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- Reaction To 15 Things You Didn't Know About Poland
This is my reaction to 15 Things You Didn't Know About Poland
In this video I learn about 15 things I never knew about Poland.
#poland #culture #reaction
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After u said Central Europe u already know that u are most welcome in Poland ! 😉
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I am a certified pole and I can very agree
that’s exactly what i thought!
true
True, true! 🙂
About emigrants, Poles don't have problem with the as long as they do work for living and accept our culture and style of living, not the other way around. There are lot of Muslims, Ukrainians, I even work with guy from India. But we like when you are normal, not when suddenly whole office is banned for pork or can't wear crosses or medialions etc :)
Very true
Well said unlike in the U.K. it’s horrendous now
Exactly. If you come to Poland you are supposed to learn the Polish customs, not the other way around. We still might be curious about your roots and culture but trying to force it on us is a big "No, No".
Not entirely. We don’t need immigration. Poland is best the way it is in that regard. You can come for tourism, maybe work for some time - but don’t count on setting here. Especially if you’re not white and can’t behave recently. You don’t have to be politically correct aboit it. PC is crap!
There is a huge immigration right now.
By saying "Central Europe!" you earned my sub, dear sir!
Right? :)
Haha yes
Exactly!
Same here!
He didn't correct them the second time. Disliked and unsubscribed.
Many mistakes in this video.
Actually Max Factor was not founded by a woman, but my Mister Max Factor himself. His name was Maksimilian Faktorowicz, but when Hollywood discovered him in 1920s Warsaw they brought him to Hollywood to be the go-to make up guy for movies! Since then he was called Max Factor for short!
There are more serioustmistakes in this video that this one. 😜
The number 4 is completely untrue and wrong stereotype. Poland has historically been a very multinational state. Today we have a lot of students, immigrants, tourists from all over the world. In some companies in Warsaw, we have more immigrants than Poles. Maybe only in small towns off the beaten track, a black person can cause surprise, but in cities it is completely normal, and Poland is a very safe country and immigrants feel very safe.
Polska jest krajem bezpiecznym ponieważ wciąż poziom migracji jest niewielki w porównaniu do innych krajów Europejskich. Według sondaży zdecydowana wiekszość Polaków jest przeciwna migracji z krajów muzułmańskich i Afryki. Nie chcemy powtarzać błędów Szwecji, Niemiec czy Francji gdzie poziom przestępczości wzrósł wielokrotnie po wdrożeniu polityki otwartych drzwi dla migrantów. Polecam zapoznać się z opiniami tysięcy obcokrajowców na yt lub twitterze którzy zazdroszczą Polsce monoetniczności i proszą by tego nie zmieniac bo to daje im nadzieję.
@@reyna7680 to sobie sprawdź statystyki ile tysięcy osób z krajów muzułmańskich emigrowało do Polski.
That is not true. Compared to other countries seeing black/asian/indian people in poland is wayyy more rare.
Religiosity: it's a myth, more like a tradition. Kissing on the hand, only the older generation. Emigrants: Poland has always accepted victims of wars, and this does not apply only to Ukraine, but it is reluctant to economic emigrants who do not assimilate into society. Kulczyk does nothing for Poland, he is not popular, it's just a name. "Poles are car thieves" has not been true for many, many years. theft-related mafias were eradicated years ago. Poland did not receive reparations from Germany for World War II. They got individual citizens, not the country. Germany should pay, just as Russia will pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine. I agree with your opinion about the baby's name. Supposedly, vodka is a Polish invention ;-) despite that, it is not a favorite drink, especially of the young generation. I found out about Korean children recently, I haven't checked this information yet. (Sorry: google translate)
Religijność nie jest mitem. Może nie w takim stopniu jak była, ale jest a z pewnością większa niż w innych krajach.
True, still many lost cars are found in Poland though, but mostly cause it have the eastern border of EU, much easier to smuggle out a car that way than through sea. So it's not necessarily poles that steal, only Poland happens to be in the most frequent way of smuggling cars out of EU.
Actually kissing hands is still a thing even among younger generations, it's just not THAT popular but happens
Poland was in ruins after WW2. The consequences of this have been felt for decades. Lost people, property... Now it's not about the money. Germany pays reparations to other countries but not to Poland. And this is not fair. Regards
Yes Germans pay reparation but to be more specific all of Poland money was taken by communist Russia goverment. They send us some of outdated machines and a lot copies of Marks and Engels communist manifesto and books write by Lenin.... is that real reparation? I don't think so.
Pis chce wyciągnąć reparacje tylko po to, aby mieć jeszcze więcej pieniędzy dla siebie, i żeby kochana polska pisowska wieś się cieszyła. Czemu nie chcieli reparacji w 2015 ?? Nagle się obudzili ? Mam nadzieję, że w październiku pisowcy będą już siedzieć w pierdlu
Pozdrawiam
@@anonimowyanonim3314Popłacz się antypolaku razem z Pisiorami w jednej celi będą siedzieć POwcy
@@anonimowyanonim3314 racja
poza tym, jak od kogoś chcemy reparacje, to od rosji - to oni skonfiskowali dużą część reparacji wojennych od niemiec które były przeznaczone dla polski.
@@anonimowyanonim3314ja również !! Wszyscy na wybory !
I’m from Poland and had no idea about children from Korea sent to us. Vodka is totally not in my type, I hate it and know more people who share my opinion 😅 Regarding foreigners, like rest said, as long as they are working and not making pressure on us to do or don’t do something because of their culture or beliefs it’s ok. I was working with Koreans, Ukrainians, Kazakh and I like all of them. As long as you are good person you are welcome in Poland :)
Only to work - not to immigrate forever…
Well, in 1960 I begun to study in a technical college in Bytom where I've met two North Korean chaps who were in last year of study in that college, believe or not they spoke polish quite well, one of them was a body building champion of Poland, if you interested that would be a link to that story
Wódka jest dobra, o ile się jej nie pije za dużo😉
Cały ten Twój tekst, świadczy o tym, że jesteś europejską idiotką, tego samego pokroju co ci z Francji. Którzy w formie protestu malowali/rysowali kredkami po chodniku. Piszesz, że dobre osoby są witane w Polsce, ale za czyją kasę są witane. Chcesz witać te dobre osoby, rób to za swoje. Pewnie i tak nie zrozumiesz o czym piszę, i jest to poważny problem. Bo ilość idiotów przekracza to czego moglibyśmy się spodziewać.
You must have heard of Worner Bros movie company. The brothers migrated to US. Were born 100 miles from Warsaw...
sorry but germany not to pay reparations, In 1945-1989r poland has communist puppet state and rejected help and reparations from germany,let's also remember that Stalin took eastern Poland for himself and gave us eastern Germany, which was smaller in terms of surface area, besides, the Germans lost the war in the end and they should have nothing to say, now that Poland is independent again, we want at least reparations for what they did to us and we don't care that the criminals are dead
Ok. Polska nie odrzucała reparacji, bo jej Niemcy nie ofiarowały.
Proszę się doedukować w tej kwestii: „w imieniu” Polski wypowiadał się wówczas towarzysz Stalin, nasza „niepodległość” była fikcją. Polecam książki Normana Daviesa.
@@Languishing201 zgadzam sie
Obout immigration. Zero terrorist atacks
Yes we look after Blacks or Asians with curiosity but it doesn’t mean that we are not open for them … It’s not racism it’s just Poland 🇵🇱 we want to be our country and not 5 countries at the same time ❤
yup, we just don't see them often, literally for the first time in my life I saw a black person before the holidays (wakacje), so it's normal i've been confused
@@malina1651 yes that’s true
Yeah, just like that, it's just rare to see immigrants from Asia or Africa on a daily basis, so people are actually more curious about them, might get looked at for a bit out of curiosity, but poles are not usually known for smiling at strangers, even at other poles, so maybe they might feel like they don't fit in before they get used to it. But when at work or university, they are usually likeable and get tons of friends for sure.
Hi there!
In Hollywood they say that the Polish camera operators and set designers are the best... Lot of people don't know that in many great movies, known in entire world, the operator or stage designer were from Poland. For example: Andrzej Sekuła (operator - Pulp Fiction, American Psycho), Allan Starski (set designer in The Pianist and Schindler’s List) Janusz Kamiński (operator - Saving Private Ryan, Lincoln)
They were awarded with Oscars... they created the cult movies, without which we can not imagine the history of the cinematography.
I think, we Polish should be really proud of them!
Thanks for Your content about our country at YT! :)
Sławomir Idziak - Helikopter w ogniu
The hand kissing, eee, not as popular anymore. Not as strange either, but.. tell you this: In 1937 it was the way to say hi. Now, if someone does that, it definitely stands out in the crowd.
There are literally MILLIONS of Ukrainian immigrants in Poland at the moment so saying that there aren’t too many in the country is totally false. We are just careful as a nation who we invite on a large scale. Ukrainians share a lot of culture and history with us.
they showed us their culture in Wolyn
Dużo dzieli nas Polaków a Ukraińców...bardzo dużo
The bestial murder of more than one hundred thousand Poles in Volhynia in 1943 by the Ukrainians was a typical manifestation of Ukrainian culture
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia - Volhynian slaughter
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To bury the dead - a documentary about the Volhynia Massacre (English subtitles)
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We are so different from Ukrainians.
0:51 👏👏👏Central!!! You're right... Greetings from Poland
Born in Warsaw in 1909, Henryk Magnuski supported himself and his sister, Janina, by repairing radios for the Polish military. After gaining employment with the State Tele and Radiotechnical Works in 1934, the company sent him to New York to research American radio technology in 1939. In the same year, Hitler invaded Poland and Magnuski was unable to return home. Out of work, he was taken on by the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in Chicago, which would later change its name to Motorola. Leading a team of radio engineers, they developed the SCR-300, the first radio used by American forces in Europe. This revolutionary mobile device became known amongst GIs as the "Walkie-Talkie"
Mine Detector
A Polish engineer, Józef Kosacki, was the inventor of the first portable mine detector! His invention has been used more than 50 years; his revolutionary invention saved a lot of lives and certainly gave a lot of advantages to the armies of several countries.
I personally think that beer is more popular than vodka in Poland. Vodka is more of a special occasion/celebration drink.
It goes like this: birthday - shots of vodka for everyone; wedding - time for vodka people!; weekend/ a casual outing with friends - beer, usually lots of beer
It is more a generation issue. Younger generations preference lean towards beer, wine, cider and other softer drink, while older generations preference is mostly vodka. Also poorer people tends to buy cheeper vodka, as it gives them more "kick" then beer.
Have you ever heard about polish moonshine?
@@andrzejgorka4941 bimber pędzony.
Śliwowica (Ploomshine?)
Actors of Polish ancestry are also Natalie Portman, Emily Ratajkowski, Liv Tyler, Larry David, Harvey Keitel, Josh Lucas and many more :)
Nothing to be proud of regarding that c*** ratajkowski…
Portman, Keitel mają żydowskie pochodzenie od swoich przodków mieszkali w Polsce
@@robertbrzozowski8012Żydzi żyjący w Polsce od XVII wieku czuli się Polakami, nie mieli własnego kraju i byli po prostu mniejszością etniczną i religijną, więc ci aktorzy mają polskie korzenie
@@krolowa_marysienka jaki to ma sens? Byli Żydami ale czuli się Polakami? Zwyczajnie to polscy Żydzi byli choć to też nie jest oczywiste z uwagi na napływ z Rosji na tereny zaborów żydowskiej ludności wypędzonej z Rosji, tzw. Litwaków.
@@robertbrzozowski8012 Adrian Brody, Yvonne Strahovsky, Juliette Binoche and Tea Leoni has polish roots too. And Conchita Campbell - unforgetable Maia from 4400. Yvonne and Conchita even speaks Polish very well.
One of the most beautiful Polish castles are the ruins of Krzyżtopór Castle, you must learn its history. There are also castles in Chęciny and Ogrodzieniec.
Jeśli szanujesz Polskę, jej kulturę i tradycję i nie chcesz nam w naszym domu narzucać swoich zasad, to jesteś mile widziany. To tyle w temacie imigracji.
Ppl dont seem to get that Poland has always been issuing the most work permits to foreigners in Europe. Nobody cares about what you look like, but if you dont learn the lingo you can go back once your contract is over. It's actually nobody wanting to learn it that's causing people to be there only as guests. Foreign expertise is as valued as It's been in the "metling pot" periods in XVI century, but you really can't come into a country and try to change it to suit your preferences. Poles respect their guests, and expect to be respected back.
I think the main issue is taking history as starting in ww2 amd ending in 1990. Our interactions from the past would explain a lot about Poland now, and also the fact that Poles look to the future trying to figure out how to survive and develop their country knowing how it can go based on previous experiences. : )
Esperanto (/ˌɛspəˈrɑːntoʊ/ or /ˌɛspəˈræntoʊ/)[7][8] is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communication, or "the international language"
Zamenhof miał wiele wspólnego z Białymstokiem
So you are a Scott, right? Ok, I couldn't just walk by this one without saying a huge thank you to Scotland for (amongst others) taking care of General Maczek and the famous bear Wojtek (read Voytek). You got my heart Scotland! Cheers!
Wojtek was taken care of indeed, but you need to learn more about the fate of generał Maczek…
@@ipodman1910yeah! and true story of Kulczyk's fortune hahaha
@@ukaszwojtalik8198 true that!
Yes, Central Europe. And thank you for such an amazing video and comments.
All welcome but respect the culture. ❤
The moment you emphasized that Poland is CENTRAL Europe, not eastern Europe, the like has already gone :D
This lady be like:
1% interesting facts
99% world war
Chapeau for “Central Europe” ❤
Poland has about 2 MLN immigrants just from UKR. So, yeah. "We dont have immigrants". Or maybe we do not allow random 70IQ without papers so we do not have 300 cars burned per day like in Paris few days ago
Yes and no. We have Ukrainian refugees rather than immigrants. And LEGAL immigrants. And let it stay this way.
@@dorotabarbowska2184 1.5 million immigrants from Ukraine pre war, now with refugees there's up to 4 mln Ukrainians in Poland...
Poland was denied by the Soviet Union to take its due reparations just after WWII ended. So Russia (as a legal successor) should be the right addressee in this case, not Germany.
We never got reparation from Germany...
Regard migrants. Contrary to some opinions, Poles are actually quite tolerant. But at the same time, my country my rule mentality is quite important. Generally if someone do not disturb local peace, he would be welcomed.
Hi! I'd say that kissing hands is not a custom in Poland, it essentially died out. Same with the immigrants, although one may want to figure what "many" means exactly. Wouldn't exaggerate the religion part either. As far as such videos can be informative, some are based on stereotypes and outdated info. As for Scarlett Johannson, she has Polish Jewish descent, like some other people mentioned. :)
Did it?
ink man, its pretty common to kiss a woman hand when we meet first time in my region of Poland. Maybe in big cities it is different?
@@raciawelli I live in a countryside, never saw it in my life except for some older men who already drank few beers introduced themselves to especially younger women. Other than that, never saw it happen
I STILL KISS HAND
@@polskibombowiec303dewision7 As a polish woman, I hate that cutom, please don't kiss our hands
Hey. I am proud of Pola Negri.
We have a lot immigrants but it is usually from Ukraine and countries near us. We don’t have many social benefits so people coming here are coming for work or universities. I know many foreighners in my industry (finances) but as many people said before they must adapt to our culture. We will not be racist or disrespectful because you have other religion, beliefs etc but if it would change our lifes for worst we will not except that- for example men in Poland usually highly protective towards women, and few days ago few immigrants tried to molest young women in public swimming pool. Men was so furious that security was forced to protect those individuals before police come because it could go very bad for them. But if you respect our culture and laws you are welcome. I have friends who are muslim, afroamerican and they assimilated very well and they are part of our community now.
Bulletproof vest
What you see in gangster movies, and, unfortunately, more and more often in the news, was invented by Jan Szczepanik in 1901. One year later, it saved the life of king Alfonso XIII of Spain during an assassination attempt on his wedding day. Now, it saves lives almost every day.
Poland didn't receive any money from Germany. Whatever Germany paid after war, Soviet Russia took it. Poland so suffer during WW2.... We just want reperation for it.
Number 4 is bullshit. There are MILLIONS of immigrants in Poland. About 1 million war refugees from Ukraine are currently living here increasing the Ukrainian community in Poland (mainly composed of people who came here to work still before the war) to over 3 million meaning almost TEN PER CENT of our population. There are also Asian people in Poland, mainly Vietnamese who immigrated in the 90s and their children born already in Poland. As for Black guys, they aren't actually numerous here since Poland had no colonies like Western Europe or Black slaves like Americas. The statement that people of color are a curiosity for Poles is, however, so stupid that words fail me. And so is the indirect allegation that we are unfriendly towards immigrants. Everybody coming to our country with the intention to do lawful work (rather than live on benefits) and willing to accept our laws and customs (rather than impose theirs upon us) is welcome. As for a kiss on the hand, it may be still customary among elderly people (I mean those aged 70+), but younger generations do not practise it any more. Our religiosity is highly overstated in the video, too. As for Polish actors and movie directors, please check Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Skolimowski, Małgorzata Szumowska, Krystyna Janda, Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot and Marcin Dorociński. We also boast camera operators such as Sławomir Idziak or Janusz Kamiński (the latter got two Academy Awards), movie OST composers (Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Bronisław Kaper, Krzysztof Komeda and... Fryderyk Chopin (yes, there are statistics indicating that his works are the most frequently used in movies among all classical music composers)) as well as art directors (Allan Starski and Ewa Braun, both being Academy Award winners). All in all, do not take what is said in this video too serious.
Agree 100% "All in all, do not take what is said in this video too serious." - there lot of bullshit in ths video. Come and see for yourself.
Pola Negri, a silent film era star actress, was born in Poland. Technically in Kingdom of Poland, a Russian Empire particion
Pat Benatar, a rock star (Patricia Andrzejewski / In Poland she would be Andrzejewska, female version of the name)
3:28... Maksymilian Faktorowicz best known as Max Factor Sr. "Father of modern cosmetics". He was a man, not a women. Unless he made a move like Brothers Wachowski, of polish descent, that become trans women.
Tadeusz Kościuszko was an engineer in Continental army under Washington command. He designed and built fortifications in Saratoga and Westpoint. Also from the period of Revolutionary War/American Rebellion was Kazimierz Pułaski also known as "Father of US cavalry"
Actually you can go to wikipedia and look at List_of_Polish_Americans, when you can find such names as those:
Adrien Brody is half polish. Nicolas Cage, Steve Carell, Anne Dudek, Jared Padalecki, Gwyneth Paltrow (her grandfather's name was Paltrowicz), Meg Ryan (Margaret Hyra)... and a lot more
Even the roots of Hollywood are Polish: Samuel Goldwyn was of Polish-jewish descent, as well as Warner brothers.
Malbork castle was built by Teutonic Order (of the Hospital of the Virgin Mary in Jerusalem) and was their main stronghold and capital of Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights.
Kosciuszko did much more for USA than just built fortifications. He was a very close friend of American president and influenced him a lot regarding abolishmenr of slavery and freedom in USA!
@@ipodman1910 He wanted to, but there was some opposition from slave owners in the congress. He has included freeing slaves in his testament. Freeing slave in that time was not that easy, as you had to pay a hafty sum of money to the state for each slave you wished to free.
@@Diveyl he wanted and he still did. Get some more info about the special relation between the two.
@@ipodman1910 I mean that he wanted right there and then for all people that lived in the new nation to be free, no matter the religion, birth or color of their skin. He tried to persuade the Continental Congress to free all slaves, but the congress was composed mainly of big slave owners that lived off of cheap labor provided by those slaves, hence the opposition and failure, that in part in the long run leaded to American Civil War after a century of the country existence.
Sigh...
Goldwyn i Warner byli Żydami z Polski. Ci drudzy z Krasnosielca na Mazowszu.
We are inclusive we don't have many immigrants other than ukrainians and other europeans becouse of being under the comunist regime until the late 80's( not to mention that politics was a complicated matter until 2000's and our country was incredibly poor for a while )
People stare couse they are curious of course most know that these are bad manners bad some can't help themselfs. The same happens If you go to less popular cities or rural areas in asian countries even japanese people look with ciuriosity at Europeans black people or white Americans. We are patriotic but we encourage imigration . Historically our country used to be 10% populated by Jews imagine... now it's almost wholy Polish... but more and more people from different countries come here diversity doen't happen on some kind of demand but occurs naturally...
About names, you can name a baby in Poland an english name but need to turn it into a polish spelling, like Itan for Ethan, or Brajan for Brian, unless like when an english name have a polish equivalent then you have to use polish. like for example Jan instead of John and Nikola instead of Nicole. Also, when at least one parent is from abroad, it won't be a problem to give a name from their home country so for example a kid with a parent from for example England, can have a name with English spelling.
There isn't much kissing women's hand. If it is, it is by older men, but usually imho they are not doing it to well, not gently enough. It should be just a touch of lips, not wet loud kiss :D
both ways it's really disgusting, I came through this only twice in my life (as a girl) and I remember to this day how awful is feels to be touched and kissed by random idiots who want to show "the respect" and how refined they are. At my cost.
Polend should get mont from Germany German rob Polend from everything art children they germanising them
In fact, we currently have about 4 million immigrants in Poland. I think that's a lot. Almost 10% of the population.
Let's say 50% are religious, the rest are disgusted what the catholic church is doing to this country by meddling in politics and education.
Make me proud to see so many people heading in to Polish culture, and trying to find out about our past. It is not just Krakow, Warsaw, or Gdansk…. Outstanding places like Wroclaw, poznan, rzeszow, and many many more
Jeśli imigrant chce *uczciwie* pracować i będzie się umiał *dostosować do kultury polskiej i realiów* to jest chętnie przyjmowany.
As a Pole am glad your channel appeared on my main page. Keep the great work m8 :)
kissing women's hand is no longer a thing in Poland. Only the older post-war generation does it
I LOVE YOUR VIDEO DEAR SIR, yes we live in central Europe and i hope u will someday travel to our country to see its beauty with your own eyes
Poland never received any financial compensation from Germany. The communist authorities waived compensation.
Untrue. We had reparation in 90s. My grandfather who was forced worker under Nazi occupation get that reparation. The reparation was given under the administration process for people who was a victim of Nazi system. Unlikely Russia, Germany did a lesson from the history.
You answered yourself. Your grandfather got reparations for his work. I suggest you talk to your grandfather. Forced labor is different. Please do some reading.
There were also numerous immigrants from Scotland. Most of them settled in Gdansk and until now parts of this city are named "Stare Szkoty" ( "Old Scotsmen" )and "Nowe Szkoty". ( "New Scotsmen" ). At end of 16th century there were about 37000 people from Scotland in Poland, mostly in Gdansk and east of Warsaw.
interesting info
It is true that we still kiss woman's hands, but also becoming less and less common.
Emigration is a necessity given all the domographic iissuesPoland face. It just needs to be done wisely. Also, it is not true,, that you won't see multi-ethnic population in big cities. Come to Wrocław, where you will feel almost like in London.
The statement about reparations from Germany is untrue in the sense that we don't want MORE. We haven't received ANY, so it seems like a clever manipulation. The 1.3b € was paid as compensation to some some Polish citizens working as slave labour during WWII.
Vodka is important, but keep in mind that, on average, Poles drink less than our European counterparts, including Brits.
As for celebrities/actors I know that are polish: Natalie Portman grandparents are from and still live in Poland. Gwyneth Paltrow also has polish roots. Jared Padalecki from Supernatural tv show, Susan Wojcicki former CEO of TH-cam, Isabella Scorupco - actrees and model is famously known for being Bond's girl in Goldeneye. Jack Black and Steven Spilberg respectively mentioned in reviews that they belive they have polish roots also.
Dont forget about matrix producers: wachowski bothers.
There is no big problem with emigrants in Poland. As long as they are part of society. We don't like foreign loafers, but our local ones do ;). Our social program is unattractive for immigrants (e.g. from Africa) but if someone has skills and can work, he is welcome.
When mentioning immigration it strikes me that our history is not mentioned. For 600 years we were welcoming a multi-ethnic country. Way long before any other country in the West tried to do so. From our history, we learned that it didn't work. Why we should make the same mistake twice?
the migrant point is true in small towns etc. in larger cities- not really. in Warsaw for example we have a pretty large Vietnamese minority and some African descent people - there are of course some people that we don't associate with who are racially intolerant but generally in most cities there are no major racial tensions
Bzdura...
@@domicelabury4560 well I can tell you we have quite many immigrants, but it depends on the perspective. Cause if you look at it from lets say US, French or UK perspective then yes, not many immigrants in Poland. But when you look at it from where we were 50 years and now - we have quite many. So it depends on point of view. I can tell you that in the city I live in (center of Silesia) you can find quite many immigrants, and not just from Europe.
Point 7 ---->> WE DON'T WANT MORE MONEY!!!!! they didn't pay us anything!!
Zachęceam do zakupu polskich marek kosmetyków pielęgnujacych Eris i Ziaja. Można je zakupić w markowych sklepach internetowych. Jakość doskonała i tanie! - piękne opakowania. Mieszkałam w Paryżu, a kosmetyki sprowadzałam z Polski. Wiele moich koleżanek zakochało sie w tych markach i wciąż proszą o przesłanie szczególnie kosmetyków Ziaja.
8:08 Utterly BULLSHIT! Germany did not pay 1,3 billion E, for the time being.;)
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Central! 😮 Finally! 👏 Thank you! 👍
Greetings Mert.
As a native POLE living in Poland, I wish to thank you so much for this reaction.👍👍👍 YES, Poland is situated in CENTRAL Europe.👏 Now, my comments on these following 15 things about Poland are as follows (in the same order, as shown in this film):
1. Well, yes. Some of those US famous actors and directors are of Polish descent. However, hardly any of them speak any Polish, I'm afraid (with the exception of Roman Polanski, that is). 😓 In fact, most of them probably do not even know where Poland is.😕
Which Polish actor/actress am I most proud of❓Probably Pola Negri.🤔
2. Max Factor was NOT founded by a Polish woman, but a Polish-Jewish man - Maksymilian Faktorowicz (MAKSymilian FAKTORowicz = Max Factor). 🤔
3. [...]There used to be a time, when a man would kiss a lady's hand, when meeting her as a sign of resepect and courtship[...].
Yes, that was about 10-20 years ago. Nowadays, some men (probably age 40+) could sometimes kiss a lady's hand usually if that lady is much older. We do NOT kiss any ladies' hands every time (usually because they would pull their hands away, right before that kiss). Kissing ladies' hands is not common amongst teenagers or friends at all, either.
4. There aren't too many African or Asian migrants here⁉ That is one of the biggest loads of crap I have ever heard. Every time I am at a Polish hospital, I can see foreign students/doctors there. Foreigners (especially students) are almost everywhere in Poland (most likely in big/medium cities). Hell, even my Customer Service ex-coworkers are from Zimbabwe and Rwanda (Africa).
I definitely am open to new experiences and foreigners (if they don't enforce their religion/rules, though).🤔
Again, there are POLES (people who like foreigners) and POLLACKS (people who dislike/hate foreigners and other cultures). But, hey, nobody is perfect, right❓🙂
5. Jan Kulczyk was most probably the richest Pole, indeed. As such, his son Sebastian and daughter Dominika are well-off, too.🤔 No further comment needed, I guess. 😁
6. That car-theft is a story which could depict Poles as car-thieves - a stereotype which is absolutely out-of-date.😡 Pay no attention to it, please.🙏
7. WWII reparations⁉Here we go, again‼😰That is a very delicate and controversial topic in Poland.😱 In other words, Polish nationalists wish to get more money, whereas other Poles simply wish to forget about that nightmarish past. In this case, we are all divided. However, the end result does not seem to be coming soon.
8. Well, the cases of Korean juvenile migrants seem to be true.🤔
9. No source of information provided. As such, I cannot confirm or deny information on that drug screening application. In fact, I have never come across it before.🤔
10. YES, it is true‼ We are so proud to have Malbork within our Polish borders‼✌
11. Milk bars are more like "greasy spoons" than restaurants. Yes, milk bars offer inexpensive dishes, but it does NOT blow me away at all (those dishes sometimes taste like hospital food)‼❌👎
12. Yes, we do have sand dunes in the north of Poland.👍✌ However, a vast majority of seashore dunes are restricted areas (due to high fragility). As such, people CANNOT walk probably on any seashore dune here.
13. Yes, it is true.👍 Polka dance comes from Check Republic. As for Polka dots, I am unsure. 🤔🤔🤔
14. Yes, it is true. There are limitations, when it comes to naming your children in Poland.😕
The weirdest Polish name❓I would say DEZYDERIUSZ (male).😂
15. I am NOT sure about the existence of that limited edition of Belvedere vodka at all. But, guess what⁉I don't drink alcohol, so what do I know.🤪
Well, that would be it, I guess. 😁
Mert, once again, thank you for uploading this film. 👍
I am open for any comments. 🙂
There are a lot more actors from PL in industry. However my favourite so far is Cezary Pazura which isnt so well known outside PL.
Foreignners are most welclme in Poland, but they need to respect us and carry themselves properly. Actually we have some redheads for whom anyone outside theirs patological semi criminal circles is enemy, but i wouldn't consider it xenophobic... One thing i need to admit - when black man are in ours proximity you we double and triple checking our stuff. Around woman that isn't the case.
Germany reparations topic is more like strike back from PL impitchment and hostile dumping on eu markets than priority case on its own. Poles were willing to leave that behind, but "progressive" germans have no shame. Ger actually playing gaslighting game wiredly similar and convergent to russian key milestones.
Antoni Norbert Patek (French: Antoine Norbert de Patek; 14 June 1812 - 1 March 1877) was a Polish pioneer in watchmaking and the creator of Swiss watchmaker company Patek Philippe & Co., as well as a Polish independence fighter and political activist.[1]
5:19 A lot of people (especially the older ones) are a little scared of immigrants cause of terrorist attacks, robberies etc. and I suppose it’s caused by the media and TV news in wich we can often hear about “new” crime committed by an immigrant abroad. I have to add that many Poles have a different opinion about the immigrants from Muslim countries compared for instance to immigrants from Slavic nations. Nowadays we have a lot of Ukrainians in our country. From the cultural aspect, they have much more in common with us than Muslims. If you asked someone in the street in Poland about Muslims, the first word that would come to their mind would probably be jihad or the twin towers attack. The stereotypes still influence into our mindsets. Some persons say that it’s alright to let the immigrants in, only if they come here to improve their family’s quality of life that they couldn’t have done in their home because for example of war.
Martha Stewart, Stefanie Powers, Christine Baranski, Zuzanna Szadkowski, Paul Wesley and many others are of Polish descent...
Until very recent immigrants from south Africa or other poorer regions were not interested to live in PL, they were and I think still are more interested in Germany, France, UK, Denmark or Sweden and Holland - wealthier countries with lots of benefits. In PL U simply need to work. There are many workers from Thailand, Philipines, India or China - but with official permits to work. Benefits in PL are very new, since 2015 when Law and Justice started to rule the country (Kaczyński's party). Now because of the war in Ukraine there are many Ukrainian refugees, mostly women, children, students but also men. And they are willing to work, study etc. Many Ukrainian kids learn at Polish schools now, for free. Those who work get ID number and insurance, legal aid and help to be able to live, study, work etc. So it is beneficual for both and that s how it should be. They either keep to themselves, do not cause troubles or riots.
With Germany who never paid PL any war reparations for WW2, although we suffered most of all countries involved in the WW2.
I never heard of Korean children in PL... Need to check it.
Benefits from being under Soviets boot...? Sounds like a joke...A sad one... Soviet Union never gave anything to the countries it occupied, unless worthless and ugly monuments, it only stole what was worth, killed, forced into 'cooperation and friendship' or corrupted with a gun pointed at one's head or back destroying whole generations mentally, physically and morally. Communism, marksism are the worst ideologies invented by the devil himself.
Germany and Russia have usually considered Poland as an obstacle in their business, so either Germany or Russia were invading us or plotting over our heads to diminish our role politically and exploit economically. Sad but true. What is even more tragic us the fact that in our history there have always been Poles who got bribed or corrupted and served their foreign masters against their own homeland. Shameful but true, that s how we lost our independence, that s how communists and postcommunists ruled PL after 1989. It took us so ling, and cost so many lives, lots of hardship and sorrow to get where we are now. God helps us so we dont make similar mistakes again.
I do hope Poles are not fools and they will not let Donald Tusk rule ever again - some important elections to our parliament are this autumn.
The author of this video had probbly good intentions but....More than half of it is some stupid and useless info, some is missinterpretation 😩, some outdated, some is true. In general not a good source of info about my country. In fact it sounds like something made for dumb Americans (apologies to the not dumb Americans) ... I'm so upset by some the mentioned topics ( topic 4 - shallow, topic 5,6 - ??? stupid, useless info,😫 7- we never received any reparations form Germany!!! , topic 8- ?? so??, topic 9, 13, 14,15 -is mostly untrue and interpreted in the most stupid way😖) .I don't even want to comment it in details , hope that others will will have the patience to write some educative comments..
The thing about immigration - I believe that video draws wrong conclusions.
You are absolutely correct thinking that Poland is becoming - as you put it - "in demand place for immigrants". The video is wrong.
But first things first :)
Historically we have not suffered at the hands of asian or black people - we suffered at the hands of white people - Nazi Germans and Soviets. The real reason is that Poland was behind iron curtain (communism) and did not have much population exchange with outside world. This makes elderly people "uncomfortable" with other races.
If conclusions drawn in this video would be correct - we would not be uncomfortable with other races, but with our nearest neighbours. We also share dark moments in our history with Ukraine and yet polish society (and government) is extremely sympathetic to Ukraine right now.
So no, this has nothing to do with war crimes - this is more of a "fear of the unknown" or a matter of "comfort zones" - especially among elderly people, who often spent their entire lifes in one village or town. It's not like they look at black person and think "nazi" - we all know nazis were also racists so if anything, blac people would be our alliest in conflict with nazi - and they were - especially in US army, but not only.
Just like many other nations in the world, our nation has to go through process of getting accustomed to other races. That's pretty much it.
Unfortunately this discomfort is being abused by politicians who fuel fears against immigrants in order to gain popularity and win elections. This is what can make Poland appear this way, but this is really just propaganda for internal audience. In reality, the same right-wing government who feasts on immigration fear-mongering is also the one that has liberated immigration policies the most - up to the point where work permits no longer have to be issued by government, but by private companies - thus removing proper control over immigration.
And this was done by political party who's leader talked about "muslim patrols" in London - this fear mongering won them the votes of elderly people, but it's just propaganda. In fact - Poland has issued ~365k work permits for immigrants last year, ~85k of that to people from Ukraine and ~135k of that to people from Muslim countries. And yes - this is official data from our ministry and not some internet myth.
This is why things look different for an outside observer - when you look at what is being said in the media - you may be under impression that this is how Poles feel. No - it's just propaganda addressed to certain part of society and not the real state of Poland :)
The reason why I see this as a problem is not because I have anything against immigration policies. The problem for me is the anti-immigrant propaganda which is a double lie. First - it shows immigrants in bad light. Second lie is that it's presenting the government as a "defense" against immigration while in reality this government has liberalized immigration policies like no other before.
This puts us on a path similar, if not worse than France. If you take people of other cultures in, don't treat them as cheap work force. If you don''t properly integrate them in society, they you will have tensions in society.
France brought a lot of immigrants but did nothing to integrate them. We can see the result - if you create enough alienation and frustration among certain groups in your society, then you will eventually have cumulated anger exploding on the streets.
Poland is currently going one up on France - we bring immigrants from other cultures in on ever growing scale, but we don't just do nothing to integrate them - we actively set society against them with propaganda.
It's not only immoral and disgusting - it's extremely irresponsible.
So that's pretty much immigration situation in Poland - it's pure politics. What people really feel like - I think you would be surprized how fast we're actually becoming multicultural nation. Poland is slowly becoming one of the top go-to countries for immigrants as the standards of living here have improved and stabilized over last 2 decades. The only thing that concerns me is the long-term stupidity of our politicians.
Sorry for long comment, but I hope you found it interesting to read. Best regards :)
PS. Is Poland worth visiting? Definitely - we stretch from sea to mountains and it's generally a beautiful country. Transportation is very good (both roads and railways) so there's no problem getting around. Shops are open till late, which also makes it easy, and accomodations are inexpensive by european standards, so you can have a longer stay. But I would advise a good read before deciding what you want to see - some of the "popular" / "commercial" stuff may be good, but there are also hidden gems that you will discover if you dig past the shallowness of commercial world.
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In 1953, under pressure from the Soviet Union, Poland renounced its reparations claims. Furthermore, during the period between 1946 and 1953, all the resources and financial assistance received by Poland were essentially funneled back to the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union used these funds to purchase coal from Poland at a mere 10% of its actual market value, effectively exploiting Poland's resources. Additionally, the communist authorities in Poland imposed restrictions on selling coal to Western countries at its true market price.
As a result, Poland neither received reparations from Germany nor benefited from the Marshall Plan. Instead, it found itself entangled in a complex economic relationship with the Soviet Union, where the majority of its resources were redirected to serve Soviet interests, ultimately limiting Poland's economic autonomy and international partnerships.
To clarify- No we do NOT kiss hand I personally don't know single person doing it.
we don't look weird at colour ppl just some small villages perhaps but Big cities -certainly not.
War reparations are kinda hard to talk about in few words but point is- Either you pay us for what you did or don't talk how we should run our country
Milk bars (were) are just pubs where you can mainly drink alcohol, it's hard to find them anymore because they are residue after communist times
and finally YES we do have pricy Vodka's.
Central Europe! Dude! I fell in love with you that moment! Well, I mean, not that way - you know.. ok ya.. :)
Well to be honest Scots are on the top of inventors if you check that out 🎉
With immigrants I will not totally agree, we have planty of other nations, but. There is big BUT. Almost non from muslim country. Of course we have a lot of Slav people like russians, Ukrainians. But also a lot of Asians, they came here, wen ZSRR was on, and Poland was one of few available option fot them then.
Bardzo podejrzany materiał.
Poland did not get any reperations! All what we got , just USSR took for of price of help in 2WW. and Germany knew about it, who will realy get that money. Friendship betwen them was befor 2WW and was after. Rusia schould pay reparation is well. that is realy long story to explain.
Terrible video. Don't take it seriously, please. Nobody kiss hands nowadays, Poles are not that religious, etc...
They dont know what "Mleczny bar" (milk bar) means, and know sense. This is cheapest restaurant for people whith small amount of money. "Milk bar" - the name is from old the cheapest meal - milk soup.
You must be watching a fairly old movie. I think so because for several years the richest Pole has been someone else.
I've never heard of this car theft. There will be criminals everywhere. Unfortunately.
We don't have many immigrants, but people with dark skin are not unusual, I didn't even notice them before watching the movie. Looking at the situation in France or Germany, I am happy about it. I'm not afraid to walk the streets.
Politics is a very irritating topic. The Germans just want to tell us how to construct the law. What can we do in our own country and what not. So let's skip this topic.
Castles are beautiful and there are a lot of them. We are in Europe so we have a really long history.
When it comes to alcohol, I have to admit that I don't like strong alcohol, I don't drink beer either, just a glass or two of wine from time to time.
THANK YOU for immediately correcting the location as Central rather than Eastern Europe. Cheers mate :)
Yvonne Strahovski from the Handmaid's Tale even speaks Polish. She is a first generation Polish-Australian.
Sebastian Kulczyk is no longer the richest man in Poland
Pierwsza kopalnia ropy naftowej była polskim wymysłem
Like a Polish citizen I would like to keep immigration in save limit
All the best to Scotland!
May the Great Scotland lives forever! Love to Scotland!
another fact. Poles as one of the few in the world conquered and occupied Moscow in the middle of winter 😏
7:38 „POLAND WANTS MORE MONEY FROM GERMANY” OMG. WE DIDINT GET ANY REPARATIONS, zero
Kulczyk is so humble. So Dominika. Not in public, very helpful, giving millions to those who need it more,.
8:25 The main problem with reparation for Poland after WW II is that the Germany have paid it but it was taken by USSR.
Fun fact that is not so fun. Poland used to be a much bigger country but after the wars Poland shrunk alot
5:24 jeśli nie zachowujesz się jak zwierzę to zapraszamy wystarczy zobaczyć niemcy i wielką brytanie.......
...i Francję.
The facts seem to be a bit outdated. There are some very religious people still in Poland, but the trend is to go away from religion and it grows stronger every year. I have not seen somebody kissing a woman's hand for a looong time, dying out habit. Vodka is less popular than beer. And, though slowly, Poland is accepting more and more emigrants. Poles are split in half about them, like with a lot of other issues - some understand diversity has benefits , some are racist, xenophobic and strongly against it. But, just to give you and example of where we are with foreigners living among us - I have recently noticed a public laundry being opened in my area and the signs on it - in Polish, Ukrainian and Korean. This should give you a clue of who lives in the area - it is a neighborhood in Wrocław, where 1/5 of the city is Ukrainian and Koreans invest in industry and bring lots of their staff with families. Greeting from Poland and all the best for you channel:)
When it comes to names given to children usually registry office doesn't interfere with parents decision unless the name would be offensive/funny/ridiculous. Recently some old fashioned, traditional names has become trendy. I like this trend actually. My kids are Jędrek, Antosia, Łucja.
Few yeas ago they change it, you can name child as you want. There is even first new born "Belzebub" in Poland, it was mention in radio news.
@@Akamori__ Oh, I didn't know that. It's sad. I think that parents of Belzebub shold change their names instead of giving it to the child. 😎
Totally untue. There are not many immigrants from Africa because they do not speak Polish. We have never been colonial country, never enslaved. We were enslaved instead. We did not force our language on different countries and did not kidnap people who later became hosts for their families. They confused correlation with causality. People look with curiousity because there are not many of them choosing Poland. Not other way around.
We have thougha lot of immigrants from Asia and from slavic countries as they learn Polish easier.
Man, you got my sub the moment you corrected the video: "Central Europe" :D
I wouldn't say that nowdays people in Poland are very religious. The older generation sure, but not the 1990+ generations. I mean overall all yeah, religion still has a big impact and influence but it's getting more limited by the year.
As for #3 - I guess this sometimes happen but it's not that often, I'd say that this is also something the older generation still does. When it comes to #4, I'd say that overall all we don't have any issues with immigrants as long as they don't make any trouble. If you come here legally, can get a job*, pay taxes, accept our culture etc. you'll be fine, you don't even need to learn Polish (however we do appreciate it as Polish isn't easy to learn). And actually there are quite many immigrants in Poland lately, at least when it comes to bigger cities. As for #7, as far as I know, Poland didn't actually get any significant reparations from Germany as when the russians occupied Poland, they didn't want us to get those reparations as they wanted Poland to be fully dependant of russia. So Poland "relinquished" reparations from Germany but the order to do so came from russia and had to be fulfilled as back then Poland had a puppet government. Basically, the whole Western Europe got the "Marshall Plan" and Poland got... well, "the wonder of communism" and a puppet government. So this is kinda complicated. Hmm, when it comes to #11, while we do still have milk bars I think that they are not that popular now and I wouldn't say that people prefer them over what we now think is fast food. Overall milk bars were always for people who wanted to get some relatively good food for cheap price. And actually, you could say that this is kinda Polish fast food.
* - we generally don't like "freeloaders", this doesn't apply only to foreigners but also Polish people.
Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie (Polish: [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska kʲiˈri] (listen); née Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 - 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie (/ˈkjʊəri/ KURE-ee,[4] French: [maʁi kyʁi]), was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity.