RD1
19 Oct 2010
Australia / Polish restaurants, clubs, in Melbourne [17]
Borsch, Vodka, Tears is a good Polish restaurant in Melbourne.
borschvodkaandtears.com
Borsch, Vodka, Tears is a good Polish restaurant in Melbourne.
borschvodkaandtears.com
RD1
6 Oct 2010
History / Life in Partitioned Poland (Specifically in the Prussian Partition) [118]
I don't think he is talking about German Silesians.
Rather, I think he means "Silesian Silesians," or "autochthons" as the Polish government labelled them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesians
Silesia is still on the maps, but the german Silesians were ethnical cleansed or emigrated later and the population had been exchanged with those from eastern Poland which became Russia/Ukraine.
I don't think he is talking about German Silesians.
Rather, I think he means "Silesian Silesians," or "autochthons" as the Polish government labelled them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silesians
RD1
4 Oct 2010
History / Life in Partitioned Poland (Specifically in the Prussian Partition) [118]
Good question.
After WWII, many Germanized Poles in Silesia and elsewhere found themselves in a sort of no-man's land.
From Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_from_Pola nd_during_and_after_World_War_II#.22Autochthones.22
And what happened to the germanized poles?
Good question.
After WWII, many Germanized Poles in Silesia and elsewhere found themselves in a sort of no-man's land.
From Wikipedia:
Another problem that Polish authorities were faced with was the disposition of the so-called "Germanized Poles" or "autochthons". Of close to three million residents of Masuria (Masurs), Pomerania (Kashubians) and Upper Silesia (Silesians) of Slavic descent, many did not identify with Polish nationality, were either bilingual or spoke German or Germanized dialects only.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_and_expulsion_of_Germans_from_Pola nd_during_and_after_World_War_II#.22Autochthones.22