The hotel should not of publically stated he wouldn't accept Yanks and Israelis, he should have just excluded them privately.
Very clever. But a bit unfair, too - you arrive at the premises without a booking because of technical problems and out of the blue learn you have to look for another accommodation.
This reminds me USSR times, when foreigh tourists were charged much more at Soviet museums, galleries, hotels, restaurants etc. I read funny reports how Polish tourists tried to look like locals to avoid higher payments.
How about Russia today? Is the old communist custom kept?
Accordingly to my lawyer, in both cases the business owners did not break any law.
I think so. Private property is a holy place and you can do what you want there. If you do things according to moral rules is another matter.
They are taking revange on Poland for murdering Jews (that's the way they think in their sick minds).
I am not sure if that is the correct explanation. Aren`t Jewish youth generally spoilt by their parents so they also cause immense trouble at home/school in Israel, not only in Poland?
When abroad, they feel even more unconstrained than at home..... That is why they break everything in hotels.
The parents apparently were not upset that Prof. Omer, a psychology expert, had just referred to their children - students at Ironi Daled high school in Tel Aviv - pejoratively as "aggressive adolescents" who are "occupiers, drunk with power" and "tyrants."
"You can't give in to them," he lectured for over an hour, telling parents how to regain control over their modern children - assuming that all the parents present had indeed lost control and were helpless. Not a single word of empathy for today's youth was uttered. Even the word "rebellion" was not mentioned - it is too positive.
The ombuds office is lodging a complaint against a hotel in southern Poland which refuses to accept tourists from the USA and Israel and informs about it on their website.
The Ombudsman took the matter ex officio resort in Malopolska , which on its website announces : "Do not serve guests from the United States and Israel" and inflate prices for foreign tourists . On Friday morning, they were sent a letter to the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection in Krakow , to the Municipal Police Headquarters in Nowy Sacz and to the Speaker's Office . The controversial offer guesthouse informed editors Kontaktu24 Stefan .
Rightly or not?
After all, it is a private hotel and the policy they apply is their business.
Ombud`s office claims it is ethnic and racial discrimination.
What could be the hotel owner`s motives?
First thing that comes to my mind is the threat of a terrorist attack. Second, Israeli tourists, especially youth, are believed to like demolishing sites where they stay.
PS. The whole matter is strange because I tried to locate that hotel in google and couldn`t. All results go back to the news article.
If Warsaw Uprising had not broken out, we may assume that Warsaw would NOT have been that drastically destroyed, and lots of civilians would have been spared.
Quite correct.
The speed of Soviet offensive that started in January was so high (at least 5:1 advantage in any kind of weapons, soldiers) that the Germans would not have had a chance to destroy the city to that extent.
Yes. Of course, you mean Nazi German plans to change Warsaw into a fortress city and defend it at all cost.
The Germans fiercely defended only their pre-war cities.
Yes.
Most Nazis perpetrators of war crimes in Warsaw Rising weren`t tried after the war.
Let`s see the most notorious ones:
Erich Julius Eberhard von Zelewski or Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski (1 March 1899 - 8 March 1972) was a Nazi official of the Third Reich and a member of the SS, in which he reached the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer (General).
After more than two months of heavy fighting and the total destruction of Warsaw, Bach-Zalewski managed to take control of the city while committing the cruelest atrocities in the process.[9] For his exploits in Warsaw, Bach-Zalewski was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross by the Nazi regime on 30 September 1944.
Bach-Zelewski went into hiding and tried to leave the country. However, US military police arrested him on 1 August 1945. In exchange for his testimony against his former superiors at the Nuremberg Trials, Bach-Zelewski never faced trial for any war crimes. Similarly, he never faced extradition to Poland or to the USSR. He left prison in 1949.
Opinions on Warsaw rising are mixed, as today`s Madonna`s concert in Warsaw shows. Some people object to it, claiming it is disrespectful, while others hail with enthusiasm, saying that the Rising belongs to history and we are living in 21 century.
Members of Catholic groups, right-wing politicians and World War II veterans have suggested that the concert should not take place on such a historic date.
A group of young Catholics from the Piotr Skarga Institute have decided to organize a protest, under the banner, "I am not going to attend Madonna's concert."
"August 1 is a Polish national holiday. Let us pay tribute to the living and dead insurgents, who selflessly fought for our homeland," the added.
bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19073070
Some are urging ticket-holders to boycott Wednesday's show, which comes 68 years after the city's failed revolt against Nazi occupation began. Organisers of the concert have agreed to show a short clip about the events of 1944 before the performance. Every year, Poles commemorate the 200,000 lives lost during the uprising. Conservative opposition MP Stanislaw Pieta has appealed to the government not to allow the concert to go ahead in Warsaw's National Stadium, Polish Radio reports.
Personally, I don`t care about Madonna. Who wants, will celebrate the Rising. Who doesn`t, can go to a concert.
When on holidays in the wilderness, I never smile to strangers. When I see them nearby, I get pissed off. I don`t say hello or other stupidities like that. I try to ignore them.
After all, I pay too much to get perfect isolation.
but they got painted over very quickly by communist henchmen, producing such result:
Poland transcription
and then slogans or symbols reappeared like that:
We shall revenge Rulewski
Some pieces of those murals are being preserved today as precious keepsakes from the past.
I have been on PF for a little while now and I have seen some very good discussions about Poland.
Pawian reporting to work!!!!!
Dedication is my middle name!!!!
Visits of American presidents in Poland were an excellent opportunity for Poles (Warsawians and Cracovians) to exhibit their reluctance to communism.
How?
Communist authorities tried to discourage Warsaw/Krakow residents from going into streets and cheering for American presidents. It just wasn`t fair that American presidents received a warm welcome while top Soviet leaders visiting Poland usually got a cold shoulder from Poles.
To no avail.
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Jimmie Carter got a standing ovation from Warsawians/Krakovians despite communist rulers` attempts and orders.
Richard Nixon, 1972
Gerald Ford, 1975 Warsaw
Krakow
PS. None of those American Presidents questioned the Jalta agreements which condemned Poland to remain under the Soviet domination.
May 31, 1972, back from Moscow, the president of the US Richard Nixon stopped for two days for talks in Warsaw.
It was the first ever visit of US President-in-Office in Poland. Nixon came to the Polish way back from Russia. It was the second of his stay in our country - in 1959 he met with Wladyslaw Gomulka.
During his visit to Warsaw Nixon visited the Old Town and Wilanów, also laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Theme of the hour and a half conversation with Edward Gierek were economic issues - including purchase of licenses and granting Poland the US loans.
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anti-government street demonstrations organized by underground Solidarity
I think I haven`t written about it.
In 1981 Polish Solidarity issued a message to all working people in communist countries.
Message of the First Congress of NSZZ "Solidarity" Delegates to working people in Eastern Europe Gdansk, 8 September 1981
Delegates gathered in Gdańsk at the 1st Congress of Delegates of the Independent Self-Governing Trade Union "Solidarity" extend greetings and words of support to workers of
The message enraged authorities in Poland and other communist countries. The British film "Squaring the Circle" from 1984 shows it nicely ( pity, I cannot find it) There is a scene when top Polish communists read the message and get furious. However, after studying it more carefully and seeing Albania on the list, they start laughing and cannot stop.
You can't get much better than this as far as ballads. Pierwszy siwy włos- Marta Mirska:
Wow, so old songs??? From 1956?
Hah, here is an even older one! From 1936! :):):) You can`t beat me!!! :):):):)
youtu.be/N-hg58QQmdc
The "Last Sunday" -- erroneously called "THAT Last Sunday" -- was composed by Jerzy Petersburski in 1936. It is a nostalgic tango with lyrics by Zenon Friedwald describing the final meeting of former lovers who are parting. The Polish title was "To Ostatnia Niedziela" ("The Last Sunday"). The song was extremely popular and was performed by numerous artists (best kown performance by Mieczysław Folg). Along the way, it first gained the nick-name of "Suicide Tango" due to its sad lyric (although, the real "suicie song" in the night restaurants of Eastern Europe (...)
So, as I planned, we are going to Bieszczady Mountains next week as the stormy spell will leave Poland at last.
I can`t wait. Today I am looking for info on Bieszczady sites, mounts and tracks and listening to these wonderful songs with fascinating pics of the Mountains.
Bieszczady Angels
Go bieszczading with us today by SDM
August sky SDM
My Bieszczady by rock group KSU
Bieszczady by Jacek Kaczmarski
A hit of the 1960s by Piotr Szczepanik- Burn Yellow Calendars
Come back to the Land of Dream Where spring lasts forever Burn yellow calendars
When I play this melody on my accordion today, my wife melts and does everything what I want.... :):):):)
The same singer in another ballad To love - how easy to say To love - means asking for nothing Because love is unknown
No problem! All these music threads share songs with each other.
I can recommend Katarzyna Groniec and Renata Przemyk, they are both very skilled singers, with charasteric voices and witty lyrics.
I know these names, especially Przemyk, but to be honest, I haven`t heard any of their sentimental ballads which might be called attractive and pleasant to ear. Sorry, if you know some, tell us.
I much prefer Irena Santor from communist times. Wild beaches are long gone
