Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]


Why unfortunately? You like such submissive women. When female posters stand up to you in the forum, you are furious. :):)

Study / Various education and school issues in Poland. Opinions, stories, controversies. [1006]


I heard similar dismissal cases took place in Irish education. E.g,, female teachers were fired if they were unmarried mothers.
irishtimes.com/news/eileen-flynn-teacher-sacked-in-1982-dies-1.937690

Life / Polish fences - complete anthology [74]


In which country do people do such incredible things??

Poles love putting up fences even when they are temporarily out of house.

E.g, on the beach. Windbreakers are very popular at the Polish seaside due to chilly gales. But some people exaggerate and fence too big an area for their stay on the beach.

We voted for taking down this barrier in the referendum.

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History / Ulma family beatified for heroic Christianity during WW2 [35]

On March 24, 1944, just before dawn, a group of German gendarmes and navy blue Polish policemen approached the Ulma house. The operation was commanded by Lieutenant Eilert Dieken.

Two Goldman brothers and Gołda Grunfeld were shot in their sleep. Then, in front of the eyes of Polish peasants brought as witnesses to the execution, two more brothers and Lea and her child were murdered. The last person to die was 64-year-old Saul Goldman.

After murdering the Jews, the Germans shot Wiktoria and Józef Ulma in front of the house, in front of the children (Wiktoria was very pregnant), and then they also murdered the children - 8-year-old Stanisława, 6-year-old Barbara, 5-year-old Władysław, 4-year-old Franciszek, 3-year-old Antoni and 1.5-year-old Maria.

Jeiwsh survivors from Markowa

Saul, Baruch, Mechel, Joachim, Moses, Gołda, Leah and Reszel could not be saved. However, other Jews were also hiding in the houses in Markowa, at least 21 of whom survived until the end of the German occupation.

Chaim and Rozalia Lorbenfeld and their daughter Pepka were hidden by Michał and Maria Bar. Fortunately, they survived the occupation and left for the USA.

Jakub and Ita Reisenbach and their three children Josek, Genia and Mania survived thanks to Julia and Józef Bar and their daughter Janina. They hid in the attic of their house and, during severe frosts, in the basement under the beets. Despite several German searches, everyone survived the occupation. After the war, the Reisenbachs emigrated to Canada, maintaining contact with the Bars by letter and sending them small gifts and small amounts of money.

Antoni and Dorota Szylar hid the seven-member Bezem family (who changed their surname to Weltz). It was Miriam Bezem, born in 1886 (daughter of Baruch Goldman and aunt of Saul, who was hiding with the Ulmas) and her children: Moniek, Abraham, Rachela and Aron, as well as Aron's wife, Shirley (also née Goldman) and their several-year-old son Leon. They survived in the attic above the stable until the arrival of the Red Army. The survivors went to Jarosław, then to Germany, and finally to the USA.

Katarzyna and Michał Cwynar hid a Jew using the name Władysław, while Jan and Helena Cwynar gave shelter to a thirteen-year-old boy who was looking for work in Markowa, introducing himself as Roman Kaliszewski. In fact, it was Abraham Isaac Segal, whose entire family was murdered. At some point, the Cwynars realized who the boy was, but decided not to reveal it to anyone. They even planned to adopt him. After the end of the German occupation, the teenager escaped to Prague and then to Israel, from where in 1950 he wrote a letter to the Cwynar family. He re-established contacts with this family in the 1990s.

Wiktoria (nee Ulma) and Michał Drewaniak hid Jakub Einhorn, called Szmul or Jankiel, in the barn. He also took refuge in the house of Jan and Weronika Przybylak, together with a three-person Jewish family of unknown surname, Szmul, Sianga and their daughter Pesa. In the summer, the Jews stayed in the attic of the thatched house of the Przybylak family, and in the winter in the stable, where it was warmer. The Przybylaks had two small children. "We knew perfectly well that hiding Jews meant death for the entire family, yet we took this risk day and night. (...) In Markowa, next door, the Nazis shot the entire Ulma family for helping Jews. I was terrified because the same thing awaited us, but we, thank God, survived. (...) When I look back on that terrible time, I am satisfied that I did everything

Ulma family

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History / Ulma family beatified for heroic Christianity during WW2 [35]

- These Jews were like a family, they lived with the Ulmas - recalled the Ulmas' relative, Stanisława Kuźniar. Wiktoria and Józef Ulma took the Goldmans from Łańcut under their roof, probably at the end of 1942. Their Jewish neighbors from Markowa - Gołda and Lea with their daughter Raszla - also came to live with them. A total of 16 people lived in the Ulma house, including seven children.

They had to support themselves somehow. The Ulmas were poor because they had invested all their savings just before the war in purchasing 5 hectares of land in Sokal in the Lviv District, where they intended to move. Józef Ulma, together with the Jews, started tanning leather, which he sold in large quantities. Jews also helped in the fields, sawed boards and chopped firewood. The Ulma household was located somewhat out of the way, but not so much that the presence of Jews could not be discovered, especially since they moved freely within the house, where people came with skins to be tanned and those who wanted Józef Ulma , a photographer, took a photo of them for their ID card.

Gołda and Lea came from a wealthy home and probably had some funds that they could provide for their maintenance. (Besides, the fact that valuables were found on the body of the murdered Gołda may indicate that the Ulma family did not demand payment). In turn, Saul and his sons left their property to Włodzimierz Leś and tried to recover it from him.

- People said that there were Jews at the Ulma family, Stanisława Kuźniar recalled in an interview with KAI. - They often repeated: "Józek, throw these Jews out, because they will harm you and themselves." He replied: "Judge not another person, you will not be judged." They also sent him letters with warnings, said a relative of the Ulmas, who is now deceased.

Was it Włodzimierz Leś who betrayed the Ulmas and the Jews hiding with them to the Germans? This cannot be stated unequivocally, although there is no doubt that many things could point to this.

Ulma family - mother with kids. Father was taking the photo.

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News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]


The emigration of Poles didn`t stop under PiS rule. Poles are still looking for better life abroad. After 8 years of PiS rule. Incredible!!! :):):)
Besides, the economic prosperity that Poland has been enjoying since 2004 isn`t the merit of PiS but of our membership in the EU. Thanks to free trade and investment from European and other countries Poland has become much stronger and richer.

So, doggie, can you stop barking against Berlin or Brussels coz they contributed greatly to increasing Polish wealth and welfare??

Law / Climate change/environmental businesses or NGOs in Poland [66]


Why?

News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]


The reality is that there are still a lot of homo sovieticuses ready to vote for PiS. But they should be outnumbered by decent intelligent people. There is hope for a positive change after PIS` ruining the state for 8 years.

News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]


It isnt my opinion only. Independent commentators think so, too.

News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]

The battle of conventions yesterday was won by Donald Tusk`s party. It presented 100 concrete points for the first 100 days of their rule.
PiS` convention was poor and its main highlight was when Kaczyński mercifully admitted that pregnant women ALSO have the right to live. Amassing azholes.

Genealogy / Can Polish people discover they have Jewish heritage themselves? [24]

Sorry, I almost never open such links. The forum rules allow you to paste the introduction of the article - just a few sentences are enough.

News / Polish Parliamentary Elections 2023 [933]


It is good that European friends tell us what is good for Poland. What are friends for after all???


I don`t condone Holland and her latest production, however, she is an independent director with great achievements so she has the right to make films she wants, that is why.........


.......... abusing her in such a dirty nazionalistische manner as you are doing now is sick. I will always choose one Holland against 100 nazionalistische boys like you.

Life / Polish authors, books & literature. [125]

A few poems of Brzechwa translated by Walter Whipple on this site
polishbilingualday.com/language/pl/wiersze-jana-brzechwy-w-wersji-dwujezycznej/

among them, the most famous tongue twister in the Polish language. Of course, in the English translation, it loses a lof of twisting.

THE CRICKET
In the swamps of Thistleville,

A little cricket chirps at will;

Much renown has come to Thistle

Thanks to Mr. Cricket's whistle.

The ox inquired: "Now tell me, cricket,

Why do you chirp in the thicket?"

"I've been thus employed for ages -

That is how I earn my wages."

"And just what are your wages, then?"

"Why, every grove and every glen,

And all the swamps and all the rills,

The meadows, forests, bogs and hills,

All the booklets, lakes and springs -

I'm the owner of these things!"

The ox then pondered pensively,

"This sounds like quite the life for me."

So when he went back to the farm,

He stood and bellowed by the barn

In his gig booming bovine bass.

Meanwhile Matt approached the place,

Screaming loudly:"What's this fuss? -

Oh, it's my ox, you lazy cuss!"

"lazy, did I hear you say?

Why, I've been singing hard all day!"

"I'll show you I can 'bellow' too -

It's back out to the fields with you!"

The ox such grueling labor met,

That he was wet with beastly sweat.

After work: back to the thicket,

To get even with that cricket,

But he had just left Thistleville

To chirp in nearby Whistleville.

Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]


Let`s wait till the election day to see how many azholes there are exactly in Poland.

Life / Polish folklore/legends [61]


Another legend from the series - this time about the Wawel Dragon. Very unusual approach.

You have to choose English subs in the settings:



The fembot which combats the Dragon reminds me of the female Terminator from part 3.

Genealogy / Can Polish people discover they have Jewish heritage themselves? [24]

Why? What do I lose if you know my DNA???

Life / The Polish Wedding - What is it Like in Poland? [338]


You have achieved your aim, namely attracting everybody`s attention with provocative statements. Novi`s school. :):):)

Life / The Polish Wedding - What is it Like in Poland? [338]


:):) Novi taught you well. :):):)
You are provocatively discriminatory now. However, it is time to correct you. The ability to be good with money doesn`t depend on gender, but personality and upbringing.

There are female business people who are very good with money. :):):

Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]


Yes, they are azholes. And their supporters are, too.

Life / Polish authors, books & literature. [125]


Probably you weren`t exposed to Brzechwa works properly. :):) While we had a book with his kid poetry in our house and I loved reading it as a child.

How about his poems about animals in the zoo??? You must have heard them.

Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]


it is made in commie times but not dumb - it is amazingly amusing. :):):) And has a happy end - the males aren`t castrated and even manage to reproduce!

Life / Why is women-hatred and stereotyping so popular in Poland? [181]


I don`t need to read it. I know radical feminism from other sources, e.g, Sexmission film where rabid feminists want to castrate the last two males who survived the apocalypse.


There are asexual people and it is normal.

Life / The Polish Wedding - What is it Like in Poland? [338]


All of you are right. You and Lenka know 60% families where the woman protects the safe while Kania knows the remaining 40% where the male spouse does it.


It isn`t a good idea to provoke our female members in this way..... You will regret it....... :):):)

Life / Polish authors, books & literature. [125]

Many Polish Jewish authors were, are and will be. :):):)

Life / Why are Polish people so strange & unusual? [51]



Guys, get a room for a deeper discussion coz the forum isn`t enough to contain all your pleasantries. hahahaha

Life / The Polish Wedding - What is it Like in Poland? [338]

What `s the matter???

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Life / Why are Polish people so strange & unusual? [51]


Imperiaist Russians are fekking animals. Decent Russians are good people. Simple

Life / Why are Polish people so strange & unusual? [51]


I don`t know. I have always been so. Apish ancestry, I suppose.


Not true, ty patologiczny skurwysynu!


Not true. I whole heartedly distrust rightist Poles. They are skurwysyny from under the dark star. All of them - I have already learnt it on multiple examples. .

Life / The Polish Wedding - What is it Like in Poland? [338]


My family is traditional but it is me who keeps the money. Being frugal by nature, I am a better protector of it.

Best wishes and presents can be offered to the newly weds in front of the church. Or later - in the reception facility.

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