History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [625]

Surely, savior nations such as Israel, along with those whose history was responsible for Auschwitz, that is, for the Holocaust such as Germany, to a lesser extent Poland. The US too should help out, as well as France, Russia and various allied countries during the War.

History / Poles and (Polish) Jews... Victims of war... and beyond [380]

I call them fellow Polish citizens who may have Communist leanings, that's all:-) Not every issue is black or white, Ironside! That rigidity of thinking will slow you up every time, prevent you from seeing the facts clearly..

History / Poles and (Polish) Jews... Victims of war... and beyond [380]

Spot on as usual, matey!

History / Poles and (Polish) Jews... Victims of war... and beyond [380]

Accusing those with whom you disagree as "Communists" is merely the same old playbook which accused the Jews en masse of fostering Communism!
The same sort of thinking was used by various German historians, as I'm sure you know (if not by name) to semi-justify the Holocaust as a reaction to the Jewish presence within the Reich as abetting agents of Moscow:-)

Genealogy / Are Silesians people German/Germanic? [178]

Translation:

A. [To an outsized tall person] How's the weather up there?

B. [Spitting on person A] It's raining!!

back on topic please

Genealogy / Are Silesians people German/Germanic? [178]

No doubt.

Genealogy / Are Silesians people German/Germanic? [178]

"She would spit dead in the eye of the German invaders."
:-))

Sure she would have.

History / Poles and (Polish) Jews... Victims of war... and beyond [380]

You think YOU don't know everything, yet you're calling me "biased" merely because I'm asking questions??!
Man, that's a hot one. It's so funny, I could pukeLOL

Genealogy / Are Silesians people German/Germanic? [178]

Just kiddin' man. Even I knew that:-)

Genealogy / Are Silesians people German/Germanic? [178]

"Svetoid"?? The male form of "Sveta"??
LOL

Genealogy / Are Silesians people German/Germanic? [178]

Indeed we are, sir, and more than a trifle:-)

Suffice to say then, that Silesians are either "Slavicized" Germans or "Germanized" Poles. One or the other!

Genealogy / Are Silesians people German/Germanic? [178]

Seconded perhaps only by the Swedes:-)

Genealogy / Are Silesians people German/Germanic? [178]

Quite so, DirkDiggler! When does a group become necessarily "Slavic" vs. "Germanic" vs. "Latin" etc.? The amount of admixture is so relative.
When for example does a dialect become its own independent language?? As soon as the dialect acquires an army and a navy:-)

History / Poles and (Polish) Jews... Victims of war... and beyond [380]

This Museum, I understand from Polish (gentile and Jewish) acquaintances, is a balanced history of the Jews in Poland, up through and beyond the Holocaust.

There's no "cabal of Soviet Jews" except in your mind, Ironside:-) Typically biased prattle!

Genealogy / Are Silesians people German/Germanic? [178]

And I will say again, less nicely and less calmly, that nobody here at least has denied that the Silesians doutbless had some Slavic background owing to the intermingling of neighboring peoples and cultures.

Germanic and Slavic peoples though, remained SEPARATE tribes, united by common territory, period!!

Genealogy / Are Silesians people German/Germanic? [178]

@Tacitus, Crow is the roving troll/provocateur extraordinaire at PF. Pay no attention to most of what he posts:-)

Apropos your remarks concerning the presence of Roman settlers in the German Empire, it's also a well-known fact that the Germanic Vandals among others were responsible for plundering Rome upon their invasion of Italy. A thousand or so years later, one Adolf Hitler proudly staked claim to his now famous boast that the German Volk are "barbarians who are proud to be barbarians".

History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [625]

Auschwitz remains the singular manifestation of the entire Holocaust, not only of the Shoah. Although the town of Oswiecim sadly bears the name of this site, according to a recent Polish documentary I saw, the inhabitants of Oswiecim are rightfully ashamed of the stain brought to their town by association with the infamous camp.

Life / Are foreigners welcome in Poland? [305]

So long as one sincerely tries to learn the language of their host country to very best of their abilities, the foreigness will at superficially fade momentarily into the background. Stand out like a sore thumb, well, that's the risk one takes moving to a relatively homogenous and conservative society:-)

News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

Multi-cultural as the Austro-Hungarian was, you're also well aware, that mix didn't include the racial diversity of a true melting pot such as the US.

Jews rubbing shoulders with Huzulen, assorted Slavs, Germans, Poles, and Ruthenians is not equal to W.A.S.P. Americans being forced to interact with Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, and Native Americans, I don't care what anyone says:-)

News / Poland has accepted over a million Ukrainian refugees. Why does the EU keep telling propaganda about Poland? [304]

Austrians are merely looking out for their country's own interests, that's all! She's not a melting pot society like the US, even the UK to an extent, therefore is disturbed by the onslaught of non-German-speaking refugees in their midst, many of whom refuse or cannot assimilate.

Language / Polish Language Exchange Thread [145]

Hello,

Just sent you a private message, balaclava890!
Marek aka "Lyzka"

UK, Ireland / Why Poles will never belong in England [327]

Nice riposte.

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

My own feelings about marijuana are that, compared with cigarettes or conventional alcoholic beverages, pot over time distorts (often permanently) the users ability to think and reason, to make independent judgement! When someone on the street appears to be unsually chatty, while appearing normal, only to erratically yell, gesture wildly and stare etc.several seconds later, this can normally be attributed to some sort of illicit drugs aka "controlled substances".

Whether or not cannabis can actually '"treat" glaucoma among other conditions, remains to be seen:-)

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

I'd imagine certain resort-type places such as Zakopane in the Tatras would perhaps welcome this tourism.

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

Your English seems relatively fluent and so if you find locals who actually can communicate with you, you'll soon see your English will go a great deal further than Swedish in Poland:-)

By the way, when I was in Sweden (having visited there before journeying on to Poland), I found English only took me so far. If I hadn't learned Swedish, I'd have been in a quandry many a time.

Enjoy!

Travel / Pot in Poland for tourists [285]

You'll doubtless find the Poles a tad more conservative in general regarding such matters in contrast with the Swedes:-) While to be sure, marijuana usage rarely has the same stigma as it has here in the US, Poland is a conservative Catholic, rather than a more traditionally liberal-leaning, leftish Lutheran one.

Polish can be a challenge for you. Stick with it though and you won't regret it:-)

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

In comparison with the US however, Germany (not sure about Poland in this respect) appoints "professional" jurors (Schoeffen) to serve behind closed doors before a judge renders the final decision. This is presumably to insure a carefully and accurately arrived at verdict, impartiality not being an issues as it is here in the States.

UK, Ireland / Why Poles will never belong in England [327]

One of the master stylists of the English language was Joseph Conrad - a native POLE who didn't even learn English until a twenty-five-year old seaman!! His writing surely belongs to England as to no other country, just like Hardy, Dickens or Maugham:-)

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

Seems to an outsider that Poland is about to implode, at least so long as PiS appears so hated. Not that KOD's much better, yet apparently a majority of the entire country came out several days ago in favor of less gov't interference in the court system:-)

News / Poland's post-election political scene [4080]

"Direct democracy"

Kind of takes me back to that well-known riposte of Gandhi's when asked his opinion of Western Civilization: "Sounds like a marvelous idea, why doesn't somebody try it?"

))))