News / Polish lorry driver attacked by migrants in Belgium [21]


Perhaps but this is a forum about Poles is it not ?

History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [582]


Well by the standards of your own argument (or facts as you like to call them) then Jews were equally responsible and supportive of the Nazi regime by the work that many of them did in these death camps.

History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [582]


You were blaming Poles for their "help" and "support" of the Germans when concentration camps were built on Polish soil using the argument that some other countries didn't have concentration camps therefore the Poles were in some way responsible for having the camps on their own soil

Law / Uber in Poland - illegal [28]


Uber is not always cheaper.

I only signed up to Uber two months ago and used them a few times. In my experience they are cheaper for longer journeys but more expensive on shorter journeys. You are right that the drivers are much more polite probably because they're aware of the rating system. One drawback though is they can sometimes be overly friendly, trying to force a chummy conversation with you when you'd rather stare blankly out the window. On my last Uber trip the driver didn't shut up for 20 minutes !

Another thing to be aware of is that Uber prices for the same journey change depending upon the demand and can often double or triple during peak periods.

News / Poles say a big YES to our European Union [957]


Nothing straight about it.

There's no detail about the exact question asked in the poll. If the question asked was "do you support Poland being in the EU" then it doesn't leave people much room to manoeuvre. It's like asking someone "do you like black and white movies" ? It really depends on the detail.

Most Poles do not want migrants or migrants and if that was a condition of having to be part of the EU then you would get a very different response

History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [582]


Do buzz off Lyzko !

Poland was not responsible for Auschwitz and any attempt to prove otherwise will mean you have an agenda you are trying to push.

Work / Business ideas for Poland [63]


Agreed though it isn't only in Poland.

Here in the UK I often see small independent shops open and I know they'll be lucky to last a year. Very sad because I think it takes guts to start a new business and these people obviously believe their idea will be successful but it's very easy to fall in love with your own idea and not consider it more impartially.

Food / Poles prefer pizza & kebab? [73]

@Cardno85

Yes-that's what I was telling Wulkan. Irritating when someone thinks they know better than someone who lives in the country being discussed.

As you say, there is a certain amount of crossover so Chinese takeaways may also sell chips and kebab shops too but fish and chip shops are not as popular as some might think

Law / Is it possible to convert my Pakistani driving licence to a Polish one? [46]

Hi. Ok. I have already done it for you. You now have a Pakistani driving licence. Please send me £ 500

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


It could be argued that Poland has a duty to take in some refugees but she has no legal obligation to take in migrants. Let's get the terminology right first before we start having a debate :)

History / Can anyone from Poland tell me about Auschwitz and The Ghetto? [582]

Do you think every nation affected by the Holocaust should contribute towards the upkeep of Auschwitz ?

Life / What research chemicals are not allowed in Poland? [2]

A rather disturbing question to ask.

News / New European Council's report: "Poland oasis of racism, xenophobia and homophobia" ... [343]


You do make me laugh Harry with your imbecilic claims. Unless you have hacked into my email server then you have no idea as to whether I have visited Poland or not or how many times I might have visited so I kindly advise you to keep your mouth shut as this type of trolling is not acceptable.

If you want to make personal attacks then send me a private message.

Food / Poles prefer pizza & kebab? [73]


I was actually disagreeing with you and not with Atch-I still haven't mastered cut and paste !

fish and chips shops run by Bangladeshis and selling kebabs are not fish and chip ships in my book

News / New European Council's report: "Poland oasis of racism, xenophobia and homophobia" ... [343]


Yes-and that I understand. Some punks think it's cool to use the F-bomb in English. These girls claim there were abused in English meaning that the "Polish locals" would have had to string a few sentences together in English rather than just use a single four letter expletive. As I say, something seems fishy about the story

Food / Poles prefer pizza & kebab? [73]


I'm afraid you are wrong.

There are not many traditional fish and chip shops in towns these days. Of course they are still there but for you to claim there is one on "every street" is completely wrong even taking into account that you might have been exaggerating just for effect.

Chippys used to be the only takeaway food in Britain for many years but now the market has become more competitive. Spicy Indian food is now probably more popular

Genealogy / Displaced Persons Camp / Work camp and concentration camp difference [86]

Thanks Delph. One of those historical quirks I guess.

@Yagutka Did your mother in law spend time in any other DP camps. It was very common for people to be moved around many many times. My mum said she was better fed whilst working under the Germans as a farm labourer then after the war in DP camps.

Genealogy / Displaced Persons Camp / Work camp and concentration camp difference [86]

A couple of years ago an I decided out of the blue to try to rekindle some contact with an old school friend that I hadn't been in touch with for many years. He emailed me back telling me that he was in the middle of a cycle journey in Germany. He was riding solo along the old West-German border for a book he was writing and told me he was that he was about to arrive at a small German village called Marienborn-I nearly fell of my chair when he told me !

Genealogy / Displaced Persons Camp / Work camp and concentration camp difference [86]

Exactly. Actually proved to be a sad logistical obstacle to my mother ever being able to visit her father's grave.

Marienborn before the war was an anonymous village where she happened to work with her family on the fields. My grandfather died a few weeks before the war ended and was buried in Marienborn.

Bad luck led to Marienborn (as you rightly say) becoming one of the main checkpoints on the West/East German border meaning it became very difficult for her to visit his grave until the Berlin wall came down.

She visited with her brother around 1995 but the cemetery was overgrown and all the markers she had remembered were obviously gone so she couldn't find his grave. Locals had told her that when the Russians arrived in 1945 they desecrated a lot of the graves so perhaps it's better for us not to know exactly what happened at that time :(

Genealogy / Displaced Persons Camp / Work camp and concentration camp difference [86]

My mother was in Fallingbostel as well as about 10 other DP camps in Germany from 1946 to around 1952. However, I doubt she will know the name as there were thousands of people in those camps.

Where did she work as farm slave labour ? My mother worked in a small German village called Marienborn.

Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [89]


You are obviously lying as your experience completely contradicts Delphian's claims that the babcias selling produce on the roads purchased them from the supermarkey instead :)

News / New European Council's report: "Poland oasis of racism, xenophobia and homophobia" ... [343]


why would Polish locals be making remarks in English when the girls weren't even English. Something doesn't add up with this story....

Sounds to me like a group of muslim activists.....

Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [89]


As we only have your word for that then we should choose to ignore that claim.

Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [89]


Something that I rarely if ever see here in the UK. Farmers markets don't count....

Food / Poles have a more loving attitude to food than here in the UK [89]

Yes. Have to be honest in that I have never heard of "historical food trauma".

@NoToForeigners I think you understand the point I was clumsily trying to make. I

I was referring to the Polish love of food and it's preparation. It's something that is very noticeable especially when compared with English colleagues.

I was at our local Polish shop yesterday and they had brought a new shipment of Malinowe tomatoes in-the Polish customers were all over them. English people wouldn't know what all the fuss was about. Then again, how many English people have tasted Polish tomatoes :)

Love / Recommendations for live wedding bands in different cities in Poland. [36]

Budget ? Location ?

you gotta help us to help you

News / Why Poland has no problem with terrorism [64]


The IRA and Islamic bombers are not the same thing.

UK, Ireland / What can I say/do about my Polish neighbours in the UK? [65]

Thank you. It really should be a rule of the forum that claims are always backed up by a relevant source.

In my opinion, anyone driving over the speed limit, especially at such a speed is a d*ck. 135 mph is insane !

However, unless someone can show that a disproportionate number of Poles in the US are speed demons then I'm not sure what point Joker was making.