History / History of two Neighbors: Poland - Germany Interrelations [283]

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Oh please...as if they didn't rape Poles.


According to Prof. Chwalba of Jagiellonian University, this behavior reached such a scale that the Polish communists installed in the city by the Soviet Union, composed a letter of protest to Joseph Stalin himself. At the Kraków Main station, Poles who tried to rescue the victims of gang rape were shot at.

German women were protected (at least partially) by strict instructions about their treatment during transfer, issued by the Soviet command. However, there were no such instructions, or any instructions whatsoever about the Poles

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape_during_the_Soviet_occupation_of_Poland


dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3818311/Forgotten-story-Polish-nuns-gang-raped-pregnant-advancing-Soviet-troops-cared-French-female-doctor-revealed-time-70-years.html

Hell, they even raped jewish women just freed from a KZ....only stupids believe they would chose their victims only after nationality!

individual.utoronto.ca/jarekg/Ravensbruck/LastDays.html

I've thought you knew your history...

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromia_iridum

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

All of them! :)

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

My guess is that the slavic look is more pronounced with Russians than with Poles who mixed with other central western Europeans in a much bigger way because of the proximity.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]


They have always been the smallest part of the european makeup, doesn't mean extinction though....only less visibility.

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]


Acknowledging diversity and declaring one "better" or "preferable" are two different things! That's more the field of right wingers/nationalists though...

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]


Hey....there are pretty faces everywhere.

Especially the slavic girls are famous for their cheekbones! :)

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

Actually Radek Sikorski doesn't look very slavic...he has a rather square face without an especially round head...his coloring (brown hair/blue eyes) would point to germanic heritage.

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Sikorski.jpg

But of course here in central Europe we all are a mixed bunch anyhow! After 2 Millennia there is no such thing as "pureness" :)

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

Slavic too...

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]


That has not much to do with nationality but with heritage. You will find many "horse faces" in Poland too...Kopernikus had a germanic head structure for example.

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Nikolaus_Kopernikus_Anonymus_Staatsbibliothek_Krakau.jpg/627px-Nikolaus_Kopernikus_Anonymus_Staatsbibliothek_Krakau.jpg

as have all three of your examples. Compare them to the typical slavic round heads as here:

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or here:

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or here:

ucg.org/files/styles/full_grid9/public/image/article/2018/03/13/vladimir-putin-rise-of-a-strongman.jpg

or here:

topnews.in/files/tusk_1.jpg

The upper head is bigger and more pronounced than with non-slavic heritage....

Genealogy / The typical Polish look, or all Eastern Europeans [676]

I agree....Slavs have rounder heads and higher cheekbones...square heads and also brown hair and blue eyes is rather typically for middle-southern Germans.

The blond/blue eyed germanic/northern types come often with a narrow/rectangular head (horse face:)....

Travel / Bent trees in Gryfino Poland.. (Any answers) [18]

[Moved from]: European Tree of the Year

What a cool award....one of the best EVER!!!!

treeoftheyear.org/home

Important: Not so much the beauty is the deciding facter (is there something like an "ugly" tree???) but the history the tree has witnessed.

Poland entered the contest with the "Kneeling Tree" and made it even to the finals.

The story of this tree:
treeoftheyear.org/Stromy/Klecici-strom

Go vote!!!! :)

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In the European Tree of the Year contest, we are searching for the tree with the most interesting story. Voting takes place from 1 to 28 February 2019. When voting, always select two trees. Votes in the last week (from 22 to 28 February) are secret, meaning that preliminary vote counts will not be available on the web page.

History / Polish and German Borders-Justice for Both Countries or not? [37]


Is it?


The proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing! :)

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]

Not Germany this time...we learnt our lesson...that's why there won't be any Gerexit ever!

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]


What new economic order?

Without the EU Germany would still be the most powerful economy...only maybe then allied with Russia and it's huge market/army...would that be better for Poland???

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]


Nope, cooperation is the best guarantee of peace. Membership in the same unions, common goals and lotsa common projects. A deep political and economical integration, so that any conflict makes no sense anymore.

As it would be to hurt yourself when you try to hurt the other....THAT is a guarantee for peace!

Germany has 9 neighbours, do you really think there will be peace when all 10 countries point their weapons at each other???

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]

So true...and we (Europe) would be the loser in this on all accounts!

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]


There isn't any logic behind. For Trump the EU is a rival on the world markets...

As for Putin, the EU is the main political enemy in his quest for power and influence in Europe...

To make it fail would please both of them.

It's downright illogical for any proud European to want to weaken the EU now.

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]


That's why the EU is such a game changer.

If you want to set Germany and Poland back on an centuries old, bloody path, it's your choice...I would rather not.


They won't win any elections with that. The contrary is true, to stop the incoming masses Europe needs to secure it's outer borders, that will only work together, when all chip in. It's in Germany's best interest.

The other alternative for Germany, alone...outside of the EU, would be to build a wall to all neighbouring countries, that is not even a workable dream here, rather a nightmare.

There will be no Gerexit, and there will be a longterm solution to this mass immigration. But it won't destroy the EU, it will make it stronger, we would have a real common border then, a border accepted and supported by its members, a step forward to a real union.

Common footie team next... :)


Trump will be gone soon. His term is limited by law...we can sit him out!

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]

.....and Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse of Odin.

Do 8 legs beat 4 heads? :)

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]


Hmm...people are leaving Serbia....alot of them to Germany and France....


euractiv.com/section/enlargement/news/thu-one-fifth-of-serbs-want-to-leave-serbia/


That really can become a serious problem. Especially once Serbia becomes a new EU member and they are free to chose where to go in Europe. Serbia will empty out in no time.

In a few decades they will be all assimiliated into the West... ;)

Remember? "Voting with their feet", huh? :)


serbianmonitor.com/en/60-of-young-people-planning-to-leave-serbia/

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]

Okay...but what would be the alternative?

Our security forces are traditional more interesting for conservative mentalities...the Left and the Greens have destroyed alot with their attacks against policemen and soldiers doing their job and their generally dislike against weapons.

It's not as if they would want to fill the void when you throw out all AfD voters, not that you can as it is still a democratic party...

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]


I really doubt that...


"Kameraden" is used in police and military though. A traditional german description for brother-in-arms.

What you probably mean is "Genossen", another possibly translation for "comrades" in the anglo-sphere, mainly used by party commies...

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]


Yeah well...I disagree.

But you will surely find much support on this forum from other poster...

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]

Hey...it is already better than anything in our common history! We don't shoot at each other and nobody is invading anybody. We are members of the same unions. We can visit each other, and are able to live and work in the other country when we want to.

That has to count for something, right? :)

For the rest, we will muddle through and hoping for the best as always....

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]

You should know that the pipeline is now very controversial in Germany too. There is no "us", it's mainly Merkel.

The number of german politicians who speak out openly against it is rising.

And yes, it's also a question of solidarity. It's nuts to ask Poland and other to help us out with the refugees and otherwise showing them the finger when its about our interests only and totally disregarding theirs. That's undermining every kind of good will inside the EU.

History / Poland - problem for Germany? (historically continual hostility of German state on Poland) [154]

*hugs Dolno*

Still sorry for your losses (totally voluntarily)!

Life / Are Poles mentally more Eastern European or Western European? [170]

As in...France: highly centralized state compared to Germany: federation with fa reaching rights for the Bundesländer which value their self-rule very highly.

Where does that fit in?

History / Why are Poles/Poland disliked by Germans? [140]

....but its true...they are worrier...

News / Poland in the European Union. Polexit? [559]


Are you sure?

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That sounds well rounded....