History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

@GefreiterKania, people don't throw that word "far too easily" - it simply has more than one meaning - not just the literal one (keeping a person as your slave):

collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/enslave

"2. To enslave a person or society means to trap them in a situation from which they cannot escape."

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]


It was the same in Poland and I'm guessing in any other Soviet Union's satellite state. They were called "satellite states" for a reason...


You mean Tiananmen Square massacre?

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

@Bobko, you wouldn't even have to be "proud" of it. It's enough that you don't have a problem with it. It's clearly not enough of a problem for you if it doesn't stop you from glorifying the Soviet Union.


It wasn't a "great" country if it enslaved others :(


Respected or feared?

It wasn't respected in Poland. It was feared and despised.


And at the same time you colonised others yourselves.

You see, Bobko, that's why you won't understand each other with Poles, Ukrainians, Lithuanians, Esthonians, etc. Because majority of RuSSians seem to be still wearing those rose-tinted glasses when looking at the Soviet Union (or they simply don't care about what the Soviet Union did to others, which is even worse).

History / How different would WW2 turned out if Poland accepted Hitler's offer [219]

@Novichok, the Soviet Union was comprised of different nations and ethnicities and that's why they're called collectively "Soviets". Nazi Germany was a one-nation state comprising of Germans. Nazi Germany is simply a colloquial name for the German Reich (later the Greater German Reich). Another unofficial name is the Third Reich.


Nonsense. First of all, in the Soviet Union there were conquered nations that didn't want to be part of the Soviet Union at all. Secondly, unlike in Germany where Hitler was voted into power, communists weren't voted in - they took power by force. That's why in Poland ordinary people living in the Soviet Union were viewed as victims of the regime.


That's what we often say in Poland even though maybe not all of the German soldiers were followers of Hitler. Many of them deserved to be called "Nazis" though - because of what they did during the invasion of Poland, during the occupation and during the Warsaw Uprising.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]


I do believe what I write and I mean every word, you entirely stupid moron. Bobko has no problem with glorifying a state that enslaved my country for almost a half a century with Stalin being entirely dead during this time.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

@Novichok, that means you deserve to be shot.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

@GefreiterKania, of course the last leader of the Soviet Union wasn't another Stalin or it could end in a terrible mess. But Bobko sounds almost as we should be grateful and thank RuSSians on our knees that they didn't bathe us in blood this time... 🤨

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

@Bobko, you "let us go" after almost a half a century! Takie z was dobre pany! lol 😂 And not willingly either - the Soviet Union was collapsing - you had no other choice. Also, it wasn't so "bloodless" in case of some countries either.

Plus, sovoks like Putin seem to be regretting it.


What??? What a dying empire that enslaved and brutalized other countries could possibly ask for? (not that you got too much anyway)

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]


And that's the problem. Because Stalin wasn't the only problem. The Soviet Union didn't let Poland go after Stalin died. And the Soviet Army soldiers raped, looted, murdered and burned in Poland, not Stalin. When you're glorifying something - then there's no room for criticism, for the truth, because uncomfortable truth is "tarnishing" the glorified image in people's heads.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

@Bobko, but RuSSia is doing the same. Parades. Fancy funerals. Monuments. "Documentaries" on television. You GLORIFY the Soviet Union, Stalin, the Soviet Army.


So they could defend their country against an invasion.


Because what you're doing is wrong.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]


That's retarded though. RuSSia is attacked over Stalin only because they whitewash him.


I want you (and other RuSSians) to be able to admit that it happened and acknowledge that Poles have the right to feel angry about what was done to Poland and Poles. In other words - we'd like to see some empathy and understanding from you.


Yes, thank you.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]


And that's what makes you a sick country in our eyes. You're whitewashing a monster that bathed your own people in blood. Is there anything more sick that a country can do?


That's exactly the problem with RuSSians and UkrainianSS - you don't listen to your victims.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

@jon357, "that" is not about "remembering enemies' fallen soldiers". When Poles do that they don't put on Nazi uniforms.


I'm not a member of any "creepy right wing stuff" nor do I defend it, so I can complain all I want.


RuSSians tell Poles the same. Now look at them.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

@Bobko, they didn't murder anyone. It happened long time ago.


By this logic RuSSian "animals" are guilty too and you should pay your bills too.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]


What bills? For what?


You know very well that's not what that was all about.

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]

@Bobko, what are you talking about with that "awkward turn of phrase"? Also, I didn't show "understanding towards enlisting in the SS". That's not what I was talking about. I meant that Ukrainians viewed the Soviet Union as occupiers and that as a Pole I can easily understand.


Sorry, but from Polish (and any normal person's) perspective you could say that RuSSia is a sick country too. So, you know, people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones...

History / 70th anniversary of 1943 Wołyń/Volhynia and Eastern Galicia Massacre - controvercies [440]


What in the world of f*cktards is this...

Still, it doesn't justify invading a country. If historical retardation was enough to invade a country, RuSSia would have to be invaded ten times over already.


They know now though. Or at least they should.


That's also true.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

A fragment of an article about Faryaszewska (my translation):

warszawa.naszemiasto.pl/ewa-faryaszewska-bohaterska-laczniczka-ze-starego-miasta/ar/c15-7295705

"On August 1, 1944 Faryaszewska was at her art studio at Rybaki street. She set out from there to the Uprising, towards the Old Town, where her unit was gathering. There, since August 8 in the cooperation with a former employee of the National Museum, Sub-Lt. Zygmunt Miechowski aka "Kustosz" ("Curator"), she was saving exhibits and works of art. Risking her life, under fire and sometimes under the very nose of Germans, she was getting out the more valuable objects from churches, institutions and private homes. She was putting them in storage in the cellars of Barczykowska tenement house (Old Town Market Place 32), where before the war a Museum of the Old Warsaw was planned to be established. Here paintings, sculptures, fabrics and old ceramics were being segregated, signed and secured from fire and damp. Faryaszewska was also preparing leaflets for the people of Warsaw instructing them on how to save works of art and where to bring them in case of danger."

That tenement house was built around 1440. It burned down in 1944, but the cellars and parts of walls survived. It was rebuilt and nowadays it hosts the Museum of Warsaw, as planned before the war.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

I can only imagine how her heart ached when she was taking those photos.

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]

Ewa Faryaszewska was born in 1920 in Dąbrowa Górnicza. After her father died in 1938 she moved with her mother and siblings to Warsaw. She was a scout and studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. During the Nazi occupation she was a corporal in the Home Army scout battalion "Wigry". At the time of the Warsaw Uprising she was a member of a team responsible for saving Polish national cultural heritage. Since photography was also her passion she was documenting the destruction of Warsaw's Old Town by taking colour photos. A book was published with her photographs:

muzeumwarszawy.pl/fotografie-ruin-ruiny-fotografii-1944-2014/





Today is her death anniversary. She was badly injured in the Warsaw Uprising and died on August 28, 1944. She was 24. 🪔

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Travel / Tourism in Poland [41]


That was my answer to jon357's question whether the chain hotel near the former synagogue in Kielce is a Novotel hotel (Admin cut out the quote in my post).

Travel / Tourism in Poland [41]


Now you are assuming things :))) I'm sure those women dressed nicely, etc. for such a lunch. Also, apparently minis were not uncommon in the 90s in Poland, so who knows what they were wearing and how conservative that hotel owner was ;) I don't know this lady and I don't know what those wives were dressed like, but I know life and what is going on in hotels and at those conferences and delegations, etc., so... All I'm saying is that I'm not terribly surprised by her assumptions.


Yup, so you know what I'm talking about...


Eww... Fortunately, I haven't had such problems in the hotels I've stayed so far (I mean them being dirty or sth).

Travel / Tourism in Poland [41]


No idea, to be honest...


I've never heard of such an event, but I imagine how surreal it must've been to witness it :)))


This sounds wonderful and those thick stone walls must be great during summer :))

Travel / Tourism in Poland [41]


Could be, but considering the circumstances I'm not surprised in the least by what she assumed...

There are "high-end" prostitutes who don't dress like streetwalkers and there are rich businessmen who take their "sugar babies" to business trips and bring them to business dinners while the oblivious wives stay at home... Those "sugar babies" are usually much younger, but "ordinary" prostitutes come in all ages, so I guess you never know... But, yeah, as I wrote, the hotel owner should at least do some research first lol

I think you mean the former Ibis hotel (now it belongs to B&B Hotels).

Language / Będę kupowała/będę kupić [18]

Men shop too. And women buy too.


Google Translate sucks as much as you do lol

Travel / Tourism in Poland [41]


Fun fact - in Polish translation/dubbing of "How to Train Your Dragon" one of the dragons (Meatlug) is named after that dish - "Sztukamięs" :):

jakwytresowacsmoka.fandom.com/wiki/Sztukami%C4%99s


In Poland? I've got to say I've never heard about such case...

It was obviously an honest mistake on the part of the owner - it's not like it's unusual for men to bring prostitutes into hotels (and lie to the hotel staff that they're not prostitutes). Especially that it was happening in the 90s. I'm sure she has seen her fair share as a hotel owner and she has the right to not want her hotel to turn into a brothel like the one for lorry drivers where your underwear got stolen lol Her hotel - her rules. The problem was that she prejudged without making any inquiry and as result made a fool of herself. On the other hand, I can't blame her that much for thinking what she was thinking - how often does it happen that husbands invite their wives to conferences or delegations? Come on... :)))


Interesting... I wonder why? 🤔

Travel / Tourism in Poland [41]

@jon357 & Alien, thanks for sharing :)


What... LOL


Sztuka mięsa :):

sjp.pwn.pl/sjp/sztuka-miesa;2483177.html

"A cooked cut of beef served as a dish."

doradcasmaku.pl/przepis-sztukamies-czyli-sztuka-miesa-297482

My mother would usually make it with sauce.


It would be interesting to read more, but I'll wait patiently :)))

Travel / Tourism in Poland [41]

An internet add of a Polish hotel became a hit thanks to the way one of their employees, Barbara, advertised it (very "enthusiastically" ;D):

Apparently this is based on a commercial by some company, but I don't know which (does anyone know?)

The add is on the profile of the hotel on Instagram (the one with the lady in the blue suit standing in the lobby):

instagram.com/elements_swieradow?igsh=NWxkbHN4Mm93bXVp

"Tu nie wolno."
"Tu też nie wolno."
"Tu piciu."
"Tu rzeźba."
"Tu ciepło."
"Tu zimno."

;D

Someone in the comments wrote that it's a nice change after all those "overstimulating" adds :)
I've researched this hotel though and judging by the opinions it doesn't live up to those 5 stars. Pity.

The add did inspire some others to follow in the footsteps of that hotel however :)

The police in Wołów made their own "add" in this fashion and it went viral too :):

fakt.pl/wydarzenia/polska/wroclaw/internet-zakochal-sie-w-policji-z-wolowa-wszystko-przez-ten-filmik/xsyr421

And here an artist-Youtuber who mainly draws with coloured pencils talks about what he does and his work place in a similar way :):

youtube.com/shorts/Kk2DpJnflZM?si=8kDtvpA6Hpp2fpKp

Btw, what do you guys think about the hotels you've stayed in Poland so far? Do you have any interesting stories? Good/bad opinions? Any recommendations? Hotels to avoid? Any interesting/memorable interiors? Good food? Nice locations?

History / Pol-Shorpy Photo Thread [950]


I've read the beginning of this article that is available for free and I think this newspaper should be renamed "Od Rzeczy", because just based on that fragment I can see it's nonsense.


I think that anyone with a brain and capable of logical thinking realises that nothing "remains to be seen" lol A chunk of Ukraine was part of our country for quite a while and they didn't "Ukranise" Poland, so how could they possibly do that now? lol

There are 2 mln Ukrainians in Poland presently and this number stabilised - there's no increase:

businessinsider.com.pl/wiadomosci/oto-ile-ukraincy-wydaja-w-polsce-sa-nowe-dane/whz72mv

I'm not sure if the author of the article in "Do Rzeczy" understands what the term "Ukrainisation" even means o_O 🤦


Yeah, I've experienced it myself lol

Food / What do non-Poles think about eating the following Polish foods? [1400]


Good to know! :) I think I remember my mother adding buckwheat groats (kasza gryczana) to kotlety mielone once, but I haven't become a fan of that...


You mean flavour-wise? 🤔