History / History behind Poland and Turkey's Relationship [118]


Not really, Crow. I don't believe that Japan, Poland or Turkey will ever be global powers, and I believe even less that they will be at each other's throat at some point in the future. What Friedman said was nonsense in my eyes.

I agree though with Levi BR that Erdogan is a dangerous guy. He will do everything in his power to turn Turkey into an islamist state and he might also try to reestablish the old Ottoman Empire. Turkey seems to sponsor terrorism and Erdogan and his AKP are meddling in the affairs of other countries - even in western Europe. Erdogan is an islamist, and the secular Turks (including the Turkish military) know it.

History / History behind Poland and Turkey's Relationship [118]


The Americans were the ones who pushed western European nations into opening their gates for Turkish workers in the 1960's. The USA were also behind the idea that Turkey (as a NATO member) should become part of the EU. They are meddling in European affairs as usual and it looks as if Polish politicians support that. Not that they will be succesful though, because Germany and other powerful EU members like France are against a Turkish membership. And so is the majority of European citizens, it seems:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_of_Turkey_to_the_European_Union#In_the_EU


He weaseled out...
"On growing criticisms against the Turkish government's undemocratic moves in a bid to cover up corruption and graft claims, Sikorski refused to comment on Turkey's internal political affairs..."


Yes, please see post #5. Although I don't think a Ukrainian membership is a good idea. There are too many poor countries in the EU already, and the last thing you'd want is a member which has to deal with a civil war in its borders.

History / History behind Poland and Turkey's Relationship [118]


Of course not. But if you watch Erdogan turning Turkey into an islamist state, I wouldn't trust them and I certainly wouldn't want them in the EU. I have no idea why Polish politicians seem to promote this idea. Are they kissing up to the Americans?


Yeah, I couldn't resist... ;)

History / History behind Poland and Turkey's Relationship [118]


We have to subtract the years of the partitions, I assume? There was a reason behind the invitation from Turkey, of course:

Quote:
"Poland supports the continuation of European enlargement to the east, with Turkey and Ukraine at the top of the list."

hurriyetdailynews.com/turkeys-longest-friend-poland-urges-combat-against-corruption-aspx?pageID=238&nID=62022&NewsCatID=338

History / History behind Poland and Turkey's Relationship [118]

Japan and Turkey will be future dominant powers that start a war with the USA? Poland will join the Americans in that war because she is afraid of Germany, Russia and Turkey? Sure ... ROTFL. Friedman has obviously never heard of the European Union and the end of WW2 several decades ago. What a clown.

smithsonianmag.com/40th-anniversary/george-friedman-on-world-war-iii-776748/?no-ist

Language / "Poles" or "Polish people" - which is better to use? [200]

What sense does a thread make when people seriously claim that "Pole" is derogatory? There is no other choice than answering such BS with sarcasm.


I'm surprised they didn't ... :)

Language / "Poles" or "Polish people" - which is better to use? [200]


Call them 'Plumber' and everybody's happy... :)

Law / Can anyone help me in getting my Polish Passport? [10]


I don't get it, Lisa. Your parents were born in the US, you were born in the US, and you are 52 years old. You are not Polish, you are an American through and through. A new passport won't change that, so why don't you try to live in Poland on a working visa or something?

Genealogy / Websites detailing marriage/birth records in Greater Poland ( 1880-1929)? [10]


Depends. After the 1820 Act Regulating Passenger Lists, at least the immigrants' country of origin had to be listed. Finding towns might be difficult because people often tend to forget that territories change hands over the centuries and that place names change accordingly.

Another good source for research: immigrantships.net.

Related: Slavicaleks - Help me find records of my Great grandparents from Poland

Looking to find marriage or birth records of my great grandparents who were from Greater Poland .
I don't read or right Polish so I am clueless in this area.
I would be happy to give someone my family details to help :)

I tried the website: poznan-project.psnc.pl

Genealogy / Websites detailing marriage/birth records in Greater Poland ( 1880-1929)? [10]


Don't forget that a lot of records have been destroyed during and after the war. Same goes for church books. Your best bet for protestant church records are the EZA in Berlin

ezab.de/kirchenbuecher/kirchenbuch-suche.php

and the LDS databases.

Life / Polish people are the most ignorant people in the world! [331]


Nah - never heard it here. It's all in the twisted mind of some naive Americans of Polish descent in Chicago... :)

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]


Seriously, why would I need a deep understanding of the Russian soul or the inner workings of the country? It is bleeding obvious that Putin tries to get back (some of) the territory that the old USSR lost when it broke apart. Clever guy - exploiting the weakness of the American president.

Genealogy / Any one know anything of Koss surname? [22]

Yes, and the ones with Polish ancestry call themselves Germans now.

History / Whom do the people in Poland hate more: Germans or Russians? [869]


Yeah, and now he's busy restoring the old USSR.

Genealogy / Any one know anything of Koss surname? [22]


A twentysomething is talking about his WW2 adventures... :)


I so hope that your ancestors are ethnic Germans or Austrians.

Genealogy / Any one know anything of Koss surname? [22]


Despite that the above comes across as quite arrogant: how do you know that you are not? The name is widespread in Germany.

verwandt.de/karten/absolut/koss.html

Life / Thread dedicated to Polish and other Slavic children [53]

You seem to be stuck in the 1940's. Unhealthy obsession with death and destruction you have there, my friend.


FWIW:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebensborn

Quote:
"At the Nuremberg Trials, no evidence was found of direct involvement by the 'Lebensborn' organization in the kidnapping of Polish children."

Life / Thread dedicated to Polish and other Slavic children [53]


But why is that? The whole video looks like a communist screenplay.

Life / Thread dedicated to Polish and other Slavic children [53]

I find it very questionable to confront young children like the ones in the video with violent crap from WW2, to be honest. Why don't they wait until the kids are old enough to understand what it's all about?

History / Do Polish people in general dislike Russia or Germany more? [369]



Case closed.

Genealogy / Information on how/where to search to find out my father's history [9]


Excuse me? You essentially repeated what ewap34 and I told the OP, plus that little bit of guessing about Oz.

Genealogy / Information on how/where to search to find out my father's history [9]


First of all, make sure to base your research on facts. Your father was not born in Poland, because such a country didn't exist in 1914. Having said this, depending on which country and city he was born in, you could start to contact the local civil registration offices and archives of that area and ask for birth and marriage certificates of your father. Churchbooks help for data pre-dating the early 1870's - try the LDS or any other online database. Once you've found the marriage/ birth certificates (which list details about your father's parents), you can go back one generation and research your grandparents. And so on and so forth. Be prepared to spend decades for your genealogical quest - it's addictive once you've started... :)

Life / Polish people are the most ignorant people in the world! [331]


You Americans always make that claim... :)

Life / Polish people are the most ignorant people in the world! [331]

YAWN! If you feel the urge, continue here: polishforums.com/news-4/germans-want-germanize-kopernik-copernicus-outrage-28721/

Life / Polish people are the most ignorant people in the world! [331]


I have no idea what the purpose is. Winding up ultra-nationalistic ignoramuses?

Life / Polish people are the most ignorant people in the world! [331]

The title of this thread should read "Some Polish-American people are the most ignorant in the world"... :)

Life / Polish people are the most ignorant people in the world! [331]

@R.U.R.
As I told you before: you are one of those guys here on PF who constantly moan and b*itch about the west, but when it suits your agenda, you are more than happy to cite western sources. You know what that is called in English, do you?

Life / Polish people are the most ignorant people in the world! [331]


In other words: all the hackers that steal your credit card information and break into computer systems of foreign governments... :)

News / Poland's demographic, migration & fertility rate disaster [34]


The concept and ideas behind the term 'Polonia' are mostly based on wishful thinking, IMO. First generation immigrants remember home, wherever that may be. Their children are already torn between two countries. The third generation is usually integrated and knows their ancestral lands only from hearsay. Home is anywhere but Poland, so why would they go back there (other than for jobs or as tourists)? Or do you believe that ethnic Poles are like many ethnic Turks - unable or unwilling to assimilate? I doubt that very much, given how most Polish people integrated into British, Australian or German societies in the past for example. The young people who left Poland after 1989 will be Poland's lost generation, I'm afraid.

News / Poland's demographic, migration & fertility rate disaster [34]


Provided that their children - which will all be little Brits after they've spent their childhood in the UK - actually want to go back to Poland. The country might as well end up with a wave of 60 something's (the parents of said children) who want to spend their golden years back home.