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History has always been an important element of life in Poland. Share your reflections on Poland's past. (page 6)

	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
	'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
	Lefties honour Narutowicz 4 - You come across as suggesting that the great man somehow shouldn't have been honoured.... Historypolonius - 16 Dec 2012 jon357 - 18 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
	History and old pictures from Nowa Huta 11 - Thanks for your informative replies to my queries.... Historyf stop - 6 Dec 2012 frankdom - 23 Oct 2013
	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
	Khrushchev & Gomułka spared 3 - His memoirs are very worth reading.... Historypolonius - 3 Dec 2012 jon357 - 15 May 2013
	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
	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
	Pokłosie (film on Jedwabne) 16 - The film does not end with Poles crucifying a Jew. It ends with Poles crucifying a fellow Pole, because... Historypolonius - 15 Nov 2012 roccohalstead - 15 Mar 2015
	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
	Polish relation about Russians, Ukrainians? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 281 - I'll capture it if you don't mind :)... HistoryVlad123 - 27 Oct 2012 Sasha - 3 Oct 2013
	"Westerner's" most ridiculous beliefs about the time of communism in Poland 2 3 63 - How much damage do people of eastern Europe feel those 45 years of Communism did to their countries/Eastern Europe?... Historya.k. - 23 Oct 2012 citizen67 - 8 Feb 2013
	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
	Difference between the Pospolite ruszenie and the Winged Hussars in Poland? 10 - [MOVED FROM] Hey guys: To learn little more about Polish Hussars please see: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_hussars During 200 years in... HistoryRevenant J J - 12 Oct 2012 MarkUSA - 31 Aug 2019
	Battle of Vienna - history movie about Poland / Commemoration 2 36 - It is interesting to see how much the perception of historical events can differ between countries. In Europe the... Historypolonius - 8 Oct 2012 Tacitus - 14 Sep 2020
	Why did the PRL keep many symbols of Poland's 2nd Republic? 12 - Merged: Art in the PRL (People's Republic of Poland - Socialism Era) Hello, I'm an Australian with... Historydelphiandomine - 3 Oct 2012 Magdalena_M - 23 Sep 2015
	Lusatia allied with Poland? 19 - An article "We want to have a self-determined, democratically legitimated Sorbian Parliament" nationalia.info/interview/10623/we-want-to-have-a-self-determined-democratically-legitimated-sorbian-parliament ... Historypolonius - 3 Oct 2012 Crow - 26 May 2020
	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
	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
	Lech Walesa - Happy Birthday! 18 - Yes, but an AK veteran that went on to study abroad AND managed to get his children on... HistoryBus Lady - 30 Sep 2012 delphiandomine - 12 Jul 2015
	Free Poland Forces in Great Britain - Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire 1939-45 6 - In Shropshire, not too far from Newcastle under Lyme there was a resettlement camp for "displaced persons". A lot... HistoryTim Bucknall - 30 Sep 2012 Trevek - 28 Dec 2014
	What do Poles owe to Hungarians? 18 - And sent substantial aid during Budapest Revolt 1956.... Yes, it was sort of partitions for Hungary: The... Historypawian - 29 Sep 2012 pawian - 19 Dec 2012
	People the Soviets planted in Poland 2 3 75 - Most politicians.... HistoryVarsovian - 27 Sep 2012 jon357 - 16 Nov 2014
	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
	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
	What Hitler really thought about Poles? Hitler's letter to Himmler 1944 2 3 4 111 - I was being facetious.... HistoryPennBoy - 19 Sep 2012 Lyzko - 27 Feb 2021
	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
	Polish military uniforms 2 46 - It's the Litzen on the collar, isn't it....... Historypawian - 16 Sep 2012 Bratwurst Boy - 22 Sep 2019
	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
	Interested in Polish Camping history 3 - manufacturer named " Luna" in Czecholsovakia,... HistoryWeirdnerd - 12 Sep 2012 carolgreen943 - 27 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
	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
	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
	Poland's undying debt to Polonia 2 3 71 - Grezegorz,I'm not supporting their claim to have superior knowledge to you and I also said that I can understand... HistoryPolonius3 - 11 Sep 2012 p3undone - 7 Oct 2012
	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
	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
	What do nations of the world owe to Poland and Polish people? 2 58 - I am grateful for the winged horseman... Historypawian - 8 Sep 2012 Nazigeorge - 10 Nov 2015
	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
	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
	Interactive map of Poland 960-2004 2 43 - Very good map. Thank you, Mister Gregrog. I see in 11 century Polish king take big part of Bohemia.... HistoryGregrog - 22 Aug 2012 Frantisek - 29 Aug 2012
	Communist memorials in Poland 13 - Yes, almost as huge as Feliks Dzierżyński monument in Warsaw which was also hanged in 1989: ... Historypawian - 18 Aug 2012 pawian - 31 Aug 2012
	What do Poles owe to Czechs? 2 47 - Oh dear, I have just forgotten to mention about Albania not taking part in the invasion of Czechoslovakia. So... Historypawian - 18 Aug 2012 Ziemowit - 30 Aug 2012
	Polish passengers on the Empire Windrush 7 - I am unclear from reading this thread how the small group of Polish women & children ended up in... Historyradiogirl - 17 Aug 2012 N17Fevz - 3 Jun 2018
	Forced Polonisation campaign? 16 - As far as I know, there were some problems with them becoming absent landlords - they were supposed... HistoryPolonius3 - 14 Aug 2012 delphiandomine - 15 Aug 2012
	75th anniversary of Stalin's 1937-38 anti-Poland genocide 2 32 - Im refering more to normal Nationalism being okay than Aryans are superior type of stuff and what the Nazi... HistoryPolonius3 - 11 Aug 2012 legend - 14 Aug 2012
	You Know that Poland Was "Polin" and "Polinyah"? 6 - The same with the word British. Sounds like 'brit ish', meaning 'man of the covenant'. A moderately interesting... HistoryNickidewbear - 5 Aug 2012 jon357 - 5 Aug 2012
	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
	'If the Warsaw uprising were today... ' -Interesting question I heard today 14 - Thats a good point i think Stalingard is a good example, the Germans hit that city with everything... Historypip - 1 Aug 2012 Wroclaw Boy - 2 Aug 2012
	The Polish Spirit - Deployed When and Where it Would Count 2 - We would fight ( not this one ) - :) Kind of similar question is present in a well... Historyserknight - 24 Jul 2012 Kowalski - 27 Jul 2012
	The history and discussion of the Bambrzy people in Greater Poland/Posen area 25 - Not necessarily "the Polish", but some members of Polish Forums. In general you are correct, though. WW2 is... HistorySlavicaleks - 20 Jul 2012 TheOther - 21 Jul 2012
	A Story about a rich Jewish family of Belarus arround 1917. 3 - Wow what an incredible story. I am currently researching my family. My dad's side are Ashkenazi Jews who came... Historygenecps - 16 Jul 2012 magick777 - 15 Nov 2020
	Poland's fate if the second world war didn't happen? 4 - I know this map. :):):):) Yes, Ukrainians, Belarussians and Lithuanians would rise one day or another. ... Historykondzior - 15 Jul 2012 pawian - 17 Jul 2012
	In WW2 Poland who was eligible to sign the Volksliste ? 2 48 - I had a Polish uncle who was conscripted to the German army because one of his grandmothers was ethnically... HistorySlavicaleks - 11 Jul 2012 Miloslaw - 29 Apr 2019
	Passenger terminal in Port of Gdansk 17th Century 6 - You raise an interesting point. I have the characters collect their daughter then take a horse-drawn carriage to... Historyandersm - 11 Jul 2012 andersm - 12 Jul 2012

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