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There were many concentration camps in Poland and Germany, but all of them were built with taxes from German citizens and operated by Germans and Ukrainians. There were labor camps and extermination camps, with different purposes, but in each of them people died. Some of the camps operated for a short time. After the murders, people from the nearby area were liquidated and demolished - Sobibór and Treblinka. The labor camps you see today are usually in good condition. Extermination camps were destroyed to cover up the traces - usually hundreds of thousands of people were murdered there.
2:45 Napoleon said, "Leave it to the Poles. Nothing is impossible for them.” However, he did not like Poles, among other things, because they rebelled against him and fought on the side of the Haitians instead of destroying them 😁
Polacy urodzeni w zaborach byli Polakami. Mimo, że nie było polskiego państwa. W tej wypowiedzi świetnie widać różnicę w pojmowaniu państwa, narodu i społeczeństwa przez anglosasów i nas - Polaków. W zachodniej socjologii państwo definiuje się poprzez naród, a naród poprzez państwo. W polskiej socjologii są to dwa odrębne pojęcia. W odniesieniu do narodu u nas mniej akcentuje się terytorium a bardziej na wspólnotę kulturową. To wlaśnie efekt zaborów, które przypadły na okres kształtowania się nowoczesnych społeczeństw.
I'm Polish. The truth is that Poland saved Europe from the great power of the 17th century, i.e. Turkey, we fought with Turkey for a very long time to prevent them from taking over Europe and we weakened significantly. in the 18th century, as a form of gratitude, the countries whose asses we saved, i.e. Austria and Germany, attacked us together with Russia and occupied our country. After 123 years of captivity and murder of Poles, deportation to Siberia, we regained independence, but 2 years later Soviet Russia attacked us again and the next good neighbor, the Czech Republic, occupied Zaolzie, committing the first crime of murdering Polish officers in the interwar period. During the war, we were murdered by the Germans and after the war by the Russians again. Poland regained independence in 1989 and only then did it begin to develop strongly.
For 123 years without a country, we survived thanks to language, culture and, surprisingly, religion because the churches where people prayed in Polish were the place of resistance. We always knew we were Poles. The national identity of contemporary Poles is based on noble courts, the educated layer of society was the "guardian" of Polishness. Maria Skłodowska-Curi named the element she found in honor of her non-existent homeland - polon comes from the Latin "polonium".
My great grandmother was born in Polish territory under Russian occupation. When asked where she was born she always replied: in Poland of course! Don’t ask stupid questions!
Poland is a great country, in the most noble meaning of the word. Anybody who knows Poland, its people, its History, nowadays its incredible dynamism, in one world its culture can only love it ! for me, it is the country of the future, it will in a short time be a leader (leading) country.
Imagine being born into a different country.... having kids in that country...having grandkids into that country.... great grandkids... you are dead but your great grandkids still feel Polish in their hearts. That is Polish Power
Note the movement on the map in the East 11:30. The narrator doesn't say anything, but a little over two weeks after the German attack, their ally, Soviet Russia attacks Poland as the second attacker (Sep 17).
During these 123 years, Poles were - formally - citizens of the partitioning powers, and many denationalized during this time. But the first words of our anthem are: "Poland has not yet perished while we are alive...". And here is the answer: Poland may not have been on the maps, but it was in the hearts.
How Poland or Polish spirit survived through 123 years? Through poets and myths, it was passed from generation to generation and by mothers and fathers teaching their children Polish language. Chopin's music, Mickiewicz's poems, Słowacki's dramas - all that contributed to surviving of Polish spirit under occupation. The language and the myth of Poland's independence was spread through families and teachers.
In 1940 Soviets murdered over 20 000 Polish officers, officals and policemen, in Katyń, Ostaszków, Miednoye massacres. And uncountable more get send to Gulag camps deep in USSR.
Thats the thing he should have stressed when he said culturally they excelled. As Poland was run by others, writers, musicians, artists, poets, and the main people REFUSED to give up Polish identity, my family came to America and were listed as "Prussian" by US immigration but put Polish as their language which was allowed, when the US changed the law in the Census they got to select their identity and EVERY pole put Polish, thats the point unlike many occupied places Poland NEVER gave up their identity it only became stronger
A Pole has always been a Pole, no matter what country he was in captivity of. Even though Poles had no land, they always had the Polish spirit. This spirit was maintained by our poets and musicians (in the film you can see: Mickiewicz, Schopen). Administratively, we belonged to Germany or Austria or Russia, but we never identified with them. Yes, we had to work under their rule, but Poland was always in our hearts. If Poland were not in our hearts, we would not be a country again after 123 years of slavery. We managed to keep culture, art and language secret from the enemy. Poland is said to be the phoenix of Europe.
When it comes to nationality and citizenship, Europe is different than the U.S., Australia and, probably, South Africa. Being born on a territory of any European country does not guarantee, and is often not a sufficient reason to get that country’s citizenship. The main factor is the citizenship/nationality of parents. After Poland was wiped off the map, Poles were considered to be Russians, Germans and Austro-Hungarians, but for the administrative purposes only. The new rulers knew that Poles would never accept another national identity. The worst persecution Poles suffered under the German rule. At the beginning, Russians were the most tolerant of Polish identity and allowed Poles to even keep their own army, not to mention, cultural life and education in Polish language. It all changed after Poles staged a military rebellion against Russia. Afterwards, the scale of repression was the same as in Polish lands under the German rule. However, Poles did not give Germans a reason for such harsh measures by staging a military uprising. Germans were hostile to Polish people and culture from the get-go. (They will not say it openly, but they still are.)
Despite our nation wiped out of map for 123 years we never lost our nationality. We were born into 3 different countries but still generation after generation we were taught that we are Polish. Even tho even speaking our language was punishable. Such persistence is really impressive. By learning about our history you can understand why we love and appreciate our country. Many call us "nationalists" because of that. "Poland is not yet lost until we live" as our national anthem says. Also regarding Napoleon we even sign in our anthem "Bonaparte gave us example how we are supposed to be winning". And answering your question from previous part why we did and still do have very strong army is because of our location. We had to be involved in almost every war in Europe (not always under Polish flag). So 1000 years of fighting between generations did it's thing.
"I had no idea that Napoleon was involved in Poland" Poles were literaly at Napoleons side from his begginings till his end, and were most numerous and most loyal allies of France during the coalition wars, very often winning entire battles for France, securing the reatreat from Russia, or even saving his life.
Liberation by Soviet Union is pretty well represented by one building in Katowice. It is on Powstańców st. and it was firstly used by Gestapo for torturing and killing Poles and after Red Army reached the city, it was used by Urząd Bezpieczeństwa (Security Office) - so still it was used to torture and kill Poles, but now mainly with Polish hands - but also Soviet and Jewish (yes, a lot of Jews symphatized with communism and was active during time of communist terror - like Julia "Bloody Luna" Brystygier, which later tried to redeem her deeds).
I wish if Poland hadn't been destroyed so many times.During the IWW, the war activity of enemies were at Polish soil.Polish people were included to Prussian army, Russian army and Austrian army.They were forced do fight against themselves.Sametimes one Pole was shooting to another Pole.The country was destroyed.During the second war the samw situation.Poland was completly destroyed another time
How it was not having own country? Well, not so long ago South Africa was a part of British Empire! Not exacly the same, but local tribes didn't have their county as well. Still, Zulus for instance are still Zulus even if they are officially citizens of South Africa.
Under Austrian rule birth certificates gave country of birth S Austria but the ethnicity of the person was recorded as ethnic Pole. By the way, 85% (not 75%)of Warsaw got destroyed by the Nazis.
Unconquered / squadron303 battle of britain / battle of monte casino - wojtek / witold pilecki about Auschwitz and communist regime /ryszard kuklinski/ katyn masacre/ wolynia masakre/ polish post office in gdansk / battle on hel / battle on wizna -there is a sabaton song on this topic as wel battle of warsaw/ its not all its some fragments from ww2
They didnt say it but hitler had some demands for Poland wchich we didnt want to agree to, we declined knowing that we would get help from Britain and France just in case because we were allies so when we got attacked by Germany we expected help, France and Britain declared war on them but they just didnt do anything, so we fought alone but we were attacked from the other side about 2 weeks later so unlike it was shown in the video we had to fought both sides at the same time
Hey Sune there's something important I'd like to ask you. Have you ever traced your roots back to Poland? Your beauty reminds me of a lovely Polish charm.
Hey there, thank you for the sweet message. On my mother’s side, I think it traces back the Dutch. I am actually not sure about my father’s side of the family. 😊
The film did not include an important historical item, namely the Russian deportations to Siberia, not only to labor camps, but also as the resettlement of Polish heroes fighting for the freedom of their homeland during the three partitions of Poland by the partitioners. After World War II, the Soviets continued the process of terminating Poles in labor camps. Remember Russia "does not liberate", but enslaves and continues to pursue imperialist policy. It's in their genes. The "evil empire" was and is. the question is how long?
During partition pepole were born Poles bc theyre family were Poles they were thaught that theyre from the other culture and to be proud about that. About why Poland was attacked at the beginnig of WW2 it is simple firstly it was at the centre secondly Poles never surrender they were attacked from both sides by 2 europe superpowers almost at the same time and survived for more than month and even after deafeat theyre fought in other countrie for example during battle of england
@@sunebeale Is larger than the normal form. This kind of thing leads to disruption of hormone production. In a dozen or so years you will run out of these hormones, and you will cry for no reason (menopause). Get yourself checked out. Please. It is for you, not for me. Regards
Poland did invaded other countries(in previouos video you saw brief mention of polish inteverntion in Russia, which ended by Poles being thrown out of Kremlin, fact that is still celebrated by Russia), probably less often then Russia, but HRE(first reich, german state before germany was born) was also pretty peacfull. You have to add to this pretty abmysall treatment of serfs since XVII century forward(Swedish invansion called deluge is often attributed as a reason for second serfdom), which was in turn a reason for Ukrainian uprising of Bohdan Chmielnicki. So no country is perfect unfortunatelly
Poland's geographical location is terrible, between two powerful and aggressive neighbors, Germany and Russia. As you can see, for Poland, Poles still had to fight for freedom and identity. Even though Poland was not on the maps of Europe, the spirit of Poles cannot be destroyed. Yes, Poles cooperated with Napoleon and created Polish legions that fought alongside Napoleon in Russia, Germany, Spain and also Haiti. An echo of these fights is that in Spain, specifically in Catalonia, there are many descendants of Poles, where this region is characterized by people with blue eyes and blond hair. The tragedy for the Poles was that Napoleon forced the Poles to suppress the freedom of the Haitians. Napoleon highly valued the Polish soldier, he sent them to places where the French could not cope and with success. As for the Poles under the partitions, they were citizens of these countries of Polish origin and any manifestation of Polishness was severely punished, even speaking in Polish or praying in Polish was forbidden. Repression was carried out in all partitions to eradicate Polishness. The Prussians even went so far as to completely eradicate Polishness, melted down royal regalia from the Middle Ages, and later, precious stones were noticed in the necklace of a Belgian princess with family ties to Prussia, when it came to light, she never wore the necklace because it was a shame for her to wear it. stolen regalia of Polish kings. For centuries, Poland was robbed by Germany, Austria, Russia, Sweden. There is a story with Sweden that they stole everything, even stone cornices, floors from Polish castles and palaces, and the first Swedish library was the one stolen from Poland. If it weren't for all these wars and thefts, Poland would be a powerful and rich country, because Poles are resourceful, hard-working and inventive, and the proof is how unrecognizable things have changed from poor communist Poland in 30 years, and those who were in our country during communism will not recognize today's Poland. and they are very surprised.
I feel like this series misses soooo much important stuff. It puts wayyy to much time into PRL. Seriously, should 800 years of history get as much attention as 50? These are some things ignored for the period of history in this video: - Napoleonian Legions - Origins of the Polish anthem - Haitian revolution - November uprising - Warsaw-Vienna railway - Greater Poland uprising - Galician uprising - January uprising - Revolution of 1905 - Deportations (Russian Empire) - ww1 Legions and their treason against Germamy - War with Lithuania - Invasion of Ukraine - Greater Poland uprising (x2) - Silesian uprisings and plebiscite - The city of Gdynia - Bereza Kartuska camp - Intermarium / Międzymorze - "Danzig or war" - British and French betrayal - Katyń Masacre - Corporal Wojtek - Battle of Monte Casiono - Squadron 303 - Deportations part 2 (USSR) - Grey Ranks / Szare Szeregi - KL Stutthof - Scale of destruction of Warsaw - British betrayal part 2 (London parade)
4:21 So it is good to know that what Germany did to Europe in the Hitler era didn't come from nowhere and Hitler was not a precursor. You won't find monuments to Hitler in Germany today, but you will find monuments to another chancellor - Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), who said this: _"Beat the Poles so that they doubt their lives. I have great pity for their plight, but if we want to exist, there's nothing left to do but _*_exterminate them_*_ "_ Before the NSDAP there was the Hakata (check their slogans). Remember this whenever someone claims that it was only the Nazis who invented evil.
no. Bismarck had no interest in Poland itself. He had even no interest in the Germanic Austria - which he could have integrated but avoided it to keep things calm. He was interested in settle down what was reached.
You have a Polish nickname and I see that you are not particularly familiar with history, check the "word Wiślica", in which, even before the official baptism of Poland in 966, already in the 9th century (100 years earlier), voluntary Christianity flourished. Mieszko's state was organized and united, and religion was the glue. This does not mean that people switched from one to the other. some were already Christians and others were not for 300 years.
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There were many concentration camps in Poland and Germany, but all of them were built with taxes from German citizens and operated by Germans and Ukrainians. There were labor camps and extermination camps, with different purposes, but in each of them people died. Some of the camps operated for a short time. After the murders, people from the nearby area were liquidated and demolished - Sobibór and Treblinka. The labor camps you see today are usually in good condition. Extermination camps were destroyed to cover up the traces - usually hundreds of thousands of people were murdered there.
2:45 Napoleon said, "Leave it to the Poles. Nothing is impossible for them.” However, he did not like Poles, among other things, because they rebelled against him and fought on the side of the Haitians instead of destroying them 😁
Polacy urodzeni w zaborach byli Polakami. Mimo, że nie było polskiego państwa. W tej wypowiedzi świetnie widać różnicę w pojmowaniu państwa, narodu i społeczeństwa przez anglosasów i nas - Polaków. W zachodniej socjologii państwo definiuje się poprzez naród, a naród poprzez państwo. W polskiej socjologii są to dwa odrębne pojęcia. W odniesieniu do narodu u nas mniej akcentuje się terytorium a bardziej na wspólnotę kulturową. To wlaśnie efekt zaborów, które przypadły na okres kształtowania się nowoczesnych społeczeństw.
I'm Polish. The truth is that Poland saved Europe from the great power of the 17th century, i.e. Turkey, we fought with Turkey for a very long time to prevent them from taking over Europe and we weakened significantly. in the 18th century, as a form of gratitude, the countries whose asses we saved, i.e. Austria and Germany, attacked us together with Russia and occupied our country. After 123 years of captivity and murder of Poles, deportation to Siberia, we regained independence, but 2 years later Soviet Russia attacked us again and the next good neighbor, the Czech Republic, occupied Zaolzie, committing the first crime of murdering Polish officers in the interwar period. During the war, we were murdered by the Germans and after the war by the Russians again. Poland regained independence in 1989 and only then did it begin to develop strongly.
For 123 years without a country, we survived thanks to language, culture and, surprisingly, religion because the churches where people prayed in Polish were the place of resistance. We always knew we were Poles. The national identity of contemporary Poles is based on noble courts, the educated layer of society was the "guardian" of Polishness. Maria Skłodowska-Curi named the element she found in honor of her non-existent homeland - polon comes from the Latin "polonium".
Poland was and will be, we are not asking for freedom, we are fighting for it
Obywatelstwo ruskie, pruskie, albo austriackie, ale narodowość Polska🇵🇱
dokładnie 💪💪💪💪
My great grandmother was born in Polish territory under Russian occupation. When asked where she was born she always replied: in Poland of course! Don’t ask stupid questions!
Poland is a great country, in the most noble meaning of the word. Anybody who knows Poland, its people, its History, nowadays its incredible dynamism, in one world its culture can only love it ! for me, it is the country of the future, it will in a short time be a leader (leading) country.
Imagine being born into a different country.... having kids in that country...having grandkids into that country.... great grandkids... you are dead but your great grandkids still feel Polish in their hearts. That is Polish Power
Note the movement on the map in the East 11:30. The narrator doesn't say anything, but a little over two weeks after the German attack, their ally, Soviet Russia attacks Poland as the second attacker (Sep 17).
During these 123 years, Poles were - formally - citizens of the partitioning powers, and many denationalized during this time. But the first words of our anthem are: "Poland has not yet perished while we are alive...". And here is the answer: Poland may not have been on the maps, but it was in the hearts.
after the first world war we were all liberated and we became Poland because we were Poland
How Poland or Polish spirit survived through 123 years? Through poets and myths, it was passed from generation to generation and by mothers and fathers teaching their children Polish language. Chopin's music, Mickiewicz's poems, Słowacki's dramas - all that contributed to surviving of Polish spirit under occupation. The language and the myth of Poland's independence was spread through families and teachers.
What were you classified? ... just hear first line of polish anthem.
"Poland has not yet perished while we are alive..."
In 1940 Soviets murdered over 20 000 Polish officers, officals and policemen, in Katyń, Ostaszków, Miednoye massacres. And uncountable more get send to Gulag camps deep in USSR.
Poles: We were liberated!
Red Army: Liberated? We would rathet call it "under new menagment"...
Thats the thing he should have stressed when he said culturally they excelled. As Poland was run by others, writers, musicians, artists, poets, and the main people REFUSED to give up Polish identity, my family came to America and were listed as "Prussian" by US immigration but put Polish as their language which was allowed, when the US changed the law in the Census they got to select their identity and EVERY pole put Polish, thats the point unlike many occupied places Poland NEVER gave up their identity it only became stronger
A Pole has always been a Pole, no matter what country he was in captivity of. Even though Poles had no land, they always had the Polish spirit. This spirit was maintained by our poets and musicians (in the film you can see: Mickiewicz, Schopen). Administratively, we belonged to Germany or Austria or Russia, but we never identified with them. Yes, we had to work under their rule, but Poland was always in our hearts. If Poland were not in our hearts, we would not be a country again after 123 years of slavery. We managed to keep culture, art and language secret from the enemy. Poland is said to be the phoenix of Europe.
6:55
Poland is not a place. It's the people.
We have this motto that we are born with....God, Honor, Country !!!!
When it comes to nationality and citizenship, Europe is different than the U.S., Australia and, probably, South Africa. Being born on a territory of any European country does not guarantee, and is often not a sufficient reason to get that country’s citizenship. The main factor is the citizenship/nationality of parents. After Poland was wiped off the map, Poles were considered to be Russians, Germans and Austro-Hungarians, but for the administrative purposes only. The new rulers knew that Poles would never accept another national identity. The worst persecution Poles suffered under the German rule. At the beginning, Russians were the most tolerant of Polish identity and allowed Poles to even keep their own army, not to mention, cultural life and education in Polish language. It all changed after Poles staged a military rebellion against Russia. Afterwards, the scale of repression was the same as in Polish lands under the German rule. However, Poles did not give Germans a reason for such harsh measures by staging a military uprising. Germans were hostile to Polish people and culture from the get-go. (They will not say it openly, but they still are.)
Despite our nation wiped out of map for 123 years we never lost our nationality. We were born into 3 different countries but still generation after generation we were taught that we are Polish. Even tho even speaking our language was punishable. Such persistence is really impressive. By learning about our history you can understand why we love and appreciate our country. Many call us "nationalists" because of that. "Poland is not yet lost until we live" as our national anthem says. Also regarding Napoleon we even sign in our anthem "Bonaparte gave us example how we are supposed to be winning".
And answering your question from previous part why we did and still do have very strong army is because of our location. We had to be involved in almost every war in Europe (not always under Polish flag). So 1000 years of fighting between generations did it's thing.
"I had no idea that Napoleon was involved in Poland" Poles were literaly at Napoleons side from his begginings till his end, and were most numerous and most loyal allies of France during the coalition wars, very often winning entire battles for France, securing the reatreat from Russia, or even saving his life.
Jeszcze Polska nie zginęła puki my żyjemy posłuchajcie polskiego hymnu 💪🏼
Liberation by Soviet Union is pretty well represented by one building in Katowice. It is on Powstańców st. and it was firstly used by Gestapo for torturing and killing Poles and after Red Army reached the city, it was used by Urząd Bezpieczeństwa (Security Office) - so still it was used to torture and kill Poles, but now mainly with Polish hands - but also Soviet and Jewish (yes, a lot of Jews symphatized with communism and was active during time of communist terror - like Julia "Bloody Luna" Brystygier, which later tried to redeem her deeds).
I wish if Poland hadn't been destroyed so many times.During the IWW, the war activity of enemies were at Polish soil.Polish people were included to Prussian army, Russian army and Austrian army.They were forced do fight against themselves.Sametimes one Pole was shooting to another Pole.The country was destroyed.During the second war the samw situation.Poland was completly destroyed another time
How it was not having own country? Well, not so long ago South Africa was a part of British Empire! Not exacly the same, but local tribes didn't have their county as well. Still, Zulus for instance are still Zulus even if they are officially citizens of South Africa.
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It's very good to see you because you are a very nice pair.I look at you with pleasure
They did not mention....Germany invaded on Sep 1...Russia invaded
Poland on Sep 17
Under Austrian rule birth certificates gave country of birth S Austria but the ethnicity of the person was recorded as ethnic Pole. By the way, 85% (not 75%)of Warsaw got destroyed by the Nazis.
After independence, the first thing the polish Republic did was fight most of its neighbors. They certainly didn't want peace.
Unconquered / squadron303 battle of britain / battle of monte casino - wojtek / witold pilecki about Auschwitz and communist regime /ryszard kuklinski/ katyn masacre/ wolynia masakre/ polish post office in gdansk / battle on hel / battle on wizna -there is a sabaton song on this topic as wel battle of warsaw/ its not all its some fragments from ww2
As revolts show they still believed they are polish nationality PL
They didnt say it but hitler had some demands for Poland wchich we didnt want to agree to, we declined knowing that we would get help from Britain and France just in case because we were allies so when we got attacked by Germany we expected help, France and Britain declared war on them but they just didnt do anything, so we fought alone but we were attacked from the other side about 2 weeks later so unlike it was shown in the video we had to fought both sides at the same time
Hey Sune
there's something important I'd like to ask you.
Have you ever traced your roots back to Poland? Your beauty reminds me of a lovely Polish charm.
Hey there, thank you for the sweet message. On my mother’s side, I think it traces back the Dutch. I am actually not sure about my father’s side of the family. 😊
The film did not include an important historical item, namely the Russian deportations to Siberia, not only to labor camps, but also as the resettlement of Polish heroes fighting for the freedom of their homeland during the three partitions of Poland by the partitioners. After World War II, the Soviets continued the process of terminating Poles in labor camps. Remember Russia "does not liberate", but enslaves and continues to pursue imperialist policy. It's in their genes. The "evil empire" was and is. the question is how long?
Where does both of your love of history come from? Are you two teachers in schools or graduates of history?
During partition pepole were born Poles bc theyre family were Poles they were thaught that theyre from the other culture and to be proud about that. About why Poland was attacked at the beginnig of WW2 it is simple firstly it was at the centre secondly Poles never surrender they were attacked from both sides by 2 europe superpowers almost at the same time and survived for more than month and even after deafeat theyre fought in other countrie for example during battle of england
Your video is very good, excellent. Thank you for having attention to Poland. PS. Lady: Check your thyroid. Just, please, do it. This is not a joke.
May I ask why? 🥴
@@sunebeale Is larger than the normal form. This kind of thing leads to disruption of hormone production. In a dozen or so years you will run out of these hormones, and you will cry for no reason (menopause). Get yourself checked out. Please. It is for you, not for me. Regards
Poland did invaded other countries(in previouos video you saw brief mention of polish inteverntion in Russia, which ended by Poles being thrown out of Kremlin, fact that is still celebrated by Russia), probably less often then Russia, but HRE(first reich, german state before germany was born) was also pretty peacfull.
You have to add to this pretty abmysall treatment of serfs since XVII century forward(Swedish invansion called deluge is often attributed as a reason for second serfdom), which was in turn a reason for Ukrainian uprising of Bohdan Chmielnicki. So no country is perfect unfortunatelly
Poland's geographical location is terrible, between two powerful and aggressive neighbors, Germany and Russia. As you can see, for Poland, Poles still had to fight for freedom and identity. Even though Poland was not on the maps of Europe, the spirit of Poles cannot be destroyed. Yes, Poles cooperated with Napoleon and created Polish legions that fought alongside Napoleon in Russia, Germany, Spain and also Haiti. An echo of these fights is that in Spain, specifically in Catalonia, there are many descendants of Poles, where this region is characterized by people with blue eyes and blond hair. The tragedy for the Poles was that Napoleon forced the Poles to suppress the freedom of the Haitians. Napoleon highly valued the Polish soldier, he sent them to places where the French could not cope and with success. As for the Poles under the partitions, they were citizens of these countries of Polish origin and any manifestation of Polishness was severely punished, even speaking in Polish or praying in Polish was forbidden. Repression was carried out in all partitions to eradicate Polishness. The Prussians even went so far as to completely eradicate Polishness, melted down royal regalia from the Middle Ages, and later, precious stones were noticed in the necklace of a Belgian princess with family ties to Prussia, when it came to light, she never wore the necklace because it was a shame for her to wear it. stolen regalia of Polish kings. For centuries, Poland was robbed by Germany, Austria, Russia, Sweden. There is a story with Sweden that they stole everything, even stone cornices, floors from Polish castles and palaces, and the first Swedish library was the one stolen from Poland. If it weren't for all these wars and thefts, Poland would be a powerful and rich country, because Poles are resourceful, hard-working and inventive, and the proof is how unrecognizable things have changed from poor communist Poland in 30 years, and those who were in our country during communism will not recognize today's Poland. and they are very surprised.
Poland lost 22% of population in WW2
I feel like this series misses soooo much important stuff. It puts wayyy to much time into PRL.
Seriously, should 800 years of history get as much attention as 50?
These are some things ignored for the period of history in this video:
- Napoleonian Legions
- Origins of the Polish anthem
- Haitian revolution
- November uprising
- Warsaw-Vienna railway
- Greater Poland uprising
- Galician uprising
- January uprising
- Revolution of 1905
- Deportations (Russian Empire)
- ww1 Legions and their treason against Germamy
- War with Lithuania
- Invasion of Ukraine
- Greater Poland uprising (x2)
- Silesian uprisings and plebiscite
- The city of Gdynia
- Bereza Kartuska camp
- Intermarium / Międzymorze
- "Danzig or war"
- British and French betrayal
- Katyń Masacre
- Corporal Wojtek
- Battle of Monte Casiono
- Squadron 303
- Deportations part 2 (USSR)
- Grey Ranks / Szare Szeregi
- KL Stutthof
- Scale of destruction of Warsaw
- British betrayal part 2 (London parade)
4:21 So it is good to know that what Germany did to Europe in the Hitler era didn't come from nowhere and Hitler was not a precursor. You won't find monuments to Hitler in Germany today, but you will find monuments to another chancellor - Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), who said this: _"Beat the Poles so that they doubt their lives. I have great pity for their plight, but if we want to exist, there's nothing left to do but _*_exterminate them_*_ "_ Before the NSDAP there was the Hakata (check their slogans). Remember this whenever someone claims that it was only the Nazis who invented evil.
no. Bismarck had no interest in Poland itself. He had even no interest in the Germanic Austria - which he could have integrated but avoided it to keep things calm. He was interested in settle down what was reached.
poland is not a land. is stste of mind
BTW poland was pegan b4 christianyty. forced.
You have a Polish nickname and I see that you are not particularly familiar with history, check the "word Wiślica", in which, even before the official baptism of Poland in 966, already in the 9th century (100 years earlier), voluntary Christianity flourished. Mieszko's state was organized and united, and religion was the glue. This does not mean that people switched from one to the other. some were already Christians and others were not for 300 years.
Christianity wasn't forced and it was't Poland before Christianity.
@@patludwa4428 Oh, welcome to another crazy TurboSlav. :D
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gniezno
KRESKÓWKI DLA DZIECI TO WASZE OGLADANIE HISTORII...??????