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Kashubians are nation in Poland?


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Lyzko  Aug 5, 11, 01:51    #61
The German author, Guenter Grass, considers himself of pure Cashubian heritage, although a German, not Polish, native speaker, from Danzig aka Gdańsk LOL!!!
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Gunter Grass considers himself half German and half Kashubian because that is what he is.
Lyzko  Aug 5, 11, 14:06    #63
And yet the Poles revile him nowadays ever since his distant Hitler-Youth past surfaced around five or so years ago-:) Technically, he's German since he was born on ancestral German soil and Poland sure doesn't claim him as one of theirs (..never did, never will!). Nonetheless, Danzig is Gdańsk these days, and is likely to remain so for the foreeable futureLOL

So what is he then? A German-born person of Slavic ancestry who identifies SOLELY with both his German mother tongue and the land of his upbringing!
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Lyzko
he is what he says he is ,,,,,geee
Lyzko  Aug 5, 11, 14:42    #65
Ever heard of PR, Ironside?

-:)
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Joined: Feb 26, 09 ♂ 		 Aug 5, 11, 14:48    #66
?something to eat ?
Lyzko  Aug 5, 11, 14:58    #67
-::)))!!!! PR = Public Relations, genius. I can say I'm a Prussian nobleman, but does that make it so?? We'll admit the 'Cashube' part of his story and call it a day, allright?
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Joined: Feb 6, 10  Pictures: 4 ♂ [Suspended] 		 Aug 5, 11, 19:55    #68
So what is he then? A German-born person of Slavic ancestry who identifies SOLELY with both his German mother tongue and the land of his upbringing!

Gunter Grass has a German father and a Kashubian mother. His wikipedia biography identifies his mother as Kashubian/Polish. If you would read his works you would see that judging by many of his main characters, which may be assumed to be projections of himself, he does not identify himself "SOLEY" with Germany and the German language, because these characters' ethnic mixture of both German and Kashubian is stressed. Oscar Matzerath, Grass's most famous character, was definitely more sympathetic towards his Kashubian side as is evinced by the love he shows for his Kashubian granny in both The Tin Drum and The Rat, and the hatred he shows towards his Nazi German father.
Lyzko  Aug 5, 11, 20:00    #69
Indeed, Des Essientes. "Beim Haeuten der Zwiebel", his latest masterpiece, "Hundejahre" in the 60's etc.. all speak to his Cashubian, not to mention his German, roots. Writers though, are notoriously cagy folk and will often alter their own past in an attempt to build a kind of literary wall around themselves.
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Joined: Feb 21, 09 ♂ 		 Aug 6, 11, 16:28    #70
I've just cut a deal with the government of Kashubia and will process Kashubian passports for those who wish to travel. These passports will allow the bearer to bi pass the burly Kashubian border guards who were personally trained by the Swiss Guards.

Anyone interested should contact; Kostek Kashubinski at 007 Reagan Avenue in New Wroclaw, Pomerania.
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Joined: Jul 27, 11 ♂ 		 Aug 6, 11, 21:23    #71
I wonder how long it's going to be until "someone" starts to define what a real Kaszub is and what is a "Plastic" one ;)
Bluto  Aug 9, 11, 02:17    #72
what a real Kaszub is and what is a "Plastic" one ;)

Plastic Polish Kashubians rock!
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Joined: Feb 6, 10  Pictures: 4 ♂ [Suspended] 		 Aug 9, 11, 02:24    #73
Did alot of Kashubs emigrate to Canada? I was reading a study of national vampire legends and the Polish ones documented were gotten from elderly Kashubian-Canadians living in a community somewhere in the Great White North.

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