Culture of Poland

centuries, individuals have employed humour, whether it be in the form of satire, irony, or understatement, to help them cope with trauma. Likewise, it comes as no surprise that, in detailing his father’s horrific experiences as a Jew in Nazi occupied Poland through a comic where Jews are represented as mice, Poles as pigs, and Germans as cats, Spiegelman employs humor. Moreover,…

remained a secret until long after the war ended. In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell, and documents began leaking out of the former communist countries. Many of there documents had never been seen before. In 1995, a large group of documents were discovered in Poland which tell a very interesting story about a fascinating object called "The Bell". This is an interesting story that has come out. It's one of those stories, incidentally that's come out since the German Wiedervereinigung also known as the…

Hitler, when he came into power, basically spat in the face of the treaty, and changed and violated it in several ways. Firstly, he completely violated the military terms set forth by the treaty. In 1934, shortly after take power, he figuratively demolished the League of Nations Disarmament Conference. He demanded an ‘equality of arms’ with both Britain and France. Clearly, this is not what the treaty intended, that which being a disarmament of Germany. He continued to breakdown the treaty’s…

In 1980s Poland, a group of workers rose up to combat Communist restrictions on the rights of the laborers. At its height, more than 9.4 million people joined the movement that ultimately led to the destruction of Communist rule in Poland. Polish workers grew tired of the harsh restrictions imposed by the Soviet government, and the lack of freedom that they created. The…

Invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland in 1939 marked the start of World War II. In this invasion thousands if not millions died from the Nazi soldiers. Many Poland boats and Naval forces got wrecked by German U-Boats. Once the Nazis took over they did bad things to the Polish. The Nazis reason for the invasion was because they thought it would give them more living space for the German people. On September 1, 1939, Hitler attacked Poland using a calculated strategy to surprise and swiftly…

during those “hard times” to the people of Poland during the war. Through my paper, I intend to answer the historical question, “What happened to the Polish people during World War II, not only at the hands of the Germans, but also the Soviets?” Therefore, my topic will be to compare and contrast the genocide and mass slaughter conducted by the Germans and the Soviet Union on the people of Poland, following the fall of Warsaw and the division of Poland in 1939. As a way of explanation, I plan…

The integration of West Germany into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) petrified the Soviet Union and caused them to create their own military and economic alliance known as the Warsaw Pact. Even though it was initially referred to as a Treaty on Friendship, the Soviets became increasingly authoritative in regard to the actions of their so called allies and provided these nations with the impetus to withdraw from the Pact. Two countries that felt the sting of Russian authoritarianism…

Is there truly justice for Genocide? Throughout the course of history, many brutal atrocities have been committed, on a genocidal scale. Some of these have resulted in court cases and punishments for the perpetrators, though many have not. Reparations, even enormous ones, do not repay the families of the murdered. This can be exemplified with the genocide of the Poles in the Katyn Woods, and the Armenian Genocide. One happened in the midst of World War II, and has been largely ignored by the…

The tumultuous nature of Poland 's economy and government during this period of communist rule caused significant deterioration in the lives of the Poles, which created a unified Polish resistance movement early on. As the Soviet Union tried to hasten its gaining of control in Poland, it was met with much resistance (Curtis 42). Regardless, the state collectivized Polish agriculture, and claimed state control of most Polish businesses, leaving only family-run shops to the private section (and…

Germany’s Unique Culture The world is made up of numbers of countries, and each country has different kinds of unique cultures. Germany’s culture is very rich that is built, to name a few things, upon the German’s love of art, food and sports. German’s also has their unique behaviors and etiquette when it comes to simple things such as meet and greet, introducing or addressing people with their professional titles. Germany also has certain cultural ways when it comes to social gathering,…