History / capitulation of Warsaw Uprising [16]


I DO know, who nazis were - I was born in Lublin, near KL Majdanek, my cousin was murdered by "civilized" german soldiers with the other polish prisoners at the castle prison an hour before Germans run away, nearly all my mothers childhood friends died in Ghetto, my father was POW in Woldenberg's Oflag II C and have seen a lot of his colleague shot, because they were to weak to march, when on January 1945 the POWs were marched westward.

News / Anybody watch Adam Michnik on Lis this evening? [50]


how he has benefited?

Genealogy / Is Gajos a Silesian or Polish surname? [12]

Gajos – from "gaić"['zielenić - turn green, grow green; festoon with greenery]', oldfashioned - 'otwierać sądy' (i don't know how it's in english: to begin a court proceedings?)

History / Polish Revolution 1830-31 " Józef Chłopicki" [5]

He held aloof at first from the November Uprising of 1830-31, but at the general request of his countrymen accepted the dictatorship on 5 December 1830. However, he saw the hopelessness of the insurrection and quickly resigned on 17th of January; then, however, he joined the army as a private soldier and fought in some battles. At Wawer (February 19) and at the Battle of Olszynka Grochowska (February 20) he displayed all his old bravery, but was so seriously wounded at the Battle of Olszynka Grochowska that he had to be conveyed to Kraków, near which city he lived in complete retirement until his death in 1854.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Ch%C5%82opicki
russianrulershistory.com/poland-and-the-november-uprising-against-russia

Polonia / Uncomfortable treatment of Poles in Lithuania? [15]


Pilsudski

Life / Are there any bookstores in Wroclaw, Rzeszów or Krakow where I can buy books in English? [5]

try some used book seller's and look for free books on the net

Genealogy / How common was Polish-Jewish intermarriage? [21]

Countess Krystyna Skarbek/Christine Granville, a famous british agent - her father was a polish count, her mother - the daughter of a wealthy assimilated Jewish family. Her mother and her older brother were killed by Germans.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krystyna_Skarbek

Genealogy / Family Decendent of Gen. Jozef Bem [28]

no, he rather wasn't, but his great-great-great-grandfather came from Prussia, and family's coat-of-arms was Bem/Behem/Bohm.

History / What Was Happening in Poland around 1905? [73]

not only, to Russia and Prussia also...