History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Poland will never forget: 2024

The long-awaited monument of Ukrainian genocide on Polish civilians will be unveiled on 14th July in Domostaw (Jarocin County, Subcarpathia) close to Via Carpathia international road. The monument depicts a murdered Polish child pierced with Ukrainian тризуб.

History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]


Indeed. I am guilty of it too. It's unbelievable what this board can do to my nerves (and vocabulary!) sometimes! :D

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

105 Not Out: 2024

Bolesław Ostrowski, the last living veteran of 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade in the battle of Arnhem, celebrated his 105th birthday last week (on 4th July). And not a single birthday too far!

For he's a jolly good fellow,
For he's a jolly good fellow,
For he's a jolly good fellow,
And so say all of us!

History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]

@AntV

'Powstanie' - I mentioned it in #420. Anyways, I surrender. If Pawian wants to play Hubal and keep fighting, very well but I'm out. ;)

History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]

OK, Pawian, it looks like it's just you and me against a horde of native speakers - time to surrender with honour methinks. ;)

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Looking forward to it!

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Exactly! Baranki Boże even had a song 'Narkomańskie ścierwo' in which they advocated closing drug addicts in concentration camps :D

As for alcohol: beer was allowed, getting drunk wasn't.

Geez... it all seems like a hundred years ago in a totally different world.

*feels old*

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Hahaha - in the photos you showed me your hair style was more of a skinhead-type ;)

So you were a metalhead and I was a skinhead, and somehow we both ended up decent Roman-Catholic dads who wouldn't hurt a fly (well, unless the fly tried to hurt our families that is). :)

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Baranki Boże were my favourites as they were from my home town (Słupsk), but I also listened to all kinds of skinhead bands (Konkwista, Skrewdriver, Bohse Onkelz etc.).

Nazi skinheads and nationalist skinheads usually didn't get in each other's way (with certain exceptions) and "transfers" between the branches were not uncommon. We were crazy as f*ck then and, looking back, I sometimes wonder how we all survived into adulthood. However, paradoxically, all my former skindhead friends did rather well for themselves in life, whilst the neighborhood punks/metals got lost somewhere on the way. I suppose things like discipline, honour and testosterone are not such a bad combination for young men. And we got wiser with age as far as contempt for all things unPolish is concerned. ;)

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Kinda like Italian paninaro movement in 1980s?

I'm not sure. As a kid/teenager I was a skinhead (not a nazi skinhead obviously - they wore black flyer jackets, but a nationalist skinhead - we wore green flyers), and everyone else who belonged to a subculture was either an anarchist, a punk or sometimes a depeche or a metal (depending on the kind of music they listened to).

You would have to ask Pawian about earlier times. I am not that old. ;)

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Not in my current photo directory. If I come across any, I'll post them.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


Knew. Back in Napoleonic times.


When I was younger, and didn't yet have allergy to all things French, I enjoyed the marching songs of French Foreign Legion (and even for a brief moment contemplated joining them). Luckily, it passed with time.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

@Bobko

Nothing like a proper male adventure to restore testosterone levels every now and then! :)


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You once told me that I wouldn't speak to you if I knew the kind of music that you listen to. You were right.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Polish Amazon River: 2024

"I travelled hundreds of kilometres through the Amazon River and RioNegro, I inhaled the air and admired the breathtaking views. However, I discovered 2 years ago that we have similarly untouched by man kingdom of nature in Poland", said Jacek Pałkiewicz, famous journalist and discoverer, member of the Royal Geographical Society, best known for his discovery of the sources of the Amazon River.

Krutynia trail is one of the most (if not the most) beautiful kayak trails in Poland. It offers 90 kilometres of adventure that you will remember for a long time. This is the trail that Melchior Wańkowicz took with his daughter before the outbreak of WW2, and he wrote a book about it (Na tropach Smętka) that was hated with passion by the Nazis and burned in thousands of copies by them. Luckily, the book survived, just like the polishness of Mazury and the primeval beauty of Krutynia.

History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]


Emphasis mainly. 'Powstać' is definitely more emphatic than just 'wstać'.

Also, the noun 'wstanie' refers only to physical action, and in this form is rather rarely used, whilst 'powstanie' has other meanings too and can be used in a more abstract sense.

History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]


Hmm... but doesn't this 'up' in 'uprising' sound horribly redundant? If something rises it obviously rises up, not down or to the side ('downrising'?, 'siderising'?). So what's the point of adding this prefix?

Off-Topic / Moderators on PF are breaking the law: not only they can reported for it, but fines apply [96]


We do have some leftards here, that's true. But, as you noticed, the majority of users would seem to be decent right-wing gentlemen.


Politically he seems more or less OK (apart from his hatred of our German friends and allies) but he has to work on his human interaction skills hahaha xD

Off-Topic / Moderators on PF are breaking the law: not only they can reported for it, but fines apply [96]


Hey, don't call me leftist. I vote PSL (centrist) but I'm a more conservative right-wing PSL (think Sawicki rather than Kosiniak-Kamysz).

Off-Topic / Moderators on PF are breaking the law: not only they can reported for it, but fines apply [96]

^^ reported for crying and moaning like a b*tch

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Five beers, please: 1937

International equestrian competition in Warsaw's Łazienki Królewskie, June 1937. Notice the clueless guy on the first horse, who thinks that he's in the pub, ordering five beers.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Like Titanic's Captain: 1941

"Many people hold it against me that I organise parties for children, that I open parks, that the orchestra is playing etc. I remember a movie in which the sinking ship's captain ordered the orchestra to play to keep the passengers' spirits high. I decided to be such captain" - said Adam Czerniaków, the president ot Jewish Council in the Warsaw Ghetto. He commited suicide on 23rd July 1942 upon hearing the news of German plans to liquidate the Ghetto.

News / What will Britain's Labor Coup mean for Poland? [100]


OK. But some of the words should have been changed long time ago, when the world already learnt what communism meant.


So do you support Leeds United or Doncaster Rovers? Judging by your political sympathies it's probably The Might Reds. *rolls eyes*

History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]


I'll drink to that! :)

History / Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? [515]


Why? Ever heard of Easter Rising (Powstanie Wielkanocne)?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Rising
pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powstanie_wielkanocne

History / What do Poles owe to Germans? [451]


Well said, Pawian!

We should probably start a Modern Germany Appreciation Thread to counterbalance certain Germanophobic posters here. Balance in nature and all that :)

youtube.com/shorts/ueiCFxrjjeE

News / Ups and downs of the democratic government 2023-2027 in Poland [363]


Hey, that's no way to talk to a lady. Now I know why you still can't get a hole - lack of manners (this and the fact that you're ugly as f*ck). That's the main difference between you and your father, grandfather and great-grandfather: they all had sex at least once in their lives.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Długi, czerwony i często staje: 1934

Tram no.17 taking a turn into Muranowska Street in Warsaw. Sorry for the title.

News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [202]

@Lenka

As I said, repeatedly, I will support the new law if it is accompanied by increased penalties for malicious false accusations (not for cases of not enough evidence, obviously; as we see in our courts of law, it's not a problem). That's my opinion on the matter.

News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [202]


Those movements are much more popular abroad where aforementioned legal regulations are already in place. If we want them to gain momentum in Poland as well, all we have to do is introduce similar laws.


I'm afraid they do both. They are destructive and toxic as f*ck. No point giving them more fuel by introducing hasty and unbalanced legislation changes.

News / Rape and sexual abuse in Poland [202]


Because you're a boomer granpa. :)