Genealogy / What are common Polish character traits? [417]

I am not Polish, but my Jewish mother was born in Poland.
My Family never suffered from antisemites. On the contrary, they had many Polish friends. My mother's father was so popular with the "Gentiles" (not Jewish people), that they asked him (he was a lawyer) to become a judge.

My mother said polish people had a gift for painting (Jews do not have this talent), and she said they were very honourable (Polish Honour) and used to quote:

"usram sie i niedam sie" (please forgive the vulgarity as well as my spelling).

I think that many Polish people are saintly. So many of them endangered themselves to save Jews in WW2.
I also think that Poles are (at least when compared to Jews) very naive.
From your Jewish Polophil,
Talila

History / Polish hatred towards Jews... [1290]

Poles were my family's friends, they never called us "Bzyd", they even held my grandfather of such high esteem that they asked him to be a judge. Yet there were strings attached - if he wanted the position he had to be converted to Christianity.

My grandfather disagreed even that he was not a religious Jew, he was even against religion - never took part in Jewish feasts. He explained that it was beneath his dignity to leave a small poor people for a position.

Talila

History / Polish hatred towards Jews... [1290]

My family comes from Poland, they have not experienced antisemitism and have never been called "Bzyd".
Talila, Tel Aviv

History / Polish hatred towards Jews... [1290]

I come from a Jewish family who lived in Poland till 1935, and never have I heard that Poles hated them. On the contrary - they had many Polish friends.

I live in Israel and whenever I hear about "Poles Hating Jews", I get furious. It is well known that Poles, and not a handful of saints, but many thousands of them, endangered themselves by saving Jews during WW2.

Talila,
writing from Tel Aviv, Israel