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gumishu   
2 Jan 2021
Genealogy / What does my Polish name mean? [402]

Kielkucki

it means from/of Kielkuty (or possibly Kielkut) where Kielkuty is a place name (most probably a village) - the place can't be found in present day Poland and it sounds like a polonized Lithuanian place name

there is a village Kiełkuty near Olsztyn in Poland but the area was not part of Poland before 1945

(as an afterthough Kiełkuty may be the origin of your surname but it's not certain)
gumishu   
23 Dec 2020
History / Information required on location of WW2 prisoner of war working parties ( arbeits kommandos ) in Poland [15]

if your family memeber worked in a coal mine then it's probably in Koenigshuette/Chorzów because it's in a coal bearing region - Blachownia/Blechhammer is near Kędzierzyn-Koźle - there is no coal on the site but it is near enough to the Upper Silesia coal bearing region and on a major railway line - that's why it was probably chosen as the side of the hydrogenation plant

the first scan shows medical records - your family member received some sort of vaccination in 1940 (I guess TY stands for typhus)
gumishu   
18 Dec 2020
Language / Terms of endearment in Polish [225]

Bubek is a pejorative word in Polish.

bubek can have positive meaning in the Silesian dialect of Polish
gumishu   
4 Dec 2020
Study / Which Universities in Poland offer courses in Sound Engineering? [7]

acoustic engineering is taught in AGH (a technical university) in Kraków but their site doesn't say anything if they offer the courses in English - here's the contact webpage of AGH: international.agh.edu.pl/eng/contact-us/
gumishu   
1 Dec 2020
Language / Short Polish<->English translations [1050]

me-dah, mida, mee-duh.

there's no such word in Polish - the closest is the phrase 'mi da' which means: (someone) will give me - (mi here is me, and da - will give)
gumishu   
19 Nov 2020
Life / The best Psychiatric Hospital in Poland? [14]

I found one psychiatrist in Ełk but I couldn't verify is he speaks English through internet - here's his phone number: 508 088 110 or 88 732 5240
gumishu   
18 Nov 2020
News / Years of Poland in the EU - assessment of pros and cons [1199]

you know what - current opposition shouted that PiS is going to rig the elections in 2019 - and guess what: not a trace was found of rigging - PiS is a democratic party which is willing and ready to face the judgement of the voters at ballots
gumishu   
17 Nov 2020
News / New European Council's report: "Poland oasis of racism, xenophobia and homophobia" ... [343]

I think declaring whole regions as LGBT-frei means alot more than that....

I have no idea what said declarations entail to be honest so I won't argue with you on that topic - I can't even say if I support/don't support such declarations because the first sentence

What happen's to the gay kid which pops out in such a zone ?

never heard of an incident of the kind you named
gumishu   
17 Nov 2020
News / New European Council's report: "Poland oasis of racism, xenophobia and homophobia" ... [343]

Diplomats from 50 countries call for end to discrimination

if by discrimination you mean not allowing gay marriages or adopting children by gay couples then firstly we have a different definition of discrimination and secondly this perceived discrimination is written in the Polish constitution (namely that marriage is a union of a man and a woman)