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	How come Poles like Russians but not Germans? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 216 - Poles ! My sisters and brothers, listen to me. Maybe now you don`t understand. But you shall see. By... Historygluehapfel - 3 Jul 2013 Crow - 17 Mar 2018
	Great people of Poland and Slavdom - please, only name of your favorite great person, without any explanation 3 - Nice. Now me > Sergei Prokofiev Dmitri Shostakovich Svatopluk I of Moravia Leo Tolstoj Władysław Warneńczyk ... HistoryCrow - 13 Mar 2018 Crow - 13 Mar 2018
	De-communisation in Poland? 2 38 - Due to the simple fact that regardless of the soviet union fall the 'commies' had been firmly in... HistoryPolonius3 - 29 Jun 2013 Ironside - 4 Mar 2018
	From Poland to America via HAPAG in the 1890s 2 - Interesting question. I'd assume everything went through the PRL offices (most likely had to be accepted by someone in... HistoryMaxwellStDog - 13 Feb 2018 Nathans - 1 Mar 2018
	What do Polish people think of Palestinians? 20 - The ancient aka Biblical Holy Land of the Jewish people was called "Judaea", not "Palestine"! After the British Mandate... Historyhypertyper - 30 May 2012 Lyzko - 12 Feb 2018
	Polish perspective of WW1: Germany, their Defeat & the Legend of the Stab in the Back 17 - Hitler parleyed the stab in the back legend into his rapid ascent to power! German aggression in Verdun, for... HistoryMarcinD - 2 Aug 2012 Lyzko - 12 Feb 2018
	Its decided. If Germany interfere in Silesia, Russia would support Poland. New winds 9 - Moment when Putin explained to Merkel > youtube.com/watch?v=OexlkYDoEBg Dialogue: Merkel: ``You see, we fly high.`` Putin:... HistoryCrow - 30 Apr 2011 Crow - 31 Jan 2018
	Thinking of changing Wikipedia's Holocaust article to include genocide of Poles. 2 3 78 - It won't but what they did is still the hidden holocaust that many leftist Marxists and Russians are trying... Historymasks98 - 11 May 2010 dolnoslask - 22 Jan 2018
	× Polish hatred towards Jews... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 1,290 - A plea for clemency from a 96 year old German convicted over his role in the murders of 300,000... HistoryKONSKIEpelta - 1 Jan 2008 johnny reb - 17 Jan 2018
	Kronika Wielkopolska, Kronika Słowian - Text 4 - Merged: Is Łęczyca historically in Wielkopolska? Is Łęczyca historically in Wielkopolska?... HistorySemsem - 24 Nov 2010 TAK1730 - 29 Dec 2017
	When will you Poles give back German land and the cities which you robbed? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 557 - I think it's clear that Germany did the plundering and pillaging of her neighbors, NOT the other way round:-)... HistoryPOLENGGGs - 3 Aug 2010 Lyzko - 27 Nov 2017
	Association of Lovers of Lwów and Southeastern Kresy 27 - @TAK1730 Not only. I still have family members in Belarus who are part of the officially recognized Polish... HistoryLwow Eagle - 3 Apr 2016 DominicB - 21 Nov 2017
	Do polish people know that some of them fought a war against the United States? 2 60 - My dad was in the conscripted Polish army in the late 60's as mandatory 2 year duty. He... Historyroca - 16 Nov 2011 marty53 - 15 Nov 2017
	DID THE COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT OF POLAND CENSOR MAIL IN AND OUT OF POLAND 29 - Hello! I would like to contact those people who has censored letters, could you maybe one of you send... Historyguzzler - 18 May 2010 aliciamn - 13 Nov 2017
	Adam Mickiewicz. What is his motherland: Poland or Lithuania? 2 3 4 93 - He certainly was, and I wouldn't even try:-)... Historymatteroftaste - 22 Feb 2010 Lyzko - 1 Nov 2017
	Yalta Conference and Polish Government 5 - Which free and fair elections had that government won in order to legitimate itself? Isn't the reality that... HistoryPoplarBonbon - 21 Oct 2017 Harry - 22 Oct 2017
	Do Silesia people consider themselves to be Silesians, not Poles nor Germans? 15 - Feel as you wish, but most Silesians feel Silesian and Polish at the same time as the result... HistoryEnvyme - 28 Jan 2013 Ziemowit - 7 Oct 2017
	Franciszek Kornicki - Son of Poland, WWII Flying Ace, Savior of Britain 6 - Here is a link to the video you mentioned: It's an excellent and important short film... HistoryBieganski - 23 Sep 2017 Bieganski - 24 Sep 2017
	National Service (Conscription) in Poland during 1938-1968 period 3 - Merged: Conscription in Russian Poland before Druga Rzeczpospolita (Second Polish Republic) Cześć Wszyscy. Our dziadzia emigrated from... HistoryMarilyn - 25 Jun 2015 Turbowicz - 2 Sep 2017
	Alexander the Great - Macedonski. Poland connection? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 254 - Development....??? Stealing is not development. Vardar Banovinians are not Macedonians. Macedonian today is not a country. ITs a... Historybledi_nowysacz - 21 May 2013 Thessaloniki - 30 Aug 2017
	How to know the value of Polish coins from 1960-70's 4 - Thank you @Atch and @terri... Historysamthelearner - 22 Aug 2017 samthelearner - 22 Aug 2017
	World War 1 - Poles on most fronts in Europe. Any good sites about it in English? 27 - I would very much like to know more about the Poles during WWI. It serves as a good way... HistoryMr Grunwald - 7 Sep 2010 Girugamesh - 8 Aug 2017
	How was Poland compensated after World War 2 2 47 - Warsaw, have US support both military and Energy, moreover Warsaw knows Brussels is a toothless tiger. Poland will play... HistoryCzarnkow1940 - 7 Mar 2010 synka - 3 Aug 2017
	UK betrayal of Poland during and after WWII 12 - Its hot here, man. focus on the topic please... Historyfrancis2017 - 1 Aug 2017 Crow - 1 Aug 2017
	POLISH MEMORIES OF CHERNOBYL...April 26th 1986 2 32 - I grew up near nuke stations in South Carolina and Pennsylvania. I was fishing across the river from Three... Historywildrover - 26 Apr 2009 KK4AXX - 27 Jul 2017
	In Memory of victims, who had their lives cruelly taken at Treblinka Death Camp in Poland 2 3 4 104 - Quiet and agonizing, I'm certain! While I've never been, I was many years ago a visitor at the... Historybeckski - 3 Sep 2010 Lyzko - 26 Jul 2017
	Podhale Rifles Brigade records 3 - Sorry, I misread that last link, the lady got her relative's records from the Polish section of the British... HistoryRdb11021951 - 18 Jul 2017 Atch - 18 Jul 2017
	Walesa says without meeting Mrs Thatcher in Gdansk Solidarnosc wouldn't have won 2 51 - Do tell... HistoryHarry - 14 Jan 2014 jon357 - 11 Jul 2017
	Medieval Polish Knight Armour 2 - That's a very early period and examples would be limited in the sense that you won't find too many... HistoryCuriousBanana - 6 Jul 2017 Atch - 6 Jul 2017
	Any Poles in the American Revolution? 2 - ... ... Couple interesting articles about Polish heroes who fought for America. I'll try to translate one fragment... HistoryJohnPolam - 24 Jun 2017 Looker - 27 Jun 2017
	Poland's law and justice.. return of Sanacja? 19 - I don't know what they would do IF the Polish Army stopped German invasion if given different, better... Historygoofy_the_dog - 11 Jun 2017 Ironside - 13 Jun 2017
	Armia Krajowa - Polish underground forces during WWII 4 - Merged: Russian Govt forbids AK memory Russian govt continues to forbid any promotion of memory of the... HistoryJaneDoe - 3 Mar 2011 goofy_the_dog - 13 Jun 2017
	MS Jan Heweliusz disaster 3 - Thank you Ziemowit. If I may ask, do you remember anything about the reaction in Poland at the time?... Historydelphiandomine - 12 Jun 2017 delphiandomine - 13 Jun 2017
	Vilnius Region must be returned to Poland! Right away! 10 - Who is "they" in "they give Konigsberg to Russia" since Konigsberg (Kaliningrad now) has already been in Russia's... Historysobczak - 18 Jul 2013 Ziemowit - 11 Jun 2017
	'Poland: A Knight Among Nations' - Book about Poland by an American Author, dated 1907 2 51 - Good Points will come back with comments after reading the book... Historymadparasol - 3 Jun 2010 greencitizen - 10 Jun 2017
	Seeking details of Polish Soldier - Carol Biscupec/Biskupec 7 - Thanks Atch We are following it up here. My relatives father was from Newcastle. We're in England. ... Historyheritageplus - 23 Feb 2017 heritageplus - 6 Jun 2017
	Bialystok most famous son. Albert Sabin or Ludwig Zamenhof 8 - "Typical(-ly) Jewish names, [aren't they]?" - Nooo, they're not! Ahemm, the great Viennese archictect and designer "Josef Hoffmann"... Historyplainfacts - 31 May 2017 Lyzko - 2 Jun 2017
	Which countries are Polands friends, which are Polands enemies? 2 3 75 - No, I think it would be a great opportunity to bring it directly to Trump's attention in a peaceful... HistoryMememe - 10 Apr 2012 johnny reb - 31 May 2017
	WW2 Polish settlement in the North study 2 - Hi Lucia Please email archives@barnsley.gov.uk we had a displaced persons camp and a few years ago we had... Historylukkija - 28 Jul 2016 Cassie188 - 17 May 2017
	Poles the biggest hypocrites in the world 2 35 - First of all: according to Wikipedia, Radio Marya was founded in 1991. How come that Mr. Nowak... HistoryNumber1polishfa - 4 Jun 2016 TheOther - 12 May 2017
	Polish-Hungarian border exchange? 2 60 - You think wrong. Should learn a thing or two about history. Poles who are interested in... HistoryFehervary - 23 Sep 2016 Ironside - 29 Apr 2017
	The Piast dynasty is of non-Slavic origin? Latest DNA findings suggest Germanic or Celtic 11 - Really You can`t even imagine how close you are to understanding but, still you fails. ... HistoryZiemowit - 20 Apr 2017 Crow - 21 Apr 2017
	Lithuanians hate Poles? 2 3 4 5 6 156 - Also a great heretic whose Hussite marauders attacked Poland's Jasna Góra monastery and desecrated its most sacred icon... HistoryPolonius3 - 6 Jan 2012 Polonius3 - 21 Apr 2017
	Question about the Polish exiles in Siberia 19th century? 3 - That's very interesting, I never heard of Mr. Bieniowski. What a story that is!... Historyarelis - 18 Mar 2017 arelis - 9 Apr 2017
	Chance of Lwów once again became coming part of Poland 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 344 - EU hold Poland. NATO, too. Its obvious. Polish interests already on so many fields collide with interests of western... HistoryCzarnkow1940 - 5 Mar 2010 Crow - 28 Mar 2017
	Catholic Irish or Scottish Immigrants to Poland 3 - I'm Irish and have never heard of Catholics going to Poland. The Catholic gentry who could afford it often... HistoryPattyOFurniture - 21 Mar 2017 Atch - 22 Mar 2017
	Interesting Poland's military pin / "Mennica Panstwowa" 3 - Thank you so much for your help!... Historypoorjamesbond - 19 Mar 2017 poorjamesbond - 19 Mar 2017
	Criminal "Belle Epoque" in Kraków of 1908 8 - Yes, his stuff is amazing, should be much better known. A friend who visited Krakow in the mid... HistoryZiemowit - 15 Feb 2017 mafketis - 23 Feb 2017
	Most important Poles and Slavs that ever lived 2 3 74 - It has crossed my mind, too. I thought that the Nobel prize commitee issuing the certificat for her... HistoryCrow - 12 Mar 2015 Ziemowit - 9 Feb 2017
	Give back Lwow to Poland and Kaliningrad to Germany - is it possible? 2 3 4 5 6 7 198 - I would tend to agree with you, but not entirely. We Slavs, if serious, for example serious... HistoryDavid_18 - 27 Jun 2010 Crow - 31 Jan 2017
	The ongoing de-Germanisation of the Nazis and the Holocaust adds to Poland's Responsibility 2 3 4 5 124 - In case with this topic, Albanians (Shqiptars) joined in mocking the Poles and then apologized. Seams that mocking the... HistoryPolonius3 - 22 Nov 2016 Crow - 25 Jan 2017
	Poland worst off as a result? (life in German Prussia vs. Russian communism) 14 - Pappyboy : Life in Prussia was different from life in Germany. They voted less to nazi party than... HistoryPeter Rossa - 5 May 2012 przyjacielPL - 22 Jan 2017
	Whats the French Huguenots history in Poland? where did they settle Poland? 16 - Very true. Also true :)) Now what's interesting is that in Poland that was... HistorySlavicaleks - 12 Sep 2012 Atch - 12 Jan 2017
	German history of my new home in Poland 30 - mafketise You don`t understand. What hypothesis on the origin of humanity? What "Out of Serbia" hypothesis? I didn`t... Historyabaper - 18 Nov 2016 Crow - 20 Nov 2016
	Restoration of Poland's Monarchy? 2 40 - Important: If you quote a non-English source, ALWAYS summarize / translate the relevant parts into English! May... HistoryBarbastelle - 22 Jul 2014 Marysienka - 31 Oct 2016
	Would love some info about my found Polish stamps. 3 - Thank you for the response. :) I'll take your advice.... Historykings - 21 Oct 2016 kings - 30 Oct 2016
	Kaczynski's Legacy 2 3 88 - All Communist countries had certain factors common to their education systems. Education was very much 'managed' and had specific... HistoryShawnH - 13 Apr 2010 Atch - 25 Oct 2016
	Forgotten crime from Soviet occupation period - an article from Rzeczpospolita 6 - Merged: 60th anniversary of (almost) a Soviet intervention in PRL "(..)Tylko jeden raz, rozpoczęła się w Polsce... HistoryRobertLee - 22 Jun 2011 RubasznyRumcajs - 20 Oct 2016
	Battle of Grunwald 1410 The biggest medieval battle. Germans smashed. 2 3 4 5 6 174 - wow, older than the USA? THAT old? incredible... ;)) but yes, of course Poles achieved other things, too... HistoryLukasz - 25 Sep 2007 Linneus - 13 Sep 2016
	Poles also killed innocents 2 32 - Harry you're backpedaling or your geography is poor, what is western Ukraine according to you? Phew,... HistoryBogdan26 - 14 Jul 2016 Ironside - 27 Jul 2016

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