaking in the funeral of polish Pilsudski fit into that world view.....



rarehistoricalphotos.com/adolf-hitler-memorial-pilsudski-1935/

...In the picture, you can see Adolf Hilter during the service for Piłsudski and a symbolic coffin with a Polish flag and eagle. This was the only time that Fuhrer attended a holy mass as a leader of the Third Reich and probably one of the last times when he was in a church.....

One could guess there was more at play at that time....maybe he hoped for polish allies?

...After he attacked Poland, he would say that things wouldn't turn out like that if old Pilsudski was still alive. He was also very excited when Pilsudski congratulated him on winning the elections in 1933....

Sure, Italians and Japs were Aryans and Poles were not? Think about that... or Slovack :D or Highlanders in Poland. It rather telling...

Yes....history wasn't cut out and dried back then...

I doubt it, given that the fascists considered them to be 'untermensch'. Especially though not exclusively those Poles of the Jewish faith.

Then again, there were conservative Rabbis who encouraged their congregations to vote NSDAP because they thought the ridiculous crap about 'kinder kuche kirche' outweighed the thuggish street violence and endless rhetoric against Jewish people.

you pretty much declared yourslef German. You would be fine in the30' Germany. the ego behing this topic...

@B.B. in "Triumph of the Will", you will have no doubt noticed the clear presence of certain select Black Africans from former Namibia included in his Conventions (Reichsparteitage).

Was he thus a friend of the Black man??

Attending Pilsudki's burial was a political act as well, as there was no love lost between Hitler and the Polish people, above all, Poland's Jewish population.

@Ironside,
Your intentional twisting of words in order to humiliate is quite irritating and unprofessional. I've tried to give you a chance to improve but you fight my efforts at every turn.

Personally, I think your English is in truth better than it looks. I mean no one can be that ignorant!

Still....attending the funeral of a "subhuman"??? That makes no sense...

Good point, Iron.

If they were Germans like the rest of the country they would act German, feel German, happily sing the German national anthem, and would be indistinguishable from Germans.

Instead, they did everything humanly possible to stand out separate and apart.

It's not true, they were much more integrated in Germany than in Poland.

1. Define "integrated". A reminder: Even criminals serving life are "integrated".
2. Did they act German, feel German, and happily sing the German national anthem? This is a yes-no question so no essays are needed.
3. Could you visually tell them apart from German Germans?

On the other hand I find that admirable....keeping their identity so far away from home, against so much adversity....you need a special kind of grit for that!

They didn't leave their homeland like your usual immigrant, searching for easier, better shores....

I find it suicidal.
Sorry, BB, history proved you wrong and me right.
Every animal wants to blend. That's why zebras don't come with police lights on their heads and why rats are gray.

...their decision!

...and the consequences...so don't cry to me when stupid acts produce stupid and very predictable results.

What a strange topic...

Not Poles, but Poles in Germany. How many were there? Are you talking about Polish citizens living in Germany, or ethnic Poles with German citizenship?

Especially for you: In 1925, the census revealed that 780,000 Poles lived in Germany.

Germany should have deported every single one for being Poles instead of Germans. Germany is for Germans - just as Poland is for Poles.

Are you going to give me your definition of "integrated"?

It wouldn't be that easy because they lived in the former Polish lands or in the Ruhr area where they worked in mines.

Poles make great Germans! :)

How many Poles were in the German army on September 1, 1939?

.....hmmm....going only about a ..'ski as family name....lotsa!

I was once at a business meeting in Poznan where there was a group from Germany. All the Poles had German names and all the Germans had Polish names.

Heh:)

There are studies!

file:///C:/!MY%20STUFF/!MY%20DOWNLOADS/Dr%C3%A4ger-Schmuck2009.pdf

...it begins with page 328:

....

3.1 Slavonic names in Germany

According to Naumann (2007), 15% of surnames in his data are Slavonic in origin. This fact is a
result of the long language contact between German and West Slavonic languages, especially
Polish and Czech. ....

There is even a graphic showing the most -ski's in Germany! Especially East-Germany is fairly dark with -ski's...."Gerpolia", heh:)

A -ski is not enough to be Polish or a Pole. If they were simply Germans but with -ski in the last name you wouldn't make this distinction:


...a statement equal to: Gemans make great Germans!
We are back to the "Poles and Jews" discussion.

No, we are not back to the "Poles and Jews" discussion. Let's stay on topic. I do not know how many Poles were in the Wehrmacht in 1939, but I know that after the occupation of the Czech Republic and Poland, neither Poles nor Czechs were drafted into the German army. Hitler simply did not consider the Czechs to be very useful on the battlefield and he did not want the Poles because he knew that at the first opportunity they would cross over to the other side.

Correct here, Bobko!
Ck. out old Polish stamps from the '30's and above "Danzig", proudly shows a profile of Hitler.