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Where did the stereotype of Polish people being stupid come from?


Arise_St_George 9 | 419  
22 Apr 2009 /  #121
I've worked with HUNDREDS over the past few years. I still continue to work with them now and I would say 90% of them are flirts. No complaints from me, I'm just stating it.
krysia 23 | 3,058  
22 Apr 2009 /  #122
The Polish people I know take everything apart and can't put it back together.
Bratwurst Boy 12 | 11,739  
22 Apr 2009 /  #123
Not me, Brattie, YOUR source, lol. Those were the words of Davies, my sock puppet friend.

It's YOUR opinion!

And you calling me "sock puppet"...may I count that as deep seated, inherited hate of all things German??? You racist you!

Polish people are not stupid in fact we're among the best educated in Europe,

But maybe not during the times at prejudices and stereotypes developed?
Ofelia  
22 Apr 2009 /  #124
Bratwurst Boy, you can check references there (some polish, some not). Those are historical facts. You can't say they are untrue. I will try to provide other sources if you don't like wikipedia. I understand that polish historians are unreliable for you? Or maybe I should give you a certain quotes of German leaders or propagandists? I hope you are not denying AB-Aktion or situation of Polish people in Partitions. Only last paragraph could be eventually treated as a 'presumption'. What is your problem with this text? Please, tell me.

Famous Untermensch - Slav:
h t t p: / / w w w.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/d2b04856/index.jpg

Fragment of German propaganda movie (Kampfgeschwader Lutzow, 1941) -
h t t p : / / w w w.youtube.com/watch?v=GzuypvnmCBw
Polish cavalry charging against German tanks
Bratwurst Boy 12 | 11,739  
22 Apr 2009 /  #125
h t t p: / / w w w.dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/d2b04856/index.jpg

That links is dead to me and you should take a look at war propaganda from all sides...not everything revolves around Poles especially!

And compared to the anti-jewish propaganda Poles got off lightly...very lightly!

I understand that polish historians are unreliable for you?

Erm...yes!
z_darius 14 | 3,965  
22 Apr 2009 /  #126
That links is dead

redundant spaces in the address.
try this: dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/d2b04856/index.jpg
Bratwurst Boy 12 | 11,739  
22 Apr 2009 /  #127
lemo/objekte/pict/d2b04856/index.jpg

I'm not sure...I googled this and and one site they tell about "Der Untermensch":

dhm.de/lemo/objekte/pict/d2b04856/index.html

Deutsche antisemitische-antisowjetische Hetzzeitschrift

Nothing anti-polish/anti-slavic generally!
These are soviet soldiers in the background I believe...
southern 74 | 7,074  
22 Apr 2009 /  #128
about "Der Untermensch":

The Nazis intentionally posted pictures of soviet soldiers with ethnic backgrounds having asian characteristics in order to show them as Untermenschen.The reality was that millions of Russians fitted the strict criteria for entrance into the SS as it was proven.
Bratwurst Boy 12 | 11,739  
22 Apr 2009 /  #129
As the Russians are a very diverse people it is no surprise that you can find any kind of looks.
But during the war on the eastern front a huge part of the soviet troops was made of asiatic minorities...the german soldiers called them often generalizing just "Siberians" as far as I know.

These people made a good victim for the propaganda. psyfactor.org/lib/UM-05.htm
freebird 3 | 532  
22 Apr 2009 /  #130
The reality was that millions of Russians fitted the strict criteria for entrance into the SS as it was proven.

some of them did too
MediaWatch 10 | 945  
5 Aug 2009 /  #131
The origin of the stereotype that Poles have inferior-subhuman intelligence/Polish "jokes" came from Nazi propaganda. It was then ironically imported into the US by Polish-haters in Hollywood and the TV Networks during the 1960's and 70's. Before that, most immigrant groups coming into the US were subjected to basic anti-immigrant jokes including the Poles. Most jokes about Poles prior to the 60's were that they were stubborn or were Kielbasa type jokes. But the stereotype that Poles had subhuman intelligence was something introduced and pushed hard by Hollywood in the 60's and 70's.

Its no accident that the height of Subhuman intelligence jokes about Poles was during the 70's when Hollywood and the TV networks were pushing it the most.

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