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History has always been an important element of life in Poland. Share your reflections on Poland's past. (page 11)

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	Query regarding AK casualty list for the Warsaw Rising 3 - Thanks again for all your help Iron!... HistoryOzi Dan - 17 Apr 2013 Ozi Dan - 22 Apr 2013
	Interesting film archive site has stuff on Youtube - Fall of the Polish Calvary 1939 4 - there is plenty footages from the times on the youtube, not plenty but some.... HistoryRysavy - 11 Apr 2013 Ironside - 11 Apr 2013
	Polish church sculpture (the 70s tour of Poland) 7 - There is huge variety between church architecture in Poland, with some of it being terrible on an epic... Historyfrankdom - 22 Aug 2012 Harry - 9 Apr 2013
	THE CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND 12 - terima kasih banyak atas informasinya ...... HistoryQueeNisha - 3 Apr 2013 QueeNisha - 4 Apr 2013
	A question regarding government positions in the C19 5 - Well it would depend on circumstances and whom you would ask about it. Generally however he would be... HistoryOzi Dan - 28 Mar 2013 Ironside - 2 Apr 2013
	Poles from South West Poland speak in German dialect? 9 - Partially...... HistoryEnvyme - 16 Mar 2013 Grzegorz_ - 18 Mar 2013
	Poland's Tragic History 12 - Suffering of human beings - no! however circumstances could be unique. As in case of Poland.... Historyyerrik - 15 Mar 2013 Ironside - 16 Mar 2013
	DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES OF POLES IN LITHUANIA IN 1947-1959 6 - I understand ones attachment to their roots but if Poles can relocate to the US or the UK, Poles... HistoryEnvyme - 6 Mar 2013 Meathead - 12 Mar 2013
	Animated, moving map of Poland (past to present)? 6 - Thank you Grzegorz for your help. But I have seen the video of "animated history of poland in 10... HistoryPolonius3 - 30 Nov 2011 polishgreatness - 9 Mar 2013
	The Humble Beginnings of Empik in Poland 14 - Here in Warsaw I hugely preferred Traffic. But it now seems they are getting kicked out from their premises... Historyjasondmzk - 20 Feb 2013 sobieski - 28 Feb 2013
	MICROCOSM: Portrait of a Central European City (history of Wrocław) 9 - If you think Breslau was somehow Polish you should read the book again. First of all, it was... Historyjasondmzk - 27 Feb 2013 Palivec - 27 Feb 2013
	Poland War - Old Military Medals 13 - Merged: Polish Medals Iam in the same situation to you, my Father server in the Polish Forces under... Historysmurf - 15 Oct 2010 Felzensztein - 21 Feb 2013
	Why will Poland always be the puppet of America? 2 3 4 5 6 159 - No offense, but Georgia is not Poland. It's not part of the EU, it's far and small. Sad to... Historyteresa - 6 Apr 2009 Polson - 17 Feb 2013
	Memos show US hushed up Soviet crime against Poland 2 3 4 97 - Stalin was Hitler's best and most important ally before Hitler went on to invade the USSR, he supplied Germany... Historypeterweg - 11 Sep 2012 citizen67 - 11 Feb 2013
	Powstanie styczniowe (The January Uprising) 5 - wow!, you can't leave it at that after tantalising us like that :-) i'd love to hear any of... Historyjasondmzk - 6 Feb 2013 Tim Bucknall - 6 Feb 2013
	Origins of Poland national differences? 2 41 - You mean there were allegedly three sons.... HistoryVlad123 - 27 Jan 2013 jon357 - 6 Feb 2013
	A legacy of Serfdom in Poland? 7 - Yeps, have to agree :)... HistoryRadders - 3 Feb 2013 isthatu2 - 3 Feb 2013
	How Poland was losing her intelligentsia 19 - Another example of an engineer who was born in Kraków - Pomagalski Jean (born in 1905 in Krakow, died.,... Historypawian - 30 Jan 2013 monia - 31 Jan 2013
	The Ribbentrop-Beck Pact 7 - if you want to save some money on the book its being serialised in Angora.... HistoryPennBoy - 13 Jan 2013 Tim Bucknall - 28 Jan 2013
	Why did Hitler want to sign the Non-agression agreement with Poland? 5 - Piłsudski!... HistoryLeonis - 21 Jan 2013 Suwka - 21 Jan 2013
	An American studying medicine in the PRL 1978-1985: my story 2 3 4 5 142 - He was indeed very straightforward and didn`t patyczkować himself with you. :):):):... Historyrybnik - 19 Feb 2011 pawian - 21 Jan 2013
	Polish armored trains form I and II World War 2 32 - Smok Kaszubski - improvized armoured train, build by Gdansks shipyard workers. They took ordinary train and armour... Historydani - 10 Mar 2010 Gregrog - 19 Jan 2013
	Should we glorify Polish secondary female characters from history? 2 36 - Good to see that you got a good sense of humour ;)... HistoryVarsovian - 10 Jan 2013 David_18 - 10 Jan 2013
	State People in early Poland? 10 - Never a good idea to rely on Google Translate etc. what was the phrase you translated into Polish then... Historyarchiwum - 28 Dec 2012 jon357 - 2 Jan 2013
	'Prehistory' Celts in Southern Poland 20 - And me too! Sorry I haven't contributed lately. Took a break over Xmas but glad you (guys?) have... Historychunky - 18 Dec 2012 chunky - 2 Jan 2013
	× Poznan Castle did Hitler stay there? 12 - Grow up you silly little boy. Its funny you still dont see how dumb you were do you?... HistoryAnt63 - 30 Dec 2012 isthatu2 - 31 Dec 2012
	Polish Prussia, Kashubians, Masurians, and Saxonians? 3 - Anyone?... HistoryMaximum2 - 30 Dec 2012 Maximum2 - 30 Dec 2012
	Polish aristocrats - would be better off if we had Polish magnate families? 2 3 69 - Agreed, texas. I'm too lowborn to be part of the elite under monarchy and I'm not grasping or... HistoryDavid_18 - 20 Jul 2010 kondzior - 30 Dec 2012
	Traditional /historical punishments in Poland 6 - Simply speaking, standard procedures. The English or French methods were much more impressive. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanged,_drawn_and_quartered... HistoryVlad123 - 26 Dec 2012 pawian - 26 Dec 2012
	Are Suwalki/North East Poles Polonised Lithuanians/Balts? 3 - Yes, some are. I actually know a family from that region, who consider themselves Polish of Lithuanian ancestry, who... HistoryMaximum2 - 26 Dec 2012 kcharlie - 26 Dec 2012
	Ducal Prussia 1525 - 1660 4 - To be honest that's how it was all over Poland.... HistorySpace Cadet - 22 Dec 2012 David_18 - 23 Dec 2012
	Use of the word "lord" in Polish. 2 - the word "lord" is and was used to describe a British aristocrat and is higly doubtful that it was... HistoryDaniel AG - 21 Dec 2012 gumishu - 21 Dec 2012
	Questions regarding Barka 6 - Barka is mostly sang in churches or other gatherings when something is about John Poul II, it could also... Historygwrobel - 19 Dec 2012 Marysienka - 19 Dec 2012
	Was Prussia mostly German? 2 3 65 - Okay, then tell me what sources YOU compared to come to the conclusion that "Poles are most objective in... Historydavid885 - 18 Nov 2012 TheOther - 18 Dec 2012
	If you left Poland while it was under Communism, could you go back? 18 - Ah, got it slightly wrong. It applied to people born outside of Poland: polonia.wikia.com/wiki/Passport_trap en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_nationality_law... HistoryKattieKittie - 5 Dec 2012 Trevek - 10 Dec 2012
	Double faith - the origin of Crylic writing and Poland 9 - It survived but anything found, is accounted as being either German, or Greek, or Cryic... but who is... Historycall1n - 7 Dec 2012 call1n - 8 Dec 2012
	Balthasar Behem Codex - translation? 2 - check references at the bottom of this website (Bibliografia): wsp.krakow.pl/whk/zabytki/k_behem.html... HistoryGalloglaich - 20 Nov 2012 emiwis - 20 Nov 2012
	Stefan Czarniecki - Siege of Krakow, Sept - Oct 1655 5 - In the absence of any evidence to the contrary, you have to assume that is so. I imagine... Historyandersm - 9 Nov 2012 andersm - 10 Nov 2012
	× Goodbye Lenin - we don't want you in Poland! 2 3 85 - You're really clutching on to straws. No answers, no insight, no pretending anymore, just a made up game,... History1jola - 7 Nov 2012 SeanBM - 9 Nov 2012
	North Poles are not native to North Poland.. 6 - Got some statistics to support that? At least in the Slupsk region a lot more than 30% of... Historydavid885 - 6 Nov 2012 Harry - 7 Nov 2012
	Where do Upper and lower Silesians came from? 7 - Thanks! :)... Historydavid885 - 3 Nov 2012 david885 - 4 Nov 2012
	Soviet/Russian Army leaving Poland 1992 21 - Don't be silly!... HistoryPennBoy - 19 Oct 2010 delphiandomine - 29 Oct 2012
	Poland history uprising rings? 7 - Does the ring have any inscriptions?... Historykfitz - 22 May 2011 beckski - 27 Oct 2012
	A state funeral for the last of the Polish Habsburgs 5 - I see, thanks for the clarification, I only looked at the year and not the month, The only bio... Historyhague1cmaeron - 14 Oct 2012 hague1cmaeron - 14 Oct 2012
	Pole, Hungarian, two good friends 2 58 - Polish band performing a great Hungarian song. Enjoy :) youtube.com/watch?v=OGX6IegdavE... HistoryLukasz - 7 Apr 2008 auril - 9 Oct 2012
	Poland-Lithuania would we be better off together? 16 - It would have been, but alas, there were too many nationalistic elements within Poland to ever make it... HistoryMrLombard - 1 Oct 2012 delphiandomine - 3 Oct 2012
	Welcome to Lemmingrad! 2 59 - Now that makes sense! Reckon I'm just too idealistic to have envisaged such a ruse. But knowing what... Historypolonius - 1 Oct 2012 polonius - 3 Oct 2012
	Polish Royal Bastards 23 - Władysław Konstanty, Count Vasenau or Vasenhoff, a bastard son of Władysław IV Vasa (1635 –1698) Władysław IV Vasa... Historyboletus - 26 Sep 2012 boletus - 28 Sep 2012
	Interested in Polish Camping history 3 - manufacturer named " Luna" in Czecholsovakia,... HistoryWeirdnerd - 12 Sep 2012 carolgreen943 - 27 Sep 2012
	Seen "teutonic" in my history book and i was just wondering what it was? 4 - Interestingly, the lands conquered by the Knights of the Cross (aka Teutonic Knights) were named after the pagan Prussians... Historywhitopian1 - 23 Sep 2012 polonius - 24 Sep 2012
	Warsaw Uprising - The Forgotten Soldiers 2 3 4 117 - It's not my translation. I found it online the way it is and posted it here to correct... HistoryDavid_18 - 30 Jun 2010 4 eigner - 19 Sep 2012
	Surveillance in Poland during communism 29 - This does not explain why his sons had a comfortable time in hard eighties. And to come back to... Historykie - 17 Sep 2012 sobieski - 18 Sep 2012
	The beginning of the Polish state 11 - I don't think so, stuff about Krak, Popiel etc. are tales but what was going on in 10th... Historypawian - 12 Sep 2012 Grzegorz_ - 15 Sep 2012
	Poles embraced Communism at the end of WW2 8 - I'd love to see some robust data on that. While I agree that the Communists were quite... HistoryVarsovian - 12 Sep 2012 Peter_H - 13 Sep 2012
	Janusz Korczak Year in Poland - a genuine Polish hero versus the namiotists 20 - Does it surprise you in the slightest? Then again, Polonia know best. If there were thousands, why... Historysobieski - 9 Sep 2012 delphiandomine - 12 Sep 2012
	Adam Michnik's half-brother Stefan different father 11 - You'd do exactly the same if people were publishing and saying all sorts of dreadful lies about you.... HistoryPolonius3 - 12 Sep 2012 delphiandomine - 12 Sep 2012
	polish eagle tattoo, eagle head is facing to the left, is this a bad thing? 10 - My friend got one, a big Polish eagle right in the middle of his chest.... Historymathew12 - 8 Sep 2010 PennBoy - 7 Sep 2012
	Was PRL Poland? 2 37 - Again, I am explaining this as follows: being so preoccupied with this famous case of Albania in... HistoryPolonius3 - 2 Sep 2012 Ziemowit - 3 Sep 2012
	Need Help - mysterious object identification. Could it be Polish? 19 - Flemish anyone?... HistoryMisterdsp - 31 Aug 2012 Polsyr - 2 Sep 2012
	Czech and Polish character in World War two 2 3 81 - Well, they basically messed with my -ová ending. It either came off altogether, was changed to -ova, or... HistoryFrantisek - 29 Aug 2012 Magdalena - 31 Aug 2012

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