Poland

Do you know anything about Poland? Do you know any cool facts about the country? My family on my father’s side is from Poland. In the country the landscape there is low, flat, hills, and mountains. They also have cultural practices that they don’t have in America and some are completely different than here. My family and I are not like the Poland culture we only do a few things that the Polish do. Poland is a very interesting country and the things that they practice and do are not like here in America. There are really cool and interesting facts about Poland. The population there is about 36,653,144 people. Some of the main industries are machine building, iron and steel, coal mining, chemicals, ship building, food processing, glass, beverages, and textiles. The government there is a unitary multiparty republic with two legislative houses. The neighboring countries around Poland are Russia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Germany, and the Baltic Sea.…

“There were no crowds shouting Heil Hitler . . . people were scared of the future” -Albert Speer on Berlin after the attack on Poland. Adolf Hitler had struck fear into millions of Polish-Jews and other groups of people that he targeted when he ordered the invasion of Poland. Germany 's occupation of Poland was one of the darkest parts of World War II (WWII). Around six million people, almost 18 percent of the Polish population, were killed during Nazi occupation. The scene of Poland from 1939…

blended in like the ‘Zelig” character of the cinema. Their attitude was, “We will pay taxes. Leave us alone.” Shtetlach were governed by The Council of the Four Lands – Great Poland ;( Posen); Little Poland (Cracow; Red Ruthenia around Lemberg and Volhynia, now North-west Ukraine). The Jews of Poland formed a nation within a nation. After In 1764 the Polish Parliament (Diet) dissolved the Council of Four Lands, Kahillas (decentralized Councils) replaced them as its judicial, religious, and…

Polish Immigration in the Early 1900s Poland is the seventh largest country in Europe and it spans across 120,727 square miles. To put this into perspective, it is a little bit bigger than the state of Nevada. Poland is located in east-central Europe. Russia, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, and the Baltic Sea surround Poland. There were three main waves of Polish Immigration. The largest was from 1870 to 1914. The second wave was after World War II and lastly the third wave was…

and the could not be done with Jewish or Polish people around. The course of the Holocaust and Nazi occupation of Poland came shortly after Hitlers rise to power. The Holocaust began with the invasion of Poland in 1939 which was the beginning to WWII. The German occupation of Poland lasted from 1939 to 1944. During this time Jews were isolated and sent to live in ghettos, their rights were stripped away, and…

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…

Many books have been written about the WW2 in many perspectives and mainly focusing on Poland. However, this breathtaking and remarkable diary of a young boy at war written by Julian Kulski who describes the life situation and struggles that Poland undertook under the invasion of the Germans and the Soviet Union. In this book Julian Kulski writes about the unfolding war through his eyes and how he witnessed the war at its brutal times. From the age of 10 to the age of 16 Kulski was fighting for…

include being avid sports fans, folk music, and their special holidays, including independence day, are all very important to the daily life. My family has a direct tie to the culture, because my dad and his parents immigrated to the United States, and I am a naturalized citizen. While we have mantianed some practices from Poland, we have adpated to…

The Polish Plague, or Lack Thereof During the 14th century, while the plague ravaged the majority of Europe, the nation of Poland was drastically less than that of the surrounding nations. This was largely due to the Poland ruler Casimir the Great, social and economic factors, and the large population of Jewish individuals that had settled there. The first explanation to the seeming lack of the plague in Poland was a king during the 14th century. Casimir the Great through excellent and…

63). In the case of Poland, war had a devastating effect on their social system and political system. With the end of the war came the collapse of the gentry and the intelligentsia in Poland. As a result of this, Poland was extremely weak for any form of resistance against the Soviets. This then made it easy for the Soviets to come in and take over. Not only was the collapse of Poland’s social classes harmful but the end of the war brought a sense of hopelessness to the citizens of Poland. …