History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Jews admire Mickiewicz if they teach literature, Szopen aka Chopin if they love music, and Wójtyla et al.if they love life:-)

News / Poland - Germany's 5th largest trade partner [33]

Historically, you have a point. As to the thread topic, this will make it even more to the Germans' advantage to learn Polísh, although many Poles already know German.

News / Poland - Germany's 5th largest trade partner [33]

@Ziemowicie, I was referring to France's size, not it's location:-)

News / Poland - Germany's 5th largest trade partner [33]

Poland is Germany's largest neighbor after France. No wonder.

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

You're mistaken! The ever-popular Roman Dmowski wasn't exactly a friend of the Jews. Read "Kwestia zydowska"!

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

To which "they" were you referring?

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Poles, similar to the Austrians, but unlike the Germans, often seem unwilling to admit to either anti-Semitism or even Nazi leanings in wartime Poland.

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

As I'd already mentioned many times, Poland had a broader resistance movement than nearly any other European country, brave, unsung heroes, showing us that even a bunch of rotten apples can't ruin the whole crop!!

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Then by that paultry definition, Novi, sainthood was tainted by devilry undisguided.

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Until '45, defeated Germany had been the most recalcitrantly un- yea ANTI-democratic country in all Europe, whose Weimar Republic was about the most tragi-comic joke of modern history, prior of course to Chamberlain's "assurance" that "Herr Hitler desires peace in our time!LOL

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Reminds me a little of the erstwhile "Historians' Debate" in Germany during the 198O's. The Right typically relativized the horror of the Holocaust and the Left stressed its horrible uniqueness.

History / Poland's borders throughout history [47]

Slubice Ahemm, Zliwitz to you LOL

History / Poland's borders throughout history [47]

Before, Lwów was Lemberg.

History / Poland's borders throughout history [47]

German atlases typically still refer to Polish cities by their "former" German names, Danzig rather than Gdansk etc.!

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Don't forget to mention sewer worker Leopold Socha and the Lwów Uprising.

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Tito's Partisans were up there, along with Jean Moulin or those intrepid heroes of Telemark:-)

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

...it had the single largest resistance in Europe after France! Poland also NEVER had a pt goverment

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Wo, people! Poland was a truly mixed bag, and therefore, individual collaborationist tendencies notwithstanding

Language / Polish Swear Words [1242]

When once in Italy, a friend of mine at the time from Rome and I came upon two people talking together. Not knowing Italian, I figured from their voluble emotíons that they were cursing one another out. Angelina explained they were making plans for a bíg dinner party:-)

Genealogy / Am I of Polish or German descent? [10]

Many European countries have a birthright based on country of orígin. This means that if one's birth parents are from abroad, even one born in Poland for example, might not be considered citizens aka nationals.

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

You lost me.

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Old news to me.

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Again, the nation which gave us Szopen, Mickiewicz, Wajda, Pilecki, Wójtyla, and Karski, also gave us Roman Dmowski, Moscicki, and Rydz-Smigly! Every country has her black sheep, Poloniusz.

Genealogy / Am I of Polish or German descent? [10]

Many Poles can claim German descent. Yet, often Poles may actually deny any German connection. Prussians, by the way, are neither German nor Slavic, but Baltic:-) Does this help?

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

I simply meant that certain segments of Polish society were in fact Nazi flunkies, however, this clearly was a minority!

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Poland is no more "guilty by association" than you or I! Poland was a mere pawn of the Nazis, forced into submission. Their record immediately post-War's anothdr matter.

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Spot on, matey! History's always in search of victims, the weak link (no pun intended) on the wheel of causality. Once, it was the Jews, today the Muslims, tomorrow? Who knows for certain?

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

There's no "version" of the Holocaust! What happened is a matter of public record, no more, no less, so let's just stop playing David Irving.

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Apropos a Polish judge just brought action against two Holocaust scholars for allegedly downplaying Poland's role in the Holocaust. We're back to square one, folks.

History / Malinowo: Polish-Nazi Supression? [447]

Touché, ol' Johnny O! Two points. O nly