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Polish Declarations of Admiration and Friendship for the United States - 1926 Great piece of history, thanks onesuch. I've only looked over a few pages so far and must say I...	4	onesuch Nov 11, 11, 04:50	skysoulmate Nov 24, 11, 09:34
Polish Military Medals, WWI era found in Detroit Not an expert whatsoever. I'm aware of the many fakes which is why something from an estate in the...	9	AirCorpsHJS Aug 15, 11, 23:56	skysoulmate Nov 19, 11, 20:34
Poland: Her heroes and her traitors 2 3 4 5 Whenever I think of Polish heroes I think of the likes of Bear Cub, Nil and Novak. Their deeds, and...	142	pawian Dec 28, 09, 00:26	Ozi Dan Nov 18, 11, 05:53
Księga Elbląska Mods: should not this stuff go to History section, rather than to Genealogy, Ancestry? Galloglaich: Thank you for your...	8	Galloglaich Nov 10, 11, 17:58	boletus Nov 13, 11, 00:33
Circus in Warsaw 1930's NuritMozes: My grandfather was the founder of the circus That is so great to know. Do you happen to...	8	BBraun Aug 16, 11, 15:31	beckski Nov 12, 11, 06:19
1920 Battle of Warsaw - English trailer and film 2 Does anyone know if this film is already available for download and have a link for it??	54	Eagle20 Sep 20, 11, 20:54	PennBoy Nov 10, 11, 19:34
Subhumans and Superbeasts: Bisons and Jews in the Warsaw Zoo Thanks for the link.	2	onesuch Nov 6, 11, 23:34	isthatu2 Nov 8, 11, 16:19
Should Poland organize March of the Living in Volhynia and Eastern Lesser Poland? MyMom: The genocide of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Lesser Poland perpetrated by Ukrainian nationalists bears striking resemblance to Holocaust...	7	MyMom Aug 24, 11, 20:50	Palivec Nov 7, 11, 11:32
Polish Theatre around 1900 onesuch: There's more information please don't spam. u may have all your posts removed. thank you.	2	onesuch Nov 2, 11, 05:01	Wroclaw Nov 3, 11, 23:54
The Untold Battle of Britain 2 3 4 5 6 Just watched the polish battle of britain on aus televison. I must say it was a well done documentary, esp...	177	Robert A Jun 29, 10, 22:01	antheads Nov 1, 11, 13:43
History of Poland in 10 minutes. Really worth seeing! 2 3 4 5 It was made for Polish EXPOsition in Shanghai. And here is the original version with good soundtrack	129	bartek212 Mar 21, 07, 15:29	pawian Oct 31, 11, 20:22
A view of Poland from far far away Jwojcie, Eurola, thanks for your posts. Sorry to revive this old thread but I sort of lost track of...	9	Galloglaich Aug 26, 10, 23:15	Galloglaich Oct 30, 11, 22:43
Exposing Gross - Poles and Jews after the Holocaust ! 2 3 4 ... 8 9 gspaulsson: Those whom Jews sought out to ask for help were naturally more friendly than average; despite that, 60% of...	253	Ironside Jan 6, 11, 22:50	gumishu Oct 25, 11, 23:55
Polish military in 1939 in pictures. 2 3 4 Cjay: Cjay 10TP 7TP	90	Sokrates Sep 28, 09, 14:25	Ironside Oct 24, 11, 22:51
Memories of Poland -1978! Not been to Poland since there was a dirty big Wall hague1cmaeron: Thanks for sharing your experiences, a very interesting insight. In regards to heritage, I believe that what is worth...	2	stash1 Oct 22, 11, 22:00	stash1 Oct 23, 11, 18:58
No Poles in Auschwitz according to Haaretz. 2 3 He's a gobby bugger reading some of his other posts too ;) Actually, in all seriousness there is a...	73	1jola Jun 16, 10, 08:40	isthatu2 Oct 23, 11, 00:26
Why have Poles contributed so little to Academics? (Particularly Science) 2 3 4 5 6 I know :) :)	162	TheAttorney45 Oct 13, 11, 03:46	Seanus Oct 23, 11, 00:20
Closed: Do Poles really blame Britain for Poland becoming Communist after the war? 2 3 4 polmed: The armed forces of the Polish resistance movement in 1944 numbered more than 500 thousand. people, including nearly 150...	106	Blue Izzie Oct 17, 11, 19:05	polmed Oct 22, 11, 12:32
Galileo Galilei and the Polish World I made a mistake : observations on Jupiters moons shows that Ptolemy theory was false, and doesn't prove Copernicus...	3	boletus Oct 19, 11, 04:28	retroDog Oct 21, 11, 13:14
Are Jewish historians prejudiced against Poles? 2 i need to read this thread but somewhere Davies there was discussion about how history becomes contemporary political commentary,...	57	pawian Oct 3, 11, 00:19	czar Oct 16, 11, 04:11
Polish patriotic songs with anticommunist message Krystyna Prońsko - Psalm of Queuers -1980 Sorry, I cannot translate as nicely as Boletus: What is...	10	pawian Aug 31, 10, 19:01	pawian Oct 15, 11, 21:58
Interesting memorial about 212 Polish soldiers Ozi Dan: Thanks for the info mate. Great story that I was totally unaware of. Cheers. I was reading...	13	dtaylor5632 Oct 13, 11, 22:25	dtaylor5632 Oct 14, 11, 01:18
Polish civilization is older than English or French. Why do Poland follow them? 2 Davidson613: Crow is spreading so many lies. Ancient Slavic people were not advanced at all compared to others. We can't...	49	Crow Aug 19, 10, 23:34	sascha Oct 13, 11, 21:40
Self-interest explains anti-Goyism, anti-Semitism 2 Good answer :) :) Glad to see you are not making a career out of it as some others...	36	Polonius3 Jul 29, 10, 19:29	Seanus Oct 11, 11, 15:11
Churchills betrayal of Poland & Gen. Sikorskis mysterious death >>> DOCUMENTARY He was ambiguous over Poland. He told the then PM (can't remember the name) of Poland that his people...	5	POLENGGGs Oct 4, 11, 08:00	Seanus Oct 4, 11, 19:59
Did British public protest against the sell out of Poland to the Soviets? 2 3 PWEI? Why can't you learn that a lie constantly repeated does not become the truth: instead it simply is...	70	MyMom Sep 29, 11, 20:12	Ozi Dan Oct 4, 11, 07:45
An American studying medicine in the PRL 1978-1985: my story 2 3 4 The Pewex Nothing epitomized the schizophrenia of everyday Polish life more than the Pewex store. Short for Przedsiębiorstwo Eksportu...	91	rybnik Feb 19, 11, 17:31	rybnik Oct 2, 11, 02:49
Are Poles grateful to the Russians for winning the war? 2 3 4 on the INTERNET forum, not likely. I can only wonder why you put the emphasis on "internet"... Either way,...	94	KingAthelstan Sep 28, 11, 15:48	Sire Brenshar Oct 2, 11, 01:12
Do you regard the Polish Communist Partizans as heroes? =KingAthelstan]Do you regard the Polish Communist Partizans as heroes? They organised a few serious military operations against German occupiers. Those...	20	KingAthelstan Oct 1, 11, 00:51	pawian Oct 1, 11, 22:57
Warsaw Rising 1944 - National Disaster or Triumph of Spirit ? 2 3 It all come to choice between laying low and hoping to be overlooked or to fight.	64	pawian Aug 1, 11, 17:01	Ironside Sep 30, 11, 11:07
Resettlement after ww2 2 Here's an example of what I meant: Synagogue I was there last month (passing through the town), the roof at...	30	kie Sep 28, 11, 23:07	Palivec Sep 30, 11, 09:44
The strange destiny of Antoni Aleksander Iliński 2 This Pole looks like he is wearing a Turban. http://www.abcgallery.com/R/rembrandt/rembrandt125.html Hi mate, If memory serves, this portrait appears...	31	Des Essientes Sep 14, 11, 23:17	Ozi Dan Sep 30, 11, 01:59
What are Poland's greatest attributes? Poland's greatest treasure is the meat. Poland wants the meat, and Poland has the meat. It's all ****** up, but...	4	Clemsonrules Aug 30, 11, 02:58	quiggle Sep 29, 11, 23:30
Closed: Why do Polish people hate to be called Eastern European? 2 Don't you think that the answers to the question might be different after over 4 years?	35	cocktail Sep 29, 11, 12:14	szarlotka Sep 29, 11, 20:26
What do Poles owe to Germans? 2 3 4 5 I very much doubt it - at least in Poland - I have seen lots of very timid german shepherd...	132	pawian Sep 10, 11, 22:04	sascha Sep 28, 11, 22:59
Polish bombers over Berlin in 1939? Little-known is, I think, that the Soviets bombed Berlin August-October 1941 with the only four-engined bomber in their arsenal;, the...	18	sobieski Sep 24, 11, 15:44	gumishu Sep 27, 11, 16:53
Looking to research Mlawa, Poland between 1890-1910 start here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C5%82awa official website: http://www.mlawa.um.gov.pl/en/index.php	1	hort75oh2 Sep 24, 11, 13:32	Wroclaw Sep 24, 11, 16:49
Poland Lithuania 2 3 4 5 Sorry to say this, but you don't understand the character of the HRE. The character of the HRE was...	128	Jurgis Apr 26, 11, 16:39	Sokrates Sep 24, 11, 16:10
What do Poles owe to Russians? 2 3 4 5 6 =hague1cmaeron]The Russians were the inspiration for the following song: Hej strzelcy-and the following words This is one of my...	150	pawian Apr 13, 11, 00:06	pawian Sep 19, 11, 21:55
Polish and other Slavic nobility in our time 2 3 interesting to know. In the beginning of Yugoslav crisis and due to open British support to the project of Greater...	60	Crow Jun 12, 10, 17:27	Crow Sep 19, 11, 17:44
How common was Polish-Jewish intermarriage? That's a misleading question. One can be both Jewish and Polish. Yes but. Judaism is an ethnicity and...	13	Somerset Sep 14, 11, 22:43	pip Sep 15, 11, 07:46
Public executions of Nazi Collaborators in 1944-46 I rememer my grandfather teling me he saw a Polish collobroator being hanged in the square in Bialstok in 1945....	2	Somerset Sep 14, 11, 20:28	MyMom Sep 14, 11, 20:39
The story about German- Polish reconciliation In 1970 West Germans decided to sign a border treaty with Poland. The problem with the status of...	11	pawian Sep 12, 11, 20:21	pawian Sep 14, 11, 20:03
Life in Partitioned Poland (Specifically in the Prussian Partition) 2 3 4 Seems to me that knowing how and when the canals & dikes were built, when the industrial revolution started (steam...	119	Cinnabar Oct 4, 10, 19:13	elpaso Sep 14, 11, 12:28
Polish historical myths - to break or not to break them? 2 3 4 ... 7 8 sokrates: gibberish? aren't you treating it too seriously?? but they had their share of troubles and they were lucky...	212	pawian Jan 20, 10, 10:12	Sokrates Sep 11, 11, 20:35
Chance of Lwów once again became coming part of Poland 2 3 4 ... 9 10 It's not how many you have - it's the quality of the ones you have.	271	Czarnkow1940 Mar 5, 10, 12:19	Ogorki Sep 7, 11, 03:20
15.08.1920 - without Hungarians there would be no miracle at the Vistula - Poles remember =gumishu] there was some humanitarian aid from Poland to Hungary in the times of the Hungarian Uprising which is quite...	14	MyMom Aug 15, 11, 16:06	pawian Sep 5, 11, 22:44
Poland and Germany look back 1000 years of things in common No, during the Middle Ages they moved to Poland because the population density in the HRE exploded thanks to crop...	20	MediaWatch Aug 31, 11, 00:36	Sokrates Sep 4, 11, 14:50
Polish Resettlement Camps in the UK, 1946 to 2011 It does seem that the author doesn't have a lot of time for certain elements of today's Britain: unlike today...	1	PWEI Sep 1, 11, 16:59	PWEI Sep 2, 11, 09:14
Today is the 1st of September 2 3 4 5 The 72nd anniversary of the start of hostilities for some (31/08, really).	137	MareGaea Sep 1, 10, 12:34	Seanus Sep 1, 11, 13:40
August 31, 1982 demonstrations in Poland I was in Wroclaw on that day. I was too scared to join the brave ones demonstrating on Plac Grunwaldski....	1	Image Whisperer Aug 31, 11, 03:26	rybnik Aug 31, 11, 03:59
Has Poland ever participated in any big wars (except WW2)? 2 3 You are right Sokrates, you are the master of the universe. Just tell, oh great one, where I need to...	73	Clemsonrules Aug 26, 11, 23:56	delphiandomine Aug 30, 11, 03:05
Let's talk about the POLISH ARMY 2 =grubas]http://youtu.be/pWdd6_ZxX8c :):):):):) Thanks, I didn`t realise you have such a sophisticated sense of humour.	48	pgtx Jul 16, 10, 06:35	pawian Aug 29, 11, 22:58
Do Russians love the Poles more than Poles love the Russians? 2 I met some people from Russia in my live, every time I could say - they are amazing. This taught...	46	southern Oct 13, 08, 08:42	eliksir Aug 28, 11, 12:14
Bad luck of Poland or something else? - constant occupatiuon by different vermin ishatu2: what kind of a marron are you to sneak a reference to Zaolzie conflict into a thread about EU...	10	Crow Aug 9, 11, 16:48	MyMom Aug 26, 11, 17:04
Polish contribution to World War II (movie) For anyone who wants to listen to music connected with WWII, I suggest Sabaton. They are from Sweden and...	3	PLpatriot111 Mar 25, 11, 21:27	Seanus Aug 21, 11, 16:13
King III. Jan Sobieski - the stopper of Turkish Janissaries! 2 I have no nice words for Gomer (Germany, Austria, and the rest of the Frankish nations) myself-- even though my...	32	turkishfriend Sep 13, 07, 02:25	Nickidewbear Aug 20, 11, 05:51
My Great Grand father took part in the Battle of Warsaw! 2 3 by peoples akin to yourself we prevail. I refer to Costi's type narrow mindedness that haunts like disease...	89	Borrka Jul 24, 10, 14:08	Olaf K Aug 15, 11, 23:01
Does anyone know where Wolkapaszitza Russia is? How About this or that. Both of these wilages were in Imperial Russia Back in 1911. BTW -...	1	Joe Fed Aug 15, 11, 17:54	enkidu Aug 15, 11, 18:19
Operation Simoom (the 20 billion dollar deal) Money talks, BS walks ;)	1	PennBoy Aug 13, 11, 20:49	Seanus Aug 13, 11, 20:51

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