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Regard whole Eastern/Central European debate. Important thing to note is the time period. In historical context Poland was East Europe, because Russia was not considered as Europe at all. During Cold War, there was a Eastern Block what enforced confusion. But from point of recognition of Soviet Union as Europe, basing on Ural Mountains argument. Poland should not be refereed as East of Europe, especially considering not just location in the center, but also massive cultural differences between West and East Slavs, dating even before 10'th century. Poland, Czechia and Slovakia, are and almost sways was part of Western cultural influence zone. It was not a region related to the Rus people.
Gdańsk (pol.) = Danzig (ger.) Poznań (pol.) = Posen (ger.) Opole (pol.) = Oppeln (ger.) After WWII we brought back towns Polish names. Some were adjusted, like Allenstein into Olsztyn (similar pronunciation).
In the Czech Republic we learnt more about Poland at class of history at primary and secondary school, especially about tearing apart of Poland between empiry of Prussia, Austria and Russia, about polish hero Tadeusz Koszciusko.
You Czechs are amazing - didn't they teach you in school that Poland wouldn't exist without the Czechs? Your modesty is touching. If it wasn't for Dobrawa, the Czech princess, Poland wouldn't have been baptized and exist it was in 966 year. We have many stories including wars but I love you. Yes, we Poles have always been between Russia and Germany and it was Dobrawa's help and the adoption of christianity that allowed us to save ourselves from the German invasion - it was 1058 years ago. I will only add that no one had heard of Russia at that time. It didn't exist. Slavs are quite a distinctive group.
@@chomic76 Poland would have been baptized anyway, they would have been conquered sooner or later Christianization of Europe from Norway to Poland and then elsewhere
@@chomic76 You, Czechs, have always acted to Poland's advantage and whenever the opportunity arose, e.g. in the Battle of Grunwald, you helped the Teutonic Knights
@@arkadiuszkusa7569 Náš další blahořečeny svatý Vojtech byl zavražděn v pohanskych Prusech. Máme hodně společného. Zmínil bych ještě polsko-litevskou dynastii Jagiello na českém trůnu krále Vladislava II. Jagelonskeho a jeho syna Ludvíka. Tehdy Polsko-Litevská unie byla jedna z evropských velmoci.
The name Konrad is popular in Poland due to a poem by Adam Mickiewicz "Konrad Wallenrod" about a Lithuanian who was captured and educated by his enemies, the Teutonic Knights. The most famous Polish Konrad was the writer Joseph Conrad, born as Józef Konrad Korzeniowski.
Oh, girl... the name Konrad has been popular in Poland since the early Middle Ages. And the most famous Polish Konrad is Prince Konrad of Masovia, who invited the Teutonic Order to Poland to help him fight the pagans in the North (Balto-Slavic tribe of Prussians). As we all (Poles) know, the Teutonic Knights betrayed the prince, and in the end the Poles fought many wars with them, before they were finally defeated and liquidated in the 15th century (with the cooperation of Poles and Lithuanians).
1. Yes, John Paul II was a Pope from 1978 to 2005 2. No, we don’t use Euro 3. UPA was an Ukrainian Independence Army during WW2. They murdered 100,000 Polish civilians 1943-1945 4. We like Lithuania because Poland was in Personal Union with Lithuania from 1386 to 1569 and then Poland and Lithuania became one country in 1569 till 1795 when they got partitioned
So answers: 2:38 Nice that u noticed that. 3:36 Yes, he was. 3:53 Yes, Gdańsk is a polish name for this city. 4:33 Even don't get me started. 5:10 Yes again it is Schlesien in German. 14:32 It means to get thing done usually through some personal connections or other means. 15:28 No, we don't use Euros. 16:28 Not sure what he was talking about. We have a catholic channel run by the priest and there was a pope channel, but it was a temporary anniversary thing. 25:16 Here we go: Good morning, hey, one, two, three, four, five, six 26:09 UPA was a fascist revolutionary group that that fought for Ukraine independence after WWII and committed many crimes against civilians in Poland and Soviet Union. 26:42 We had a country together, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in the past.
@@klausbecker8898 and that colorful architecture comes mostly from Jagiellonian dynasty times. Remember that Germany has been a barbaric country through most of its history. Poland was the center of culture and power for centuries.
Chistian, or Krystian in Polish, celebrates his name day on March 18, April 7, December 4 and December 20. Name day is usually celebrated on the day closest to the birthday. And when it comes to birthdays, they are also celebrated in Poland.
3 Rzeczpospolita Polska: -1 one was in medical before we were torn apart -2 afer ww1 when we declared independence after 123 years -3 after USSR fell and we declared independence once again Anyway thx very much from Warsaw
1:38 @@markmal8479 thanks grammar nazi , English isn't my first or second language even . Also - my generation not me generation so maybe be sure you're right yourself before correcting someone
The bear took part in the Battle of Monte Cassino. Its task was to provide ammunition for artillery units. Initially, Wojtek could not tolerate the noise caused by artillery fire and bombing. For this reason, he did not leave the room. After getting used to the noise, he watched the battle from the nearby trees. According to soldiers, the bear was supposed to help carry ammunition boxes or bullets. The emblem of the 22nd Company, depicting a bear carrying a missile in its paws, became a commemoration of Wojtek's participation in the Battle of Monte Cassino[4]. Wojtek was not trained to work carrying forty-five-kilogram crates of missiles. He learned how to handle cargo by observing soldiers. Without encouragement, Wojtek grabbed the crates and carried them in his characteristic way: standing on his hind legs, he spread his arms into which the soldiers placed the ammunition crates. The bear carried them near the firing positions and then returned to the truck for another portion of the load. The soldiers sometimes encouraged Wojtek to help by giving treats in return, because the bear himself decided when and how long he would work. During the Battle of Monte Cassino, Wojtek's company delivered the following cargo to Polish and British troops: 17,300 tons of ammunition, 1,200 tons of fuel and 1,100 tons of food[6]. Since then, the symbol of the 22nd Company has become a bear with a bullet in its paws. This badge appeared on military cars,
I visited Poland this past September, 2023. I spent 10 days in Poland and 1 day on Berlin. I drove through the entire country, documenting the main cities. Polish are great people. Very helpful and hard workers. The city I recommend you to visit are Krakow, Warsaw and Wroclaw.
@chris.poland I am originally from Brazil but I have have lived in USA for the past 23 years. I recently visited Berlin, and while passing by the Gendarmenmarkt Square, I felt like I was walking through German's empire because of the beautiful square. I am glad to see a new generation of Germans caring about what happened in the past so they can have a peaceful and tremendous future in peace and prosperity. I always look for historic places and in my videos I bring music to special landmarks.
The word "załatwić" generally means "to solve a problem", "to accomplish a task". In the past, during communism, it was sometimes associated with the use of cunning, or even with dishonesty or corruption, because many things necessary for life had to be obtained in this way in order to survive.
Załatwić means to settle, arrange something, but also to kill or destroy, or to silence someone (załatwić somebody), and załatwić się means to pee (or something more)
Excellent summary. Also worth mentioning, the related term "kombinować", meaning to figure things out or to get things done using shifty or unconventional means.
@@alh6255 "załatwić się" can also mean "to do something bad to yourself" (e.g. by accident). This word actually has many interesting meanings depending on the context.
I would recommend the author of this video to read a little about Polish and German history before he goes to commenting. For example such fundamental facts that Silesia was a core part of the Polish state from the year 1000 to 1260, then it was colonized by German settlers, then annexed by the Bohemian crown, then grabbed by the Habsburgs, then in 1738 conquered by war by Prussians, and in 1945 given by the Soviets to their vassal Poland. Parts of Silesia have been continously inhabited by Slavic (Polish dialects) speaking people until 1940. The easternmost part of Silesia, inhabited by majority of Polish speakers was ceded from Germany to Poland in 1922.
Stefan Bathory was never the king of Hungary (you are talking nonsense). He was elected king by the Poles, but in Hungary he was only the prince of Transylvania (i.e. one of the Hungarian provinces). By the way, this historic Hungarian province was forcibly transferred to Romania by Stalin after World War II, but it is still inhabited mainly by Hungarians and is a point of contention between Hungary and Romania.
@@alh6255True but we had a common ruler. It was Zikmund Lucemburský/Zygmunt Luksemburski. I think also Ladislaus of Varna/Władysław Warneńczyk was also a king of Hungary for a while.
@@alh6255 You are completely right. Sorry for my mistake. Batory was the prince of Transylvania and the husband of Anna Jagiellonka and iure uxoris Polish king.
Hi Chris! Let's answer all the questions you raised: 1. No, giving names after names of the week is not common. The origin of Polish last names is extremely diverse, so there's no much patterns there. Though typically many Polish last names end on "ski". 2. Conrad ("Konrad" in Polish) is a very common name. You'd be surprised how much Germans and Polish names have in common. 3. Poland it's in fact in Central Europe, but most people split Europe on two halves, which gets Poland on the East side. 4. Yes, Gdansk is "Danzig" in German. Many Germans go there for summer vacations. It's one of my favorite cities in Poland. 5. The highways in Poland have improved tremendously. They can get you to all major cities fairly quickly. Unfortunately they're not cheap. 6. Yes, Silesia used to be populated by many Germans, so there's a chance your grandfather could have been from there. 7. Honestly, I haven't heard much about Bledne Skaly, but I'm sure it can be researched. 8. Yes, Wawel Castel on Wawel Hill in Cracow is amazing. Worth checking out. 9. Yes, Sudety Mountains were on Hitler's target list. 10. Yes, sand dunes are massive in Poland, and nice to explore. 11. Treacle is some kind of sugar syrup. 12. Yes, Bernstein is "bursztyn" in Polish. 13. The bear in the army was more of a one-off gimmick, rather than actually attempt to see if bears make good soldiers. 14. Apples in Polish dishes don't serve as side dish or substitute to rice or potatoes, but rather small addition to diverse the flavors. As vegan, I don't recommend trying duck or anything that was a living being at some point. Try pierogi with cabbage and mushrooms instead - they're amazing! 15. Yes, vodka originates from Poland. Nothing to be proud of though. 16. Yes, "zalatwic" basically means to get the shit done despite difficulties. 17. Yes, Poland refused to use Euro currency, and as the years shown, it was a good move. 18. Yes, there's a religious channel, but it's not about Pope per se, but rather anything related to Christianity. The truth is, only fraction of old people care about this channel. 19. No, name day is more of a thing of the past, when it would be celebrated almost like birthday. Just another excuse to get presents. But these days they're hardly celebrated. 20. No, Copernicus ("Kopernik" in Polish) was 100% Polish. 21. Czech and Slovak languages are fairly easy to understand for Polish, and grammatically and phonetically are the closest to Polish language. 22. To my knowledge Poland took over 15 million of Ukrainian refugees. 23. There's history of about two centuries of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. 24. Hungary has some historical friendship with Poland.
Almost everything Paweł wrote was true, except one. Try the duck with apples, Paweł is a vega or something so you understand, he has something wrong under his skull.
@@VictorMabasha Since when depriving animals of life to please our tastebuds for 5 minutes is considered wrong? If you think kindness and compassion is wrong, I genuinely feel sorry for you. Peace.
Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicholaus Copernicus) was German by origin, but he served the Polish king (he participated in the coronation of King Sigismund the Old), was a Polish diplomat and even commanded (partially) the defense of Olsztyn during the war with the Teutonic Order.
@@JesiAsh Gothic is from Germany, he trolling you, but Call Of Juarez, Witcher, Cyberpunk, Dying Light, Dead Island, PlayWay(that company who make/release a lot of Simulators) also is Polish, Ghostrunner also is from Poland also FrostPunk, maybe u also know Sniper Ghost Warrior and Lords of The Fallen(that one from 2014, that from 2023 was crated by other studio but still published by Polish company CI Games) this games also is from Poland - we have a lot games studios but that i mentioned are more recognizable
Copernicus (the Latin version of the Polish name Kopernik) was born in the Kingdom of Poland, his mother came from a German family, his father from a Polish one, but both of them had been subjects of the Polish kings for generations. Copernicus graduated in medicine and astronomy in Krakow (Jagiellonian University) and then studied in Padua in Italy, after which he worked for the Polish king, for the longest time as the head of the crew of the castle in Frombork (in Polish Pomerania). Here he wrote (in Latin) his opus magum "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies" and economic and medical works.
Ukrainian refugees: now it is about 1 million. But from the beginning of war 18,6 millions of Ukrainians crossed the border. Of course not everybody stayed in Poland. Almost 17 mln came back to Ukraine. 20 k cross the border daily, but also 17 k go back.
@@chris.polandAt the beginning of the war, which was the worst time, a lot of Polish people were taking Ukrainian refugees to their homes and they stayed in the Polish families for some weeks. And everyone were collecting money, in their families or at work or at churches, or making packages with essential products to help invaded Ukrainians.
I found your channel and subscribed already, it's a nice feeling to see someone cares about your country and it's culture:) Poland actually have some islands but they're really small, our largest one is called Wolin and we also have a city Świnoujście which is called the city of 44 islands 4:33 I think we have similar with PKP (Polish state railways) 12:08 Wojtek was a Syrian bear adopted by Polish soldiers moving West during World War II, he fought under the Monte Cassino where he carried artillery shells (yes casually standing on two legs) he was not aggressive towards people at all and often wrestled with soldiers. It's also not the only time we had a bear in army, because even before there was Baśka, a polar bear who fought in the Polish-Bolshevik war
1. Yes, Konrad is used in Poland - not very common but we have few Konrads here and there. 2.Yes, Gdansk is Danzig. 3. Trains got modernized in the last few years as well as railway system. Still being late sometimes but quite modern in overall. 4. Jean Paul II-yes, he was a Pope from 1978-2005. 5. Cyberpunk and The Witcher were both created by Polish company CD Project 6. Nope we are not using Euro 😉 still paying with Polish złoty 7. Never heard of the channel dedicated to Pope specifically. We have Telewizja Trwam which is religious channel but not talking about Pope only. 8. Well, we've been attacked constantly, over and over again throughout the centuries from left, right, north and south 😮💨
Poland Lithuania Ukraine Belarus was 1 country ;) "Commonwealth", they was split when was first partition of Poland (Poland had teritory from Baltic sea to Black Sea). When Poland was big we shared border with Hungarians and we help each others.
@@cptharlockpest8606 dobrze znam historię. Ukraińcy służyli w Wojsku Polskim na tej samej zasadzie dziesiątki tysięcy Polakow służyło w Wehrmachcie. Jakieś wnioski? Ukraina w momencie osiągnięcia stanu świadomej odrębności od reszty ziemi koronnych, walczyła o swą niepodległość, nawet nie tyle o niepodległość co odłączenie od Polski. Czego najlepszym dowodem może być Układ w Perejasławiu. Oni wola Rosjan od Polaków. To co się dzieje teraz jest chwilowe, niedługa przejrzą na oczy. Litwini faktycznie byli naszymi wspólnikami, a przodkowie dzisiejszych Białorusinów NIGDY nie powstali przeciw WKL. Robienie z Ukraińców część naszej paczki jest mocno na wyrost. Oni wszyscy czują wspólnotę w ramach WKL a nie w ramach RON. Nienajlepiej to jest z Twoją wiedza historyczna.
@@cptharlockpest8606 dobrze znam historię. Kilkadziesiąt tysięcy Polaków służyło w Wechrmachcie, że o armiach zaborczych nie wspomnę. Jakieś wnioski? Jednym z Ukraińców w Wojsku Polskim był Roman Szuchewycz, wiesz o tym? Uważaj trochę z takimi argumentami. Ukraińcy odczuwają wspólnotę z Litwą i Białorusią z powodu swej historii w ramach WKL, to wtedy tworzyły się podwaliny ich państwowości a przynajmniej świadomości etnicznej w kontrze do Moskwy. Wszystko się zmieniło po Unii Lubelskiej i Unii Brzeskiej, gdyż wtedy to zaczęli systematycznie powstawać przeciw Koronie, a tym samym przeciwko nam. Woleli nawet swoją bratnią Ruś (1654) od nas. Sytuacja powtórzyła się w czasie istnienia Galicji w ramach zaboru austriackiego. Obecnie Ukraina jest równie wroga nam jak i Rosji, z powodu korzyści materialnych ukrywa swe prawdziwe oblicze w stosunku do nas. Choć kilka miesięcy temu ich prezydent miał chwilę prawdy. Od 2014 jest pomiędzy nimi kosa, inspirowana amerykańskim dolarem, ale wszystko wróci do normy.
John Paul II was a Pope Gdańsk is Danzik. Silesia (pl: Śląsk) is in german Schlesien. Opole (Oppeln) is part of Upper Silesia (Oberschlesien). Lot's of people here has a family in Germany. Malbork Cassle was in fact built by Germans (Teutonic Order) Cyberpunk is a Polish game Now we are less etnicly homogenus that when this viedeo was recorded. We have lot's of ukrainians since 2014 and many many more after 2022. Also there was companies contracted with Polish goverment that sold Polish visas mostly in middle east countries. We don't use Euros UPA was a Ukrainian nationalist group created in WW2 Since 1386 we and Lithuania had a common King, since 1569 we were a federation untill 1795
Yes, everything of what did you say in Slovak i basically understandable for a Pole : (SLO) Dobrý deň = (PL) Dzień dobry, (SLO) Ahoj = (POL) Cześć - but Ahoj in polish is widely used by polish sailors as a greeting ^^, counting sounds basicaly the same too
For sure. But the main thing is because of Polish people. I have a lot of respect for them. I spent 10 days in Poland and drove through the main cities. I loved the country. I'm hoping to go back in April.
@@afjo972 So is Getmany, thanks to everything they stole from Poland and other occupied countries. Including golden teeth, taken from the victim’s at concentration camps. Btw. Polish artifacts, are still in museums or households in Germany.
@@afjo972 I would spit in your face, you are doing everything to make Poland not strong and you are dividing us as a nation, that's why you are doing everything to make Poland not independent, if it weren't for the war today, Poland would be richer than Spain, it would almost be comparable to Germany, does it hurt you, Germany?You are doing everything to prevent Poland from growing! Are you afraid that if Poland had its own car production, it would be competition for the Germans and much more
Silesia was definitely originally not a German region (although later it was under German control). And in the years 1919-1921 there were three uprisings against Germany in order to ensure that Silesia comes back to Poland (Silesian Uprisings). And also in September 1939 people in Silesia were fighting against German aggresion - one of the famous examples is the defense of Parachute Tower by Polish scouts, boys and girls (most of them were killed), in Katowice (Kattowitz). And when You go for a walk in the forests of this region, there are many monuments to commemorate the graves of the Polish, scouts and others, murdered in these forests by Germans during the II WW. But it's true that the history of the region is complicated and for some centuries, before the II World War, people from different nations lived there together, also a lot of Germans. And Silesian dialect is a mixture of Polish words (often in old form) and also of German words.
"Załatwiać" or "zauatwiac" basically means to get something (as in an item) or get something done, but-very crucially- in an off- the books, cunning or creative manner. I THINK this mostly became popular in the communist era when you just couldn't do or get much without sort of bending the rules a bit :)
Polen fasziniert! Es gibt hier inzwischen viele Channels von den deutschen Auswanderern, die in Polen die zweite Heimat gefunden haben. Einer der ersten und bekanntesten ist zum Beispiel Steffen Möller. Sein Audiobook Viva Polonia ist etwas alt aber immernoch sehr unterhaltsam. Ein Britte "Rob Reacts" oder der "Mert Pol" aus Schottland das sind andere Beispiele von TH-camrn die Polen für sich entdeckt haben. Chris ich wünsche dir viel Erfolg mit deinem Channel. Die Polen werden dich nicht enttäuschen. Woher in Deutschland bist du?
Was für mich am faszinierendsten ist, ist das man in Deutschland nicht bewusst , sondern unbewusst immer noch leicht diesen sowjetischen Eindruck im Hinterkopf hat, vermutlich auch deshalb, weil man gesehen hat, wie es der DDR ging. Als Kind habe ich Nahe der thüringischen Grenze gelebt und ich muss schon zugeben, dass man wirklich an den Gebäuden gemerkt hat, dass man plötzlich in Thüringen war. Aber von dem was ich bisher von Polen gesehen habe, sieht es genauso aus wie Deutschland, an vielen Stellen sogar besser beziehungsweise so gut wie die schönsten deutschen Städte. Deswegen ist es so schade, dass ihr nur ein Drittel des GDP per capita (BIP pro Kopf im Deutschen) habt, wie wir.
Nawet w czasach gdy Polska zniknęła z map świata na 123 lata Polacy utrzymywali swoją tożsamość i język, nie dali się zgermanizować ani zrusyfikować. Zawsze walczyli o swoją niepodległość i swoje istnienie. Dlatego,że tak często byli atakowani w swojej historii, bardzo dobrze rozumieją tych którzy są napadani i atakowani . I tym Polska oferuje swoją pomoc.
To the 'Friend zone' section: 1. Czechs and Slovaks - totally true 2. why do we like and feel strong bond with Litvanians? - because both nations were part of Commonwelth during the time when Poland was strongest regional power in it's history. 3. Nobody know why Hungarians were perceived as our closest friends - we were just teached this since early education. This is however not true any longer, because Hungary plays in Putins' team, which is extreamly dsngerous for Polish freedom and independence.
@@violetindigo8514 ...and that is probably why russians are constantly trying to liberate people from other countries (that they like) from those people's goverments (that russians don't like).
From the Polish point of view (and several neighbour countries too), the border between the Central and Eastern Europe goes along the same line as between the Catholic and Orthodox Christian countries. So, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Greece belong to Eastern Europe. These countries differ not only by religion but also by the cultural influence from Asia, that is Monngolia, Persia, Tartaria and Turkey. Of course the Central European countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Croatia have been under influence of their eastern neighbours, so the cultural border is permeable. In Poland, which is the largest of these countries, and historically most open for the influence from the East, there is a big cultural difference between Eastern and Western regions. The common historical denominator for the Central Europe is that these countries were in a varying period of time subject to foreign imperialistic rule, which reached its summit in the XIX century, when they were all under foreign rule. Another interesting fact is, that in some periods they were under either Polish (North) or Hungarian (South) rule. Bohemia sticks out from these rule, as they were under German Habsburg rule in almost 500 years, and a member of the Holy Roman Empire for 800 years.
20:27 Usually, we have several name days for each name, but we choose the one closest to our birthday (after the birthday, not before). For the name Krystian (polish equivalent of the name Christian), it is 18th march, 13th November or 4th December. Typically, on this day we don’t eat cake (at least in my family), but we spend the day together with friends, playing board games, watching the movies etc. Not everyone in Poland celebrates name days (in fact, fewer and fewer people do), but it is still somewhat of a Polish tradition.
Silesia is the Latin name of the province of the Kingdom of Poland adopted in the Middle Ages, derived from the Polish name Śląsk ( meaning wet, wetlands, swamps). The old Polish word "ślozy" also meant tears, and "śluz" means "mucus" (e.g. of a snail). German name Schlesien comes from the Polish name Śląsk.
@@tomaszgarbino2774 One of the most popular etymological theories says that the name Śląsk comes from the name of the West Slavic tribe Ślężanie, which researchers associate with the name of the Ślęża river or Ślęża mountain (this tribe was part of the tribes that created the Polish state). In turn, the name Ślęża refers to the Old Polish/Old Slavic term for something wet (in nature - such as marshes, wetlands, river floodplains, swamps or other areas with a large number of springs, streams, spring floods, etc.). It is also possible that this name (Ślęża) also refers directly to the term "tear" in Old Polish ("śloza"). Anyway, it has to do with moisture, something wet.
It's possible that your grandfather came from Silesia. This region of Poland was once inhabited by Germans. Even many words from the Silesian dialect come from Germany. If you are interested in the story of a bear who served in the army, you should react to the film about him. "The story of Wojtek, the military bear"
@@chris.poland In my opinion u should'nt have problems with that short film because it's old film and i saw a lot of ractions on this movie. i m realy courius your react. Keep your work doing
This region was not "once inhabited by Germans", but Germans began to settle there in the 18th century (and mix with Poles), when it came first under the rule of Austria, then Prussia. Many German Silesians were not so much new Silesians, but Germanized Silesians, especially in the second half of the 19th century during Bismarck's brutal Germanization of ethnically Polish areas (the so-called hakata). At that time, many Polish/Slavic surnames were forcibly changed to German ones, especially in Silesia and Kashubia, and speaking Polish on the street or in an office was punishable by imprisonment, while children were beaten at gendarmerie stations or in schools. Poles who insisted on their Polish origin were also forbidden to build houses.
Niemcy to osadnicy W poszukiwaniu miejsca do życie u uprawy ziemi, osiedlali się wędrując ma wschód, nie tylko na terenach Polski ale były też osady w dzisiejszej Rumuni Po najazdach mongołów były to ziemię spustoszone, wielu ludzi zostało wybitych Stąd była zachętą żeby osiedlać niemieckojęzycznych mieszkańców Stąd też duży wpływ był na rozwój Krakowa Zachodnie kraje były rozwojowo wyżej niż wschodnie Stąd można powiedzieć że przyczynili się do rozwoju Polski
lol we don't have last names from the day we were born, I think his last name is Piatek which is Freitag in German, and I think it is happenig in Germany to have last name Freitag or Sonntag, isn't it?
@@chris.poland In Poland is not very common as well, just happens. You should definitely visit Poland, it is shame how Young Germans know little about neighbouring country, we are neigbours from over thousands years and a lot of common history (there were bad things but as well good things), you could start from visiting the Heimat of your grandpa, you can still have family there, there is strong German community near Opole (Oppeln I think?).
In Poland, for many centuries, in fact until the 20th century, it was very common (but of course not always) to give a child the name of a saint who was the patron of the day on which the child was born. That's why name days often coincided with birthdays, but not always. generally - name days were (and are) celebrated more solemnly than birthdays. In the case of birthdays, anniversaries such as 18th birthday, 30th birthday, 40th birthday, etc. are more solemnly celebrated.
Surnames such as Piątek - Friday, Środa - Wensday (contrary to what someone wrote above, these are two very popular surnames in Poland) come either from the day on which a given person (being e.g. Protestant, Jewish or Orthodox) was baptized Catholic, or e.g. he showed up and settled in a given town, or also left in on a given day from a serious illness. In the period when surnames were formed, such events could have strongly influenced the giving of a surname to someone. Similarly, it happened with other popular Polish surnames, such as Kwiecień (April), Wrzesień (September), Marzec (March(, Styczeń (January) and Grudzień (December).
4:38 when I went from Racibórz (it's near to Rybnik in Silesia) to Gdansk. The train was supposed to take 8 hours, but it took 13... Back again, without air conditioning, some people fainted because of the heat, we had change halfway. It was a massacre
There are two dates for Kristian namr day. 18th March or 4th December. The date nearest your birthday is you name day. Traditionslly, presents are given
Bears name was Wojtek. A popular history channel ,,historia bez cenzury'' recorded a video about him. He carried weapons and ammunition in Monte Casino fight with Germans during WWII.
also in poland we use name Erwin wich is 100% German and yes Gdańsk is Danzik and Silesia is Schlesien also we made games like cyberpunk, witcher 1,2 and 3 and iron harvest; the bear was caring ammunition and medicines; creator of vodka was polish prist; no we use Złoty wich litelary mean somethig gold; your name day is 18 march, 13 november and 4 december and we celebrate it just like a birthday but without cake and maby a lot less peaple; i can speak polish becouse i am polish but in schooles we study english and german or russian ( it depends from school and teachers they have ); about friends we like lithuanians becouse of history but they don't like us from historical aspect becouse they think the lithuanian kingdom has fallen becouse of comondwell and hungary we just like eachother most becouse of helping eachother while comunism
I am very sorry about your grandfather , who was deported , poor man. My grandfather instead was on holidays in workcamp in beautiful Magdeburg since Sept.39 until May 45 .
Your name in Polish is Krzysztof. You celebrate your name day on July 25. Germans don't celebrate name days, but what's the harm in organizing a party for your friends? Gifts from them are obligatory. When it comes to Polish fights, there is some truth in it. But someone else interrupts and we immediately argue. For history, I recommend watching the film from Sabaton's concert titled: 40:1. During World War II, in 1939, 730 Polish soldiers defended themselves against 42,000 German soldiers for three days.
@@chris.poland pol. Krzysztof - ger. Christoph, Christof pol. Krystian - ger. Christian Your name day is celebrated on the day of the memory of a saint in the Catholic Church who had the same name as you. However, in Poland it is such a big tradition that even people who are not associated with the Catholic Church celebrate their name days. The name Konrad is popular in Poland because of the book "Konrad Wallenrod" by Adam Mickiewicz, but there is also the name Kordian (means the one who gives his heart) which was created by the other polish poet Juliusz Słowacki in his book/drama titled "Kordian" Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, and Zygmunt Krasiński became known as the three national bards of Poland. Cyprian Kamil Norwid (one of his maternal ancestors was king Jan III Sobieski) is a contender to the title of the Fourth Bard of Polish literature, together with Stanisław Wyspiański, but I prefer Norwid :)
@@chris.poland Krystian (Christian) is a completely different name. You name day is on 18th of March. On your name day you celebrate... well... you. There is no rigid way to have fun. (Nationalist joke incoming) As hard as it has to be for a German man to have unstructured fun I truly believe you'll manage (Nationalist joke concluded.)
we have a lot of German names in Poland because before the partitions, a lot of Germans settled in Poland, often taking Polish surnames, and then during the partitions, a lot of them also settled there, for example, my grandmother's surname was Rozner. (spelled Rosner before polonization of the surname)
Wojtek the bear was trained by Polish artillerymen and gave ammunition. He took part in the Battle of Monte Cassino, where Kurt Student's commandos defended way to Rome on the German side.
@@chris.poland There are few videos about him actually: my favorite one being video from "Historia Bez Cenzury" (lit. "History Without Censorship" - Polish history YT channel that presents history with specific humor as the background) but that one doesn't have proper subtitles, but there are many others in English or with subtitles like the one from Stefan Tompson.
First time I hear about Pope TV😅 in main channels we don't have it. There is one catholic TV it calls "Trwam". And about other nations it really has changed in last years. Of course you can see and hear now Ukrainians but also u can see people from Asia or even from Africa. Now is also more people discovering Poland like you, because before they thought here is nothing like in Siberia 😅 We weren't attractive in their eyes. And yes, we still don't have Euro and I think We feel good in this. I think Poles are attached to the zloty. About Silesia is little complicated, because this is where the Prussian partition took place and the people living there identify partly with Germans. Their language is a mix of Polish and German, so you would understand them to some extent. In my city there were three partitions, the so-called "Triangle of three emperors". For a long time there was a feeling of hostility towards each other. We still tell jokes about each other. Cheers from Poland😊
So your granddad comes from Silesia /Sląsk (Polish name)/ Schlesien (German version), from Oppeln - Opole today. I've spend my childhood there 🙂Opole is somehow a perfect middle sized city, very green, with lovely old town square, university, theatre, philharmonia, some industry etc. located by Odra (Oder in German) river. Easy to reach, it takes only 1.5 hour drive on the motorway from the nearest airport in Wrocław, or by train less than 1 hour.
It's funny when at the end you ask why Poland is friends with Lithuania, did they have a common history? hey, you listened to the whole video and didn't hear that it was said several times that Lithuania and Poland were a common state for several hundred years (also together with Belarus and Ukraine) - the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the kings of Poland were the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. In modern times, Lithuania, together with Poland and Ukraine, formed the Union of Lublin, for cooperation and common defense against Muscovy (Russia stole the name of its country from Ukraine, in ancient documents Ukraine is called Kievan Rus, and present-day Russia is Muscovy, so Lithuanians still call them that). You should also check out Lithuania :) We have the biggest rolling dunes in Europe! th-cam.com/video/WH9mTk1mxkI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=iq857lJVuB6S6bzd
Your name day is March 18/November 13 and December 4. In Poland, we usually choose the date furthest from the date of birth to have 2 events. Poor people try to choose a close date to celebrate birthdays and name days together.
My grandfather used to say: "Many countries have natural disasters, for Poland the worst natural disaster is it's neighbours" It always was true and probably always will be (at least till Russia will be pacified/or partitioned/or nuclear carpet bombed (last one was joke)[or not;)])
When it comes to historical relationship between Germans and Poles, it's definitely a complicated topic 🙂It wasn't just invasions, but also German colonization of western Slavic (here: Polish) lands, so-called Ostsiedlung. Also many Polish cities have been founded under Magdeburg law. The (mostly) German Teutonic Knights were at first a help against the pagan Prussians (Baltic peoples), and then a menace to Poland after they captured Gdańsk/Danzig in 1308 (until we regained it back in 1466). The positive thing I can say here is that Teutons and the German Hanza League did develop Gdańsk/Danzig nicely. Before that however German colonization was already in full bloom in Pomerania and Silesia. I think it was a semi-natural process, similar to how Polish colonization began affecting Ukrainian lands, but better organized. Mind you, during late medieval Ostsiedlung, Silesia belonged to Czech Kingdom, but the Kingdom itself was part of the Holy Roman Empire 😉 That's why there was much German influence there as well. Then later that German colonization started to bear fruit, when Pomeranian principalities finally emerged as parts of the Prussian Kingdom in 1701. Also Silesia became part of the Habsburg monarchy (basically Austria) in 1526 along with all Czech Kingdom, and later Prussia seized it from Austria in 1742. Then there were the partitions, when Prussia received new Polish lands (including Warsaw for a few years). And later nationalism became the driving factor for Germanization efforts by the united German state, directed against Polish culture. And of course, we did not like it in the least. Not to mention Hitler ;) All in all, as a Polish person, I do recognize that German culture has been historically better developed, and as a result it was stronger than Polish. It's because Polish history actually started in the 10th century, whereas German's history as early the 5th century (as the Frankish Kingdom plus Alemanic principalities, all after the fall of Rome in the west). This is why historically you were a civilizing factor in Poland, but it's true we had to fight you off quite often too 😁Today I consider cities like Gdańsk/Danzig (I've been there very recently) or Wrocław/Breslau as rich in "colonial" architecture, built mostly by Germans (either under Teutonic/German or Polish sovereignty), but which cities have been given back to Poland after WW2, after whole centuries of them being outside of Poland.
speaking about our raillines, we've got only a few routes where our trains can go 200 km/h the main ones are to Katowice and Berlin. we've got local trains like SKM in Warsaw, literally S-Bahn in germany, and we've got also trains which drives only in the certain "Province", like KM (koleje Mazowieckie) or KD (koleje dolnośląskie), and so on. The biggest differences beetwen Poland and Germany are the ages of the trains, we can still see trains from the 70', and they aren't atraction they're just a regular train which goes from point A to B. I hope you have read my comment and I hope i didn't make much mistakes in my english :)
Yes, there are some quite nice train connections in Poland. But some secondary lines are incredibly slow - basically all lines south of Wrocław, Katowice and Kraków. For example the train still takes about 4 hours to travel the 120 km between Wrocław and the Czech border.
8:06 Germany, Austria, France,… have everything Poland has and even more. Don’t act like Poland is something special cuz architecture-wise and landscape-wise it really cannot keep up with other European countries. Especially as a German you should know that. It’s time for you to explore your own country. Then you would have higher standards.
I never said something about the architecture of Austria or France. And yes Germany has a much more diverse Landscape then Poland because of the alps (but I didnt know at recording of the video anything about desert in Germany). First of all it's said when people criticise others for getting too easy excited, because we have enough drama and suffering in the world and many people are so frustrated, that positivity helps. Second Most Germans make a connection from East Germany to Poland, because both were so long behind the iron curtain, and tbh there wasnt very much nice buildings in East Germany compared to West Germany and also the average buildings and homes were quite ugly. Of course now it is much better, but also because Germans paid every year a huge amount of money for that. With that in mind I think you can understand the appreciation and surprise maybe a bit more.
That bear in the Polish Army was taking the chests with ammunition and the artillery ammunation to the soldiers, the bear get name from soldiers "Wojtek". He love to drink beer with soldiers (for real he drink beer from the bottle with soldiers) after war he spend rest of life in zoo as the hero lol
Yoooo, you didn't know Polish people made Cyberpunk? CDPR is our most global company and made The Witcher games too. Did you know the first PC was invented by a Pole? Waaay way before Apple, which, by the way was also invented by a Pole - Steve Wozniak. (Not from poland, but Polish roots, grandparents)
Poland uses zloty because it is smart. Took as an example many countries like Italy where introduction of the euro has destroyed the wealth of many. That's why is always postponing the adoption. They know their economy is not resilient enough to stand the "blow".
Yes, your roots may be in Opole (Oppeln i think in german), ad this is part of śląsk (silesia). There is lower silesia more on west, opplau silesia in middle and higher silesia on east. Don't ask me about names otrgins :D
In Old Polish and West Slavic, "opole" meant "a neighbourly, territorial community" fighting for common interests (generally, the Polish state in the first 3-4 centuries consisted of such local communities gathered around a strong leader - self-sufficient and relatively independent of the king, which over time transformed into principalities - each of them was ruled by one of the princes from the Piast dynasty).
W Polsce powstała pierwsza konstytucja w Europie a druga w świecie, po konstytucji amerykańskiej. Państwo polskie istnieje 1000 lat .Dla porównania państwo niemieckie zostało utworzone w 1866r.
"Załatwić" has multiple meaning - take care of something, make something happen, obtain something rare, solve a dispute, or even kill someone depending on the context - but in general it means "solve the problem"
Teoretycznie Polska znajduje się w centrum Europy... Z tego co kojarzę znajduje się tu również pomnik wyznaczający środek naszego kontynentu... A dokładnie owy pomnik znajduje się w Suchowoli jednym z polskich miast.
1. Konrad is very popular name in Poland 2. Yeah, pope John Paul 2nd was from Poland (also he's still the only pope from Poland) 3. Gdańsk = Danzig its sthe same city 4. Polish trains... most of them are pretty modern today but they're almost always late 😅 5. After WW2 Poland gain some lands on west, exactly where you see Silesia, Greater Poland and Pomerania, so your so your family can come from Silesia lands which before WW2 was German 6. I live in Poland but I've never seen Błędne Skały, I think its worth to visit 7. If you like Wawel castle then go visit Kraków, entire old town looks like this 8. Yeah its the same Sudets land 9. I can confirm that Poland have some sand dunes and desert 😅 10. Yeah, we made Cyberpunk, all Witcher games. There is a lot of IT industry, and many games studios (CD Project Red is also a polish studio, you can course us for forcing so many people to buy a new PCs to play Witcher and Cyberpunk 🤣) 11. Bear Wojtek was in polish army during WW2, and fighting mostly in Italy, he was carrying altilery ammo (for example during fights for Monte Cassino). As I remember soldiers found that bear when he was little. 12. Yeah, this duck is delicious, but apples are inside the duck. I'm almost sure that you will get potatoes as a side dish when you will order it (as for most dishes in Poland😅) 13. Is vodka from Poland? Nobody really knows for sure 😅 14. You're right, "załatwić" means "make something done" or "get something" 15. No, we don't use Euro currency and it doesn't look like that will happen in near future 16. There is no TV channel about the pope, that is not true. There is one TV channel for catholics with praying (and "news" containing propaganda of the previous government, don't ever watch it) but its not about the pope 🤣 17. Nameday is celebrated in Poland but not as a bithday, that very depends on region you're in and family traditions 18. Slovakian language it understendable for Poles and I think Slovakians can understand us as well (not completely but its very similar) 19. In Poland since I remember there always was a lot of people from Ukraine, but before the war most of them were students. After that a lot of people escaped from Ukraine to Poland. 20. upa was an Ukrainian military organisation which made a lot of horrible war crimes during WW2 on polish people. In Poland they are treated the same as Nazis. 21. We are friends with Lithuania because of our common history, the same with Hungary. Also during long history Hungary and Poland helped each other so many times. If someone from Poland goes to Hungary, they will be welcomed there very nicely, and of course, Poles greet Hungarians the same way. I hope in Lithuania is the same but I've never been there.
4:33 - even around 20 yrs ago we had very bad transport communication but since this time it improved very fast. Now it is really good and still develops. However, train system is little bit behind but now we intend to develop it significantly during the next decade.
Silesia is the same lime schlesien, this is the same region but spoke o different langages. Major city is Wrocław(Breslau), Opole (Opplen), and Katowice (Kattowitz)
NO. We have our own currency and we do not want the euro because every country that adopted the euro suffered from price increases. We don't have it and we don't want it. Greetings from Poland
14:30 The expression "załatwić sprawę" in Polish usually means to complete some task or solve a problem in an efficient and effective way. It can mean completing some action, dealing with formalities or resolving a conflict. It is generally used in the context of finalizing some issue or achieving some goal. For example, to 'deal with an issue in an office' means to complete the necessary formalities to achieve an objective.
@@chris.poland now , when I think about it, Christopher is Not a equivalent of the name Christian . The correct answer is Christian = Krystian in Polish and in that case your name day is 18 of March and 4 of December. Sorry for misinformation. My only excuse is … Stop drinking while you’re watching YT :-))
0:54- Well not really i think we had more wars with Russians then with Germans. How do i feel about it? well it sucked becouse there was never good time in this country do develop itself but always we had to fight, kinda fucked up but nothing we can do about it. 1:48- Yes it is used in Poland nowadays we probably share alot of names due to popularity of western names in Poland. 3:37- He was. 3:52- Yes it was Danzig. 3:54-Well it depends in my region it is pretty okay, but in some regions it's just ass 11:48- Yes. 12:10- Well he was carrying boxes etc. 13:38-Well we did but it was a little bit diffrent beverage the nowadays 14:29- Yeah , it means that something will be done or could be done 15:28 Many Poles after observing what euro done to other countries is not to favorable to adopting the euro, i mean rising prices, lack of control etc. many thinks that Germany is carrying euro and rest of EU is just not doing to good so until our economy is developing in good pace we won't be to faverable to euro 16:29 Conservative news, live papal state, live masses 17:15 Well WWII topic in Poland is still alive so there always be that kinda thinking but it hard to be other way when you still can find german tanks in the lakes or guns even unmarked gravestones and also this war fucked us so much that we just can't forget. 19:32 Well it is amazing but also tiring that we should always keep in mind our history.
Of course Gdańsk = Danzig, Śląsk = Schlesien, Sudety = Sudetenland. Mazury = East Prussia also. Schlesien and Sudetenland were "meeting places", sometimes points of contention between Germany, Poland and Czechia. Gdańsk was an important port, historically mostly belonging to Poland, but being a business center of German and Dutch merchants. Mazury (East Prussia) originally inhabited by Baltic tribes (Prusians), Christianized by the Teutonic Order and then became German Prussia.
Sorry for the inconvenience with the audio from 21:40, something went wrong by the upload on youtube (I checked the original file and there was everything fine). I hope you can enjoy the video anyway :)
Regard whole Eastern/Central European debate. Important thing to note is the time period. In historical context Poland was East Europe, because Russia was not considered as Europe at all. During Cold War, there was a Eastern Block what enforced confusion. But from point of recognition of Soviet Union as Europe, basing on Ural Mountains argument. Poland should not be refereed as East of Europe, especially considering not just location in the center, but also massive cultural differences between West and East Slavs, dating even before 10'th century. Poland, Czechia and Slovakia, are and almost sways was part of Western cultural influence zone. It was not a region related to the Rus people.
Gdańsk (pol.) = Danzig (ger.)
Poznań (pol.) = Posen (ger.)
Opole (pol.) = Oppeln (ger.)
After WWII we brought back towns Polish names. Some were adjusted, like Allenstein into Olsztyn (similar pronunciation).
Polish train lines can be tricky. Sometimes they are GOATs, sometimes (mainly in winter) they can be 16 hours late.
Silesia, pol. Śląsk = ger. Schlessien
5:37, Geography Now forgot about Kuyavia and Mazovia.
8:05 "East European"? What do you mean!????
In the Czech Republic we learnt more about Poland at class of history at primary and secondary school, especially about tearing apart of Poland between empiry of Prussia, Austria and Russia, about polish hero Tadeusz Koszciusko.
You Czechs are amazing - didn't they teach you in school that Poland wouldn't exist without the Czechs? Your modesty is touching. If it wasn't for Dobrawa, the Czech princess, Poland wouldn't have been baptized and exist it was in 966 year. We have many stories including wars but I love you. Yes, we Poles have always been between Russia and Germany and it was Dobrawa's help and the adoption of christianity that allowed us to save ourselves from the German invasion - it was 1058 years ago. I will only add that no one had heard of Russia at that time. It didn't exist. Slavs are quite a distinctive group.
Oo nie wiedziałem że w Czechach macie coś w szkole o Polsce
To interesujące
@@chomic76 Poland would have been baptized anyway, they would have been conquered sooner or later Christianization of Europe from Norway to Poland and then elsewhere
@@chomic76 You, Czechs, have always acted to Poland's advantage and whenever the opportunity arose, e.g. in the Battle of Grunwald, you helped the Teutonic Knights
@@arkadiuszkusa7569 Náš další blahořečeny svatý Vojtech byl zavražděn v pohanskych Prusech. Máme hodně společného. Zmínil bych ještě polsko-litevskou dynastii Jagiello na českém trůnu krále Vladislava II. Jagelonskeho a jeho syna Ludvíka. Tehdy Polsko-Litevská unie byla jedna z evropských velmoci.
The name Konrad is popular in Poland due to a poem by Adam Mickiewicz "Konrad Wallenrod" about a Lithuanian who was captured and educated by his enemies, the Teutonic Knights. The most famous Polish Konrad was the writer Joseph Conrad, born as Józef Konrad Korzeniowski.
Konrad has been used since medieval times in Poland.
Oh, girl... the name Konrad has been popular in Poland since the early Middle Ages. And the most famous Polish Konrad is Prince Konrad of Masovia, who invited the Teutonic Order to Poland to help him fight the pagans in the North (Balto-Slavic tribe of Prussians). As we all (Poles) know, the Teutonic Knights betrayed the prince, and in the end the Poles fought many wars with them, before they were finally defeated and liquidated in the 15th century (with the cooperation of Poles and Lithuanians).
@@alh6255 There's a difference between "existing" and "popular".
Not Lithuanian but Ruthenian. U know fck all
Załatwić was popular during comunistic period when shops were empty...
Hugh Laurie (Dr House actor) said "Russian vodka is ok if you need to clean the oven. For drinking it must henceforth be Polish"
1. Yes, John Paul II was a Pope from 1978 to 2005
2. No, we don’t use Euro
3. UPA was an Ukrainian Independence Army during WW2. They murdered 100,000 Polish civilians 1943-1945
4. We like Lithuania because Poland was in Personal Union with Lithuania from 1386 to 1569 and then Poland and Lithuania became one country in 1569 till 1795 when they got partitioned
Lithuania has special place in Polish hearts 😊
And polish 100 zloty note.
@@PansiusiakPiotr the feeling is not mutual they mostly hate Poles quietly because they dont understand history
No, @@vertox78. More bc of Polish bolshevik war and the hard Wilno situation
5. Polish made famous game Withcher then somone made movie based on the game. 6. The movie so called Matrix made by sisters Wachowski
So answers:
2:38 Nice that u noticed that.
3:36 Yes, he was.
3:53 Yes, Gdańsk is a polish name for this city.
4:33 Even don't get me started.
5:10 Yes again it is Schlesien in German.
14:32 It means to get thing done usually through some personal connections or other means.
15:28 No, we don't use Euros.
16:28 Not sure what he was talking about. We have a catholic channel run by the priest and there was a pope channel, but it was a temporary anniversary thing.
25:16 Here we go: Good morning, hey, one, two, three, four, five, six
26:09 UPA was a fascist revolutionary group that that fought for Ukraine independence after WWII and committed many crimes against civilians in Poland and Soviet Union.
26:42 We had a country together, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, in the past.
polish name >>> Polish name
A lot of Polish architecture is very colorful and looks Italian. Renaissance was the golden age of Poland.
This is true, the italian influence is way more visible in polish architecture than in german. It’s pretty surprising.
Ja und wer da der König der Polen ? Es war der Deutsche Sachse August der Starke 😂😂😂
@@klausbecker8898 That king was actually one of the worst in Polish history. Incompetent glutton.
@@klausbecker8898 and that colorful architecture comes mostly from Jagiellonian dynasty times. Remember that Germany has been a barbaric country through most of its history. Poland was the center of culture and power for centuries.
Actually golden age of Poland is now ;)
Chistian, or Krystian in Polish, celebrates his name day on March 18, April 7, December 4 and December 20. Name day is usually celebrated on the day closest to the birthday. And when it comes to birthdays, they are also celebrated in Poland.
In Upper Slesia, they celebrate almost exclusively birthdays.
Wszystko najlepszego ❤🎉
Copernikus wasnt German. His mother was from Germany father from Poland. In our culture progeniture is by sword.
And technically at the time that part of Prussia was Polish territory as well.
I wish all the best to Rzeczpospolita Polska!!
3 Rzeczpospolita Polska:
-1 one was in medical before we were torn apart
-2 afer ww1 when we declared independence after 123 years
-3 after USSR fell and we declared independence once again
Anyway thx very much from Warsaw
Basicaly we were invaded so frequently in last 500 years that only my and my parents generation know what peace is.
basicaly >>> basically / my and my parents >>> me (OR I) and my parents' generation
1:38 @@markmal8479 thanks grammar nazi , English isn't my first or second language even .
Also - my generation not me generation so maybe be sure you're right yourself before correcting someone
The bear took part in the Battle of Monte Cassino. Its task was to provide ammunition for artillery units. Initially, Wojtek could not tolerate the noise caused by artillery fire and bombing. For this reason, he did not leave the room. After getting used to the noise, he watched the battle from the nearby trees. According to soldiers, the bear was supposed to help carry ammunition boxes or bullets. The emblem of the 22nd Company, depicting a bear carrying a missile in its paws, became a commemoration of Wojtek's participation in the Battle of Monte Cassino[4].
Wojtek was not trained to work carrying forty-five-kilogram crates of missiles. He learned how to handle cargo by observing soldiers. Without encouragement, Wojtek grabbed the crates and carried them in his characteristic way: standing on his hind legs, he spread his arms into which the soldiers placed the ammunition crates. The bear carried them near the firing positions and then returned to the truck for another portion of the load. The soldiers sometimes encouraged Wojtek to help by giving treats in return, because the bear himself decided when and how long he would work. During the Battle of Monte Cassino, Wojtek's company delivered the following cargo to Polish and British troops: 17,300 tons of ammunition, 1,200 tons of fuel and 1,100 tons of food[6]. Since then, the symbol of the 22nd Company has become a bear with a bullet in its paws. This badge appeared on military cars,
I visited Poland this past September, 2023. I spent 10 days in Poland and 1 day on Berlin. I drove through the entire country, documenting the main cities. Polish are great people. Very helpful and hard workers. The city I recommend you to visit are Krakow, Warsaw and Wroclaw.
Thanks for the recommendation:) So where are you from?
@chris.poland I am originally from Brazil but I have have lived in USA for the past 23 years. I recently visited Berlin, and while passing by the Gendarmenmarkt Square, I felt like I was walking through German's empire because of the beautiful square. I am glad to see a new generation of Germans caring about what happened in the past so they can have a peaceful and tremendous future in peace and prosperity. I always look for historic places and in my videos I bring music to special landmarks.
Polecam też Łódź. Miasto 4 kultur... NIEMIECKA, ROSYJSKA, ŻYDOWSKA i POLSKA. Taki Polski Liverpool, domy z czerwonej cegły.
Polish are ... >>> Polish people (OR Poles) are ... // The city I rec... >>> The cities I rec...
@@chris.poland His name is Silveira which in a Spanish surname so he can be from any Spanish speaking countries.
The word "załatwić" generally means "to solve a problem", "to accomplish a task". In the past, during communism, it was sometimes associated with the use of cunning, or even with dishonesty or corruption, because many things necessary for life had to be obtained in this way in order to survive.
Załatwić means to settle, arrange something, but also to kill or destroy, or to silence someone (załatwić somebody), and załatwić się means to pee (or something more)
Excellent summary. Also worth mentioning, the related term "kombinować", meaning to figure things out or to get things done using shifty or unconventional means.
@@alh6255 "załatwić się" can also mean "to do something bad to yourself" (e.g. by accident). This word actually has many interesting meanings depending on the context.
@@pawerog161 "załatwić się" can also mean "do toilet things"
I would recommend the author of this video to read a little about Polish and German history before he goes to commenting. For example such fundamental facts that Silesia was a core part of the Polish state from the year 1000 to 1260, then it was colonized by German settlers, then annexed by the Bohemian crown, then grabbed by the Habsburgs, then in 1738 conquered by war by Prussians, and in 1945 given by the Soviets to their vassal Poland. Parts of Silesia have been continously inhabited by Slavic (Polish dialects) speaking people until 1940. The easternmost part of Silesia, inhabited by majority of Polish speakers was ceded from Germany to Poland in 1922.
Mówili po staropolsku
Dokładnie
There was a time when we bordered with Hungary when there was no Slovakia and we had the same king Stefan Batory...
We bordered Hungary also when Slovakia existed (as Czechoslovakia) - namely in the years 1918-1945
Stefan Bathory was never the king of Hungary (you are talking nonsense). He was elected king by the Poles, but in Hungary he was only the prince of Transylvania (i.e. one of the Hungarian provinces). By the way, this historic Hungarian province was forcibly transferred to Romania by Stalin after World War II, but it is still inhabited mainly by Hungarians and is a point of contention between Hungary and Romania.
@@alh6255True but we had a common ruler. It was Zikmund Lucemburský/Zygmunt Luksemburski. I think also Ladislaus of Varna/Władysław Warneńczyk was also a king of Hungary for a while.
@@alh6255 You are completely right. Sorry for my mistake. Batory was the prince of Transylvania and the husband of Anna Jagiellonka and iure uxoris Polish king.
@@agnieszkazuk :)
Hi Chris! Let's answer all the questions you raised:
1. No, giving names after names of the week is not common. The origin of Polish last names is extremely diverse, so there's no much patterns there. Though typically many Polish last names end on "ski".
2. Conrad ("Konrad" in Polish) is a very common name. You'd be surprised how much Germans and Polish names have in common.
3. Poland it's in fact in Central Europe, but most people split Europe on two halves, which gets Poland on the East side.
4. Yes, Gdansk is "Danzig" in German. Many Germans go there for summer vacations. It's one of my favorite cities in Poland.
5. The highways in Poland have improved tremendously. They can get you to all major cities fairly quickly. Unfortunately they're not cheap.
6. Yes, Silesia used to be populated by many Germans, so there's a chance your grandfather could have been from there.
7. Honestly, I haven't heard much about Bledne Skaly, but I'm sure it can be researched.
8. Yes, Wawel Castel on Wawel Hill in Cracow is amazing. Worth checking out.
9. Yes, Sudety Mountains were on Hitler's target list.
10. Yes, sand dunes are massive in Poland, and nice to explore.
11. Treacle is some kind of sugar syrup.
12. Yes, Bernstein is "bursztyn" in Polish.
13. The bear in the army was more of a one-off gimmick, rather than actually attempt to see if bears make good soldiers.
14. Apples in Polish dishes don't serve as side dish or substitute to rice or potatoes, but rather small addition to diverse the flavors. As vegan, I don't recommend trying duck or anything that was a living being at some point. Try pierogi with cabbage and mushrooms instead - they're amazing!
15. Yes, vodka originates from Poland. Nothing to be proud of though.
16. Yes, "zalatwic" basically means to get the shit done despite difficulties.
17. Yes, Poland refused to use Euro currency, and as the years shown, it was a good move.
18. Yes, there's a religious channel, but it's not about Pope per se, but rather anything related to Christianity. The truth is, only fraction of old people care about this channel.
19. No, name day is more of a thing of the past, when it would be celebrated almost like birthday. Just another excuse to get presents. But these days they're hardly celebrated.
20. No, Copernicus ("Kopernik" in Polish) was 100% Polish.
21. Czech and Slovak languages are fairly easy to understand for Polish, and grammatically and phonetically are the closest to Polish language.
22. To my knowledge Poland took over 15 million of Ukrainian refugees.
23. There's history of about two centuries of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
24. Hungary has some historical friendship with Poland.
Almost everything Paweł wrote was true, except one. Try the duck with apples, Paweł is a vega or something so you understand, he has something wrong under his skull.
15 million Ukrainian refugees? 1/3 of entire population?
@@VictorMabasha Since when depriving animals of life to please our tastebuds for 5 minutes is considered wrong? If you think kindness and compassion is wrong, I genuinely feel sorry for you. Peace.
Mikołaj Kopernik (Nicholaus Copernicus) was German by origin, but he served the Polish king (he participated in the coronation of King Sigismund the Old), was a Polish diplomat and even commanded (partially) the defense of Olsztyn during the war with the Teutonic Order.
@@pawelzawislak1671you edited that part out anyway so nvm
Yup, we did make Cyberpunk, The Witcher, Dying Light and Dead Island also come from Poland :))
(And no we don’t use Euro…)
Dying Light too?!??! Wait... Techland is Polish... Call of Juarez!
and Gothic
@@denkigama5331 Isn't Gothic from Germany? 🤔
@@JesiAsh no. Polish developer piranha bytes
@@JesiAsh Gothic is from Germany, he trolling you, but Call Of Juarez, Witcher, Cyberpunk, Dying Light, Dead Island, PlayWay(that company who make/release a lot of Simulators) also is Polish, Ghostrunner also is from Poland also FrostPunk, maybe u also know Sniper Ghost Warrior and Lords of The Fallen(that one from 2014, that from 2023 was crated by other studio but still published by Polish company CI Games) this games also is from Poland - we have a lot games studios but that i mentioned are more recognizable
Copernicus (the Latin version of the Polish name Kopernik) was born in the Kingdom of Poland, his mother came from a German family, his father from a Polish one, but both of them had been subjects of the Polish kings for generations. Copernicus graduated in medicine and astronomy in Krakow (Jagiellonian University) and then studied in Padua in Italy, after which he worked for the Polish king, for the longest time as the head of the crew of the castle in Frombork (in Polish Pomerania). Here he wrote (in Latin) his opus magum "On the Revolutions of Heavenly Bodies" and economic and medical works.
Ukrainian refugees: now it is about 1 million. But from the beginning of war 18,6 millions of Ukrainians crossed the border. Of course not everybody stayed in Poland. Almost 17 mln came back to Ukraine. 20 k cross the border daily, but also 17 k go back.
Wow that's crazy. A big Thank you to the polish people, that help the ukranians so well :)
Te dane sobie wydłubałaś palcem z tyłka?
@@seboho6938tak twoim z mojego😎
@@Quinnstown Gdzie się szczochu wcinasz? Do ciebie dzwonią, że kłapiesz ryjem?
@@chris.polandAt the beginning of the war, which was the worst time, a lot of Polish people were taking Ukrainian refugees to their homes and they stayed in the Polish families for some weeks. And everyone were collecting money, in their families or at work or at churches, or making packages with essential products to help invaded Ukrainians.
We dont want euro.
Yeah, 90% of Polish are against german ojro.We will keep Polish Zloty for ever!!
Exectly ❤
Chcemy.
@@alinam.1710 te 1710 w twoim nicku amebo to co znaczy?
@@jaraskowalski9967 Spytaj ameby, mędrcze. Stary numer ruskich trolli - używanie emblematów narodowych państw w których mącą. Wiesz już?
I found your channel and subscribed already, it's a nice feeling to see someone cares about your country and it's culture:)
Poland actually have some islands but they're really small, our largest one is called Wolin and we also have a city Świnoujście which is called the city of 44 islands
4:33 I think we have similar with PKP (Polish state railways)
12:08 Wojtek was a Syrian bear adopted by Polish soldiers moving West during World War II, he fought under the Monte Cassino where he carried artillery shells (yes casually standing on two legs) he was not aggressive towards people at all and often wrestled with soldiers. It's also not the only time we had a bear in army, because even before there was Baśka, a polar bear who fought in the Polish-Bolshevik war
in lithuania, when local russians call us fascists, we call them schweine
😂
Are u OK? I mean right now!!!???
Its no joke, Are You OK?
1. Yes, Konrad is used in Poland - not very common but we have few Konrads here and there. 2.Yes, Gdansk is Danzig. 3. Trains got modernized in the last few years as well as railway system. Still being late sometimes but quite modern in overall. 4. Jean Paul II-yes, he was a Pope from 1978-2005. 5. Cyberpunk and The Witcher were both created by Polish company CD Project 6. Nope we are not using Euro 😉 still paying with Polish złoty 7. Never heard of the channel dedicated to Pope specifically. We have Telewizja Trwam which is religious channel but not talking about Pope only. 8. Well, we've been attacked constantly, over and over again throughout the centuries from left, right, north and south 😮💨
Zrób sobie test krwi DNA na haplogrupy
Okaże się że jesteś Polakiem
Poland Lithuania Ukraine Belarus was 1 country ;) "Commonwealth", they was split when was first partition of Poland (Poland had teritory from Baltic sea to Black Sea). When Poland was big we shared border with Hungarians and we help each others.
Ukraine never was together with US.
@@l.s.2650 To chyba słabo znasz historie, nawet podczas 2 wojny światowej w polskiej armii służyło około 120tys Ukraińców
@@cptharlockpest8606 dobrze znam historię. Ukraińcy służyli w Wojsku Polskim na tej samej zasadzie dziesiątki tysięcy Polakow służyło w Wehrmachcie.
Jakieś wnioski?
Ukraina w momencie osiągnięcia stanu świadomej odrębności od reszty ziemi koronnych, walczyła o swą niepodległość, nawet nie tyle o niepodległość co odłączenie od Polski. Czego najlepszym dowodem może być Układ w Perejasławiu.
Oni wola Rosjan od Polaków.
To co się dzieje teraz jest chwilowe, niedługa przejrzą na oczy.
Litwini faktycznie byli naszymi wspólnikami, a przodkowie dzisiejszych Białorusinów NIGDY nie powstali przeciw WKL.
Robienie z Ukraińców część naszej paczki jest mocno na wyrost.
Oni wszyscy czują wspólnotę w ramach WKL a nie w ramach RON.
Nienajlepiej to jest z Twoją wiedza historyczna.
@@cptharlockpest8606 dobrze znam historię.
Kilkadziesiąt tysięcy Polaków służyło w Wechrmachcie, że o armiach zaborczych nie wspomnę. Jakieś wnioski?
Jednym z Ukraińców w Wojsku Polskim był Roman Szuchewycz, wiesz o tym?
Uważaj trochę z takimi argumentami.
Ukraińcy odczuwają wspólnotę z Litwą i Białorusią z powodu swej historii w ramach WKL, to wtedy tworzyły się podwaliny ich państwowości a przynajmniej świadomości etnicznej w kontrze do Moskwy.
Wszystko się zmieniło po Unii Lubelskiej i Unii Brzeskiej, gdyż wtedy to zaczęli systematycznie powstawać przeciw Koronie, a tym samym przeciwko nam.
Woleli nawet swoją bratnią Ruś (1654) od nas. Sytuacja powtórzyła się w czasie istnienia Galicji w ramach zaboru austriackiego. Obecnie Ukraina jest równie wroga nam jak i Rosji, z powodu korzyści materialnych ukrywa swe prawdziwe oblicze w stosunku do nas. Choć kilka miesięcy temu ich prezydent miał chwilę prawdy.
Od 2014 jest pomiędzy nimi kosa, inspirowana amerykańskim dolarem, ale wszystko wróci do normy.
@@l.s.2650 To co napisałeś nie zaprzecza faktowi że byliśmy jednym państwem, mimo tego kto co wolał.
John Paul II was a Pope
Gdańsk is Danzik.
Silesia (pl: Śląsk) is in german Schlesien. Opole (Oppeln) is part of Upper Silesia (Oberschlesien). Lot's of people here has a family in Germany.
Malbork Cassle was in fact built by Germans (Teutonic Order)
Cyberpunk is a Polish game
Now we are less etnicly homogenus that when this viedeo was recorded. We have lot's of ukrainians since 2014 and many many more after 2022. Also there was companies contracted with Polish goverment that sold Polish visas mostly in middle east countries.
We don't use Euros
UPA was a Ukrainian nationalist group created in WW2
Since 1386 we and Lithuania had a common King, since 1569 we were a federation untill 1795
Yes, everything of what did you say in Slovak i basically understandable for a Pole : (SLO) Dobrý deň = (PL) Dzień dobry, (SLO) Ahoj = (POL) Cześć - but Ahoj in polish is widely used by polish sailors as a greeting ^^, counting sounds basicaly the same too
In German it is used for sailing too 😂
@@chris.poland The thing is that Slovakia doesn't have access to any sea. I always laugh at that with my Slovak friends since they use it a lot
Poland is so strong because of history
Poland is „strong“ because of the EU subsidies 😂
@@afjo972 you are only repaying what you destroyed in subsidies
For sure. But the main thing is because of Polish people. I have a lot of respect for them. I spent 10 days in Poland and drove through the main cities. I loved the country. I'm hoping to go back in April.
@@afjo972 So is Getmany, thanks to everything they stole from Poland and other occupied countries. Including golden teeth, taken from the victim’s at concentration camps. Btw. Polish artifacts, are still in museums or households in Germany.
@@afjo972 I would spit in your face, you are doing everything to make Poland not strong and you are dividing us as a nation, that's why you are doing everything to make Poland not independent, if it weren't for the war today, Poland would be richer than Spain, it would almost be comparable to Germany, does it hurt you, Germany?You are doing everything to prevent Poland from growing! Are you afraid that if Poland had its own car production, it would be competition for the Germans and much more
Silesia was definitely originally not a German region (although later it was under German control). And in the years 1919-1921 there were three uprisings against Germany in order to ensure that Silesia comes back to Poland (Silesian Uprisings). And also in September 1939 people in Silesia were fighting against German aggresion - one of the famous examples is the defense of Parachute Tower by Polish scouts, boys and girls (most of them were killed), in Katowice (Kattowitz). And when You go for a walk in the forests of this region, there are many monuments to commemorate the graves of the Polish, scouts and others, murdered in these forests by Germans during the II WW. But it's true that the history of the region is complicated and for some centuries, before the II World War, people from different nations lived there together, also a lot of Germans. And Silesian dialect is a mixture of Polish words (often in old form) and also of German words.
"Załatwiać" or "zauatwiac" basically means to get something (as in an item) or get something done, but-very crucially- in an off- the books, cunning or creative manner. I THINK this mostly became popular in the communist era when you just couldn't do or get much without sort of bending the rules a bit :)
Just something like do it, no matter what the obstacles are?
@@chris.poland I guess you could say so.
Thats nice! 😃 I have to use it more in my daily life!@@invinciblemic
I'd say it's more like "Do/get/achieve something in a smart, not always honest/legal way, using your wit as well as connections etc."
Did you know that Nietzche claimed to be Polish and his idea of a ubermensch is based on the Polish nobility.
Also von Clausewitz always emphasized his Polish origins and was proud that he came from the Polish nobility.
Polen fasziniert! Es gibt hier inzwischen viele Channels von den deutschen Auswanderern, die in Polen die zweite Heimat gefunden haben. Einer der ersten und bekanntesten ist zum Beispiel Steffen Möller. Sein Audiobook Viva Polonia ist etwas alt aber immernoch sehr unterhaltsam. Ein Britte "Rob Reacts" oder der "Mert Pol" aus Schottland das sind andere Beispiele von TH-camrn die Polen für sich entdeckt haben.
Chris ich wünsche dir viel Erfolg mit deinem Channel. Die Polen werden dich nicht enttäuschen. Woher in Deutschland bist du?
Dankeschön. Ja ich habe auch schon gemerkt, wie enthusiastisch die polnische Community ist. Ich komme aus Bayern :)
Was für mich am faszinierendsten ist, ist das man in Deutschland nicht bewusst , sondern unbewusst immer noch leicht diesen sowjetischen Eindruck im Hinterkopf hat, vermutlich auch deshalb, weil man gesehen hat, wie es der DDR ging. Als Kind habe ich Nahe der thüringischen Grenze gelebt und ich muss schon zugeben, dass man wirklich an den Gebäuden gemerkt hat, dass man plötzlich in Thüringen war. Aber von dem was ich bisher von Polen gesehen habe, sieht es genauso aus wie Deutschland, an vielen Stellen sogar besser beziehungsweise so gut wie die schönsten deutschen Städte. Deswegen ist es so schade, dass ihr nur ein Drittel des GDP per capita (BIP pro Kopf im Deutschen) habt, wie wir.
Nawet w czasach gdy Polska zniknęła z map świata na 123 lata Polacy utrzymywali swoją tożsamość i język, nie dali się zgermanizować ani zrusyfikować. Zawsze walczyli o swoją niepodległość i swoje istnienie. Dlatego,że tak często byli atakowani w swojej historii, bardzo dobrze rozumieją tych którzy są napadani i atakowani . I tym Polska oferuje swoją pomoc.
Poland with beautiful cities worthy seeing Poznan, Torun, Gdansk, Gdynia, castle of Marlbork, Lodz, Krakow of course, and capital city of Warszawa.
To the 'Friend zone' section:
1. Czechs and Slovaks - totally true
2. why do we like and feel strong bond with Litvanians? - because both nations were part of Commonwelth during the time when Poland was strongest regional power in it's history.
3. Nobody know why Hungarians were perceived as our closest friends - we were just teached this since early education. This is however not true any longer, because Hungary plays in Putins' team, which is extreamly dsngerous for Polish freedom and independence.
It's probably like with Russia- people like each other but don't like the governments and politics.
@@violetindigo8514 ...and that is probably why russians are constantly trying to liberate people from other countries (that they like) from those people's goverments (that russians don't like).
@@violetindigo8514 And that is why Russians are trying to change governments in other countries? It makes sense.
Thank you so much for checking out my country 🥰
You are welcome :)
From the Polish point of view (and several neighbour countries too), the border between the Central and Eastern Europe goes along the same line as between the Catholic and Orthodox Christian countries. So, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Greece belong to Eastern Europe. These countries differ not only by religion but also by the cultural influence from Asia, that is Monngolia, Persia, Tartaria and Turkey. Of course the Central European countries: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Croatia have been under influence of their eastern neighbours, so the cultural border is permeable. In Poland, which is the largest of these countries, and historically most open for the influence from the East, there is a big cultural difference between Eastern and Western regions. The common historical denominator for the Central Europe is that these countries were in a varying period of time subject to foreign imperialistic rule, which reached its summit in the XIX century, when they were all under foreign rule. Another interesting fact is, that in some periods they were under either Polish (North) or Hungarian (South) rule. Bohemia sticks out from these rule, as they were under German Habsburg rule in almost 500 years, and a member of the Holy Roman Empire for 800 years.
In terms of video games the biggest ones from Poland:
The Witcher games, Cyberpunk and Dying Light.
20:27 Usually, we have several name days for each name, but we choose the one closest to our birthday (after the birthday, not before). For the name Krystian (polish equivalent of the name Christian), it is 18th march, 13th November or 4th December. Typically, on this day we don’t eat cake (at least in my family), but we spend the day together with friends, playing board games, watching the movies etc. Not everyone in Poland celebrates name days (in fact, fewer and fewer people do), but it is still somewhat of a Polish tradition.
Silesia is the Latin name of the province of the Kingdom of Poland adopted in the Middle Ages, derived from the Polish name Śląsk ( meaning wet, wetlands, swamps). The old Polish word "ślozy" also meant tears, and "śluz" means "mucus" (e.g. of a snail). German name Schlesien comes from the Polish name Śląsk.
Hmm I thought it came from the name of the Ślęża mountain.
@@tomaszgarbino2774 One of the most popular etymological theories says that the name Śląsk comes from the name of the West Slavic tribe Ślężanie, which researchers associate with the name of the Ślęża river or Ślęża mountain (this tribe was part of the tribes that created the Polish state). In turn, the name Ślęża refers to the Old Polish/Old Slavic term for something wet (in nature - such as marshes, wetlands, river floodplains, swamps or other areas with a large number of springs, streams, spring floods, etc.). It is also possible that this name (Ślęża) also refers directly to the term "tear" in Old Polish ("śloza"). Anyway, it has to do with moisture, something wet.
@alh6255 the name Silesia came from a Germanic Vandal tribe (the 'Silinger'). Also an East Germanic tribe (Lugians) lived in this region. .
It's possible that your grandfather came from Silesia. This region of Poland was once inhabited by Germans. Even many words from the Silesian dialect come from Germany. If you are interested in the story of a bear who served in the army, you should react to the film about him. "The story of Wojtek, the military bear"
Wow, how cool there is a film about him, but I would probably struggle to upload this on TH-cam due to Copyright reasons😅
Na Śląsku mieszkali Niemcy,ale jako osadnicy. Zamieszkany był przez Polaków. Wiele słów w gwarze śląskiej wynika z zajadłej germanizacji.
@@chris.poland In my opinion u should'nt have problems with that short film because it's old film and i saw a lot of ractions on this movie. i m realy courius your react. Keep your work doing
This region was not "once inhabited by Germans", but Germans began to settle there in the 18th century (and mix with Poles), when it came first under the rule of Austria, then Prussia. Many German Silesians were not so much new Silesians, but Germanized Silesians, especially in the second half of the 19th century during Bismarck's brutal Germanization of ethnically Polish areas (the so-called hakata). At that time, many Polish/Slavic surnames were forcibly changed to German ones, especially in Silesia and Kashubia, and speaking Polish on the street or in an office was punishable by imprisonment, while children were beaten at gendarmerie stations or in schools. Poles who insisted on their Polish origin were also forbidden to build houses.
Niemcy to osadnicy
W poszukiwaniu miejsca do życie u uprawy ziemi, osiedlali się wędrując ma wschód, nie tylko na terenach Polski ale były też osady w dzisiejszej Rumuni
Po najazdach mongołów były to ziemię spustoszone, wielu ludzi zostało wybitych
Stąd była zachętą żeby osiedlać niemieckojęzycznych mieszkańców
Stąd też duży wpływ był na rozwój Krakowa
Zachodnie kraje były rozwojowo wyżej niż wschodnie
Stąd można powiedzieć że przyczynili się do rozwoju Polski
lol we don't have last names from the day we were born, I think his last name is Piatek which is Freitag in German, and I think it is happenig in Germany to have last name Freitag or Sonntag, isn't it?
I think I had an Mr. Freitag as a teacher in school😂, but that was the only occasion when I ever heard a weekday as a last name in German. :)
@@chris.poland In Poland is not very common as well, just happens. You should definitely visit Poland, it is shame how Young Germans know little about neighbouring country, we are neigbours from over thousands years and a lot of common history (there were bad things but as well good things), you could start from visiting the Heimat of your grandpa, you can still have family there, there is strong German community near Opole (Oppeln I think?).
His surname was Napiontek
In Poland, for many centuries, in fact until the 20th century, it was very common (but of course not always) to give a child the name of a saint who was the patron of the day on which the child was born. That's why name days often coincided with birthdays, but not always. generally - name days were (and are) celebrated more solemnly than birthdays. In the case of birthdays, anniversaries such as 18th birthday, 30th birthday, 40th birthday, etc. are more solemnly celebrated.
Surnames such as Piątek - Friday, Środa - Wensday (contrary to what someone wrote above, these are two very popular surnames in Poland) come either from the day on which a given person (being e.g. Protestant, Jewish or Orthodox) was baptized Catholic, or e.g. he showed up and settled in a given town, or also left in on a given day from a serious illness. In the period when surnames were formed, such events could have strongly influenced the giving of a surname to someone. Similarly, it happened with other popular Polish surnames, such as Kwiecień (April), Wrzesień (September), Marzec (March(, Styczeń (January) and Grudzień (December).
No we dont use euro😅
PL
We suffered a lot in ll WW.My mother in law was a small girl then, and he whole life later on was affected by her neurosis and depressions..
4:38 when I went from Racibórz (it's near to Rybnik in Silesia) to Gdansk. The train was supposed to take 8 hours, but it took 13... Back again, without air conditioning, some people fainted because of the heat, we had change halfway. It was a massacre
HEY I LOVE YOUR REACTION ! ❤ AND YES WE TALK SHI ABOUT OUR RAILWAY SYSTEM TOO !😂😂😂
Cyberpunk... Yes
The Witcher (Books and Games) too
Polish-Lithuanian commonwealth
There are two dates for Kristian namr day. 18th March or 4th December. The date nearest your birthday is you name day. Traditionslly, presents are given
Thank you, so its Dec 4th. I have to celebrate that this year😂 I mean more presents for me is always a good thing😂
Bears name was Wojtek. A popular history channel ,,historia bez cenzury'' recorded a video about him. He carried weapons and ammunition in Monte Casino fight with Germans during WWII.
also in poland we use name Erwin wich is 100% German and yes Gdańsk is Danzik and Silesia is Schlesien also we made games like cyberpunk, witcher 1,2 and 3 and iron harvest; the bear was caring ammunition and medicines; creator of vodka was polish prist; no we use Złoty wich litelary mean somethig gold; your name day is 18 march, 13 november and 4 december and we celebrate it just like a birthday but without cake and maby a lot less peaple; i can speak polish becouse i am polish but in schooles we study english and german or russian ( it depends from school and teachers they have ); about friends we like lithuanians becouse of history but they don't like us from historical aspect becouse they think the lithuanian kingdom has fallen becouse of comondwell and hungary we just like eachother most becouse of helping eachother while comunism
Great video. Thanks and hope you will enjoy our Polish history , geography , etc ;)
Thank you :) BVB is finally doing well again ;)
@@chris.poland Yeah ! I remember better days but im a big fan since 2010 !HEJA BVB !
Good Luck tomorrow against Bochum. We have to get 3 Points today against Augsburg, otherwise Leverkusen is already Meister.
@@chris.poland Thanks ! Good results for Bayern today. You are still in the game :D Good luck for the rest of the season too !
This was a very good watch, keep it up!
Thank you, I hope to upload every second day :)
I come from Pomerania and my favourite local food is czarnina, soup made of duck blood and prunes.
Jestem po prostu bardzo dumna że jestem POLKĄ
I am very sorry about your grandfather , who was deported , poor man. My grandfather instead was on holidays in workcamp in beautiful Magdeburg since Sept.39 until May 45 .
"This is my buddy. He's half polish."
"I know nothing about Poland."
Yea he sure is polish
Silesia - Śląsk - Schlesien 😀
Your name in Polish is Krzysztof. You celebrate your name day on July 25. Germans don't celebrate name days, but what's the harm in organizing a party for your friends? Gifts from them are obligatory. When it comes to Polish fights, there is some truth in it. But someone else interrupts and we immediately argue. For history, I recommend watching the film from Sabaton's concert titled: 40:1. During World War II, in 1939, 730 Polish soldiers defended themselves against 42,000 German soldiers for three days.
So is Christoph = Christian ? Some others also used Krystian. I'm confused😅
@@chris.poland
pol. Krzysztof - ger. Christoph, Christof
pol. Krystian - ger. Christian
Your name day is celebrated on the day of the memory of a saint in the Catholic Church who had the same name as you. However, in Poland it is such a big tradition that even people who are not associated with the Catholic Church celebrate their name days.
The name Konrad is popular in Poland because of the book "Konrad Wallenrod" by Adam Mickiewicz, but there is also the name Kordian (means the one who gives his heart) which was created by the other polish poet Juliusz Słowacki in his book/drama titled "Kordian"
Adam Mickiewicz, Juliusz Słowacki, and Zygmunt Krasiński became known as the three national bards of Poland. Cyprian Kamil Norwid (one of his maternal ancestors was king Jan III Sobieski) is a contender to the title of the Fourth Bard of Polish literature, together with Stanisław Wyspiański, but I prefer Norwid :)
@@chris.poland Krystian (Christian) is a completely different name. You name day is on 18th of March. On your name day you celebrate... well... you. There is no rigid way to have fun. (Nationalist joke incoming) As hard as it has to be for a German man to have unstructured fun I truly believe you'll manage (Nationalist joke concluded.)
@janusz: wrong. Germans also celebrate name days, just not anymore that much than in the past. but 'Namenstag' is still known ...
Yes, Silesia is Schlesien and Oppeln is in Oberschlesien in Polish "Opole."
we have a lot of German names in Poland because before the partitions, a lot of Germans settled in Poland, often taking Polish surnames, and then during the partitions, a lot of them also settled there, for example, my grandmother's surname was Rozner. (spelled Rosner before polonization of the surname)
Wojtek the bear was trained by Polish artillerymen and gave ammunition. He took part in the Battle of Monte Cassino, where Kurt Student's commandos defended way to Rome on the German side.
Read Wojtek the Bear by Elisabeth Orr.
Thanks for the recommendation :), because of my ADHD reading is very exhausting for me, is there maybe a video about that topic.
@@chris.poland There are few videos about him actually: my favorite one being video from "Historia Bez Cenzury" (lit. "History Without Censorship" - Polish history YT channel that presents history with specific humor as the background) but that one doesn't have proper subtitles, but there are many others in English or with subtitles like the one from Stefan Tompson.
Suche nach "Rob Reacts to... The Story of Wojtek | The Polish Military Bear"
I actually come from a town close to Oppeln (Opole in polish) . It's so funny to meet a random German on TH-cam who's grandfather is also from there 😅
And we definitely understand Slovak and Czech languages even though they're sound really funny 😅
Pozdrawiam serdecznie 👍
Thanks, you too :)
First time I hear about Pope TV😅 in main channels we don't have it. There is one catholic TV it calls "Trwam". And about other nations it really has changed in last years. Of course you can see and hear now Ukrainians but also u can see people from Asia or even from Africa. Now is also more people discovering Poland like you, because before they thought here is nothing like in Siberia 😅 We weren't attractive in their eyes. And yes, we still don't have Euro and I think We feel good in this. I think Poles are attached to the zloty. About Silesia is little complicated, because this is where the Prussian partition took place and the people living there identify partly with Germans. Their language is a mix of Polish and German, so you would understand them to some extent. In my city there were three partitions, the so-called "Triangle of three emperors". For a long time there was a feeling of hostility towards each other. We still tell jokes about each other. Cheers from Poland😊
So your granddad comes from Silesia /Sląsk (Polish name)/ Schlesien (German version), from Oppeln - Opole today. I've spend my childhood there 🙂Opole is somehow a perfect middle sized city, very green, with lovely old town square, university, theatre, philharmonia, some industry etc. located by Odra (Oder in German) river. Easy to reach, it takes only 1.5 hour drive on the motorway from the nearest airport in Wrocław, or by train less than 1 hour.
It's funny when at the end you ask why Poland is friends with Lithuania, did they have a common history? hey, you listened to the whole video and didn't hear that it was said several times that Lithuania and Poland were a common state for several hundred years (also together with Belarus and Ukraine) - the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the kings of Poland were the Grand Dukes of Lithuania. In modern times, Lithuania, together with Poland and Ukraine, formed the Union of Lublin, for cooperation and common defense against Muscovy (Russia stole the name of its country from Ukraine, in ancient documents Ukraine is called Kievan Rus, and present-day Russia is Muscovy, so Lithuanians still call them that). You should also check out Lithuania :) We have the biggest rolling dunes in Europe! th-cam.com/video/WH9mTk1mxkI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=iq857lJVuB6S6bzd
Your name day is March 18/November 13 and December 4. In Poland, we usually choose the date furthest from the date of birth to have 2 events. Poor people try to choose a close date to celebrate birthdays and name days together.
If your grandfather was from Silesia, you must read "Kajś".
My grandfather used to say: "Many countries have natural disasters, for Poland the worst natural disaster is it's neighbours"
It always was true and probably always will be (at least till Russia will be pacified/or partitioned/or nuclear carpet bombed (last one was joke)[or not;)])
I am from Upper Silesia:Gliwitz.(Gliwice in polish)...from this land Germans escaped and polish ppl took their houses
When it comes to historical relationship between Germans and Poles, it's definitely a complicated topic 🙂It wasn't just invasions, but also German colonization of western Slavic (here: Polish) lands, so-called Ostsiedlung. Also many Polish cities have been founded under Magdeburg law. The (mostly) German Teutonic Knights were at first a help against the pagan Prussians (Baltic peoples), and then a menace to Poland after they captured Gdańsk/Danzig in 1308 (until we regained it back in 1466). The positive thing I can say here is that Teutons and the German Hanza League did develop Gdańsk/Danzig nicely. Before that however German colonization was already in full bloom in Pomerania and Silesia. I think it was a semi-natural process, similar to how Polish colonization began affecting Ukrainian lands, but better organized. Mind you, during late medieval Ostsiedlung, Silesia belonged to Czech Kingdom, but the Kingdom itself was part of the Holy Roman Empire 😉 That's why there was much German influence there as well. Then later that German colonization started to bear fruit, when Pomeranian principalities finally emerged as parts of the Prussian Kingdom in 1701. Also Silesia became part of the Habsburg monarchy (basically Austria) in 1526 along with all Czech Kingdom, and later Prussia seized it from Austria in 1742. Then there were the partitions, when Prussia received new Polish lands (including Warsaw for a few years). And later nationalism became the driving factor for Germanization efforts by the united German state, directed against Polish culture. And of course, we did not like it in the least. Not to mention Hitler ;)
All in all, as a Polish person, I do recognize that German culture has been historically better developed, and as a result it was stronger than Polish. It's because Polish history actually started in the 10th century, whereas German's history as early the 5th century (as the Frankish Kingdom plus Alemanic principalities, all after the fall of Rome in the west). This is why historically you were a civilizing factor in Poland, but it's true we had to fight you off quite often too 😁Today I consider cities like Gdańsk/Danzig (I've been there very recently) or Wrocław/Breslau as rich in "colonial" architecture, built mostly by Germans (either under Teutonic/German or Polish sovereignty), but which cities have been given back to Poland after WW2, after whole centuries of them being outside of Poland.
speaking about our raillines, we've got only a few routes where our trains can go 200 km/h the main ones are to Katowice and Berlin. we've got local trains like SKM in Warsaw, literally S-Bahn in germany, and we've got also trains which drives only in the certain "Province", like KM (koleje Mazowieckie) or KD (koleje dolnośląskie), and so on.
The biggest differences beetwen Poland and Germany are the ages of the trains, we can still see trains from the 70', and they aren't atraction they're just a regular train which goes from point A to B. I hope you have read my comment and I hope i didn't make much mistakes in my english :)
Yes, there are some quite nice train connections in Poland. But some secondary lines are incredibly slow - basically all lines south of Wrocław, Katowice and Kraków. For example the train still takes about 4 hours to travel the 120 km between Wrocław and the Czech border.
8:06 Germany, Austria, France,… have everything Poland has and even more. Don’t act like Poland is something special cuz architecture-wise and landscape-wise it really cannot keep up with other European countries. Especially as a German you should know that. It’s time for you to explore your own country. Then you would have higher standards.
I never said something about the architecture of Austria or France. And yes Germany has a much more diverse Landscape then Poland because of the alps (but I didnt know at recording of the video anything about desert in Germany). First of all it's said when people criticise others for getting too easy excited, because we have enough drama and suffering in the world and many people are so frustrated, that positivity helps. Second Most Germans make a connection from East Germany to Poland, because both were so long behind the iron curtain, and tbh there wasnt very much nice buildings in East Germany compared to West Germany and also the average buildings and homes were quite ugly. Of course now it is much better, but also because Germans paid every year a huge amount of money for that. With that in mind I think you can understand the appreciation and surprise maybe a bit more.
What we feel? Probably we know now that we can't trust others. There is no loyalty, is only business.
5:22 you probably meant ''Opole'', yes, it's Silesia. Miroslav Klose was also born there :)
That bear in the Polish Army was taking the chests with ammunition and the artillery ammunation to the soldiers, the bear get name from soldiers "Wojtek". He love to drink beer with soldiers (for real he drink beer from the bottle with soldiers) after war he spend rest of life in zoo as the hero lol
And he also smoke.
15:26 No,in poland we aren't use euro. We use "Złoty" which translates to golden. Now 1 euro is 4.34zł
Yoooo, you didn't know Polish people made Cyberpunk? CDPR is our most global company and made The Witcher games too.
Did you know the first PC was invented by a Pole? Waaay way before Apple, which, by the way was also invented by a Pole - Steve Wozniak. (Not from poland, but Polish roots, grandparents)
Bear was carrying artillery shells in the battle of Monte Cassino.
We use Polish zloty currency, PLN. We do not watch this pope tv, i don't know who does :)
I can't get in my head, that you dont use the €, I thought this my whole life😅
@@chris.polandthat's amazing, that Euro is so natural for young people, I remeber German mark currency 🙃 I think still have some at home.
he he he, really?@@chris.poland
Poland uses zloty because it is smart. Took as an example many countries like Italy where introduction of the euro has destroyed the wealth of many. That's why is always postponing the adoption. They know their economy is not resilient enough to stand the "blow".
Szczecin - Stettin, Gdańsk - Danzig, Elbląg - Elbing, Pomorze - Pommern, Śląsk/Silesia - Schlesien, Katowice - Kattowitz, Sudety - Sudeten, Amber/Bursztyn - Bernstein, und s.w.
Yes, your roots may be in Opole (Oppeln i think in german), ad this is part of śląsk (silesia). There is lower silesia more on west, opplau silesia in middle and higher silesia on east. Don't ask me about names otrgins :D
In Old Polish and West Slavic, "opole" meant "a neighbourly, territorial community" fighting for common interests (generally, the Polish state in the first 3-4 centuries consisted of such local communities gathered around a strong leader - self-sufficient and relatively independent of the king, which over time transformed into principalities - each of them was ruled by one of the princes from the Piast dynasty).
W Polsce powstała pierwsza konstytucja w Europie a druga w świecie, po konstytucji amerykańskiej. Państwo polskie istnieje 1000 lat .Dla porównania państwo niemieckie zostało utworzone w 1866r.
"Załatwić" has multiple meaning - take care of something, make something happen, obtain something rare, solve a dispute, or even kill someone depending on the context - but in general it means "solve the problem"
Teoretycznie Polska znajduje się w centrum Europy... Z tego co kojarzę znajduje się tu również pomnik wyznaczający środek naszego kontynentu... A dokładnie owy pomnik znajduje się w Suchowoli jednym z polskich miast.
1. Konrad is very popular name in Poland
2. Yeah, pope John Paul 2nd was from Poland (also he's still the only pope from Poland)
3. Gdańsk = Danzig its sthe same city
4. Polish trains... most of them are pretty modern today but they're almost always late 😅
5. After WW2 Poland gain some lands on west, exactly where you see Silesia, Greater Poland and Pomerania, so your so your family can come from Silesia lands which before WW2 was German
6. I live in Poland but I've never seen Błędne Skały, I think its worth to visit
7. If you like Wawel castle then go visit Kraków, entire old town looks like this
8. Yeah its the same Sudets land
9. I can confirm that Poland have some sand dunes and desert 😅
10. Yeah, we made Cyberpunk, all Witcher games. There is a lot of IT industry, and many games studios (CD Project Red is also a polish studio, you can course us for forcing so many people to buy a new PCs to play Witcher and Cyberpunk 🤣)
11. Bear Wojtek was in polish army during WW2, and fighting mostly in Italy, he was carrying altilery ammo (for example during fights for Monte Cassino). As I remember soldiers found that bear when he was little.
12. Yeah, this duck is delicious, but apples are inside the duck. I'm almost sure that you will get potatoes as a side dish when you will order it (as for most dishes in Poland😅)
13. Is vodka from Poland? Nobody really knows for sure 😅
14. You're right, "załatwić" means "make something done" or "get something"
15. No, we don't use Euro currency and it doesn't look like that will happen in near future
16. There is no TV channel about the pope, that is not true. There is one TV channel for catholics with praying (and "news" containing propaganda of the previous government, don't ever watch it) but its not about the pope 🤣
17. Nameday is celebrated in Poland but not as a bithday, that very depends on region you're in and family traditions
18. Slovakian language it understendable for Poles and I think Slovakians can understand us as well (not completely but its very similar)
19. In Poland since I remember there always was a lot of people from Ukraine, but before the war most of them were students. After that a lot of people escaped from Ukraine to Poland.
20. upa was an Ukrainian military organisation which made a lot of horrible war crimes during WW2 on polish people. In Poland they are treated the same as Nazis.
21. We are friends with Lithuania because of our common history, the same with Hungary. Also during long history Hungary and Poland helped each other so many times. If someone from Poland goes to Hungary, they will be welcomed there very nicely, and of course, Poles greet Hungarians the same way. I hope in Lithuania is the same but I've never been there.
4:33 - even around 20 yrs ago we had very bad transport communication but since this time it improved very fast. Now it is really good and still develops. However, train system is little bit behind but now we intend to develop it significantly during the next decade.
Being Polish I want Germany to be big. We have a huge trade exchange with You
Silesia is the same lime schlesien, this is the same region but spoke o different langages. Major city is Wrocław(Breslau), Opole (Opplen), and Katowice (Kattowitz)
Poland Poland created Cyberpunk and Witcher.
NO. We have our own currency and we do not want the euro because every country that adopted the euro suffered from price increases. We don't have it and we don't want it.
Greetings from Poland
14:30
The expression "załatwić sprawę" in Polish usually means to complete some task or solve a problem in an efficient and effective way. It can mean completing some action, dealing with formalities or resolving a conflict. It is generally used in the context of finalizing some issue or achieving some goal. For example, to 'deal with an issue in an office' means to complete the necessary formalities to achieve an objective.
Christian in Polish is Krzysztof.. and your name day is twice in the year , 25 of July and 31 of October, greetings from Denver CO US 😊
Wow I have viewers from the US as well, how cool 😀. So is Christoph and Christian then the same?
@@chris.poland Krystian in polish.
@@chris.poland now , when I think about it, Christopher is Not a equivalent of the name Christian . The correct answer is Christian = Krystian in Polish and in that case your name day is 18 of March and 4 of December. Sorry for misinformation. My only excuse is … Stop drinking while you’re watching YT :-))
@@chris.poland Christopher=Krzysztof and Christian=Krystian
Niemiec zaskoczony że cyberpunk 2077 to polska gra 😄
I am not that much into video games 😂 I play Pokemon and played FIFA and everything Star Wars related and thats it 😂
0:54- Well not really i think we had more wars with Russians then with Germans.
How do i feel about it? well it sucked becouse there was never good time in this country do develop itself but always we had to fight, kinda fucked up but nothing we can do about it.
1:48- Yes it is used in Poland nowadays we probably share alot of names due to popularity of western names in Poland.
3:37- He was.
3:52- Yes it was Danzig.
3:54-Well it depends in my region it is pretty okay, but in some regions it's just ass
11:48- Yes.
12:10- Well he was carrying boxes etc.
13:38-Well we did but it was a little bit diffrent beverage the nowadays
14:29- Yeah , it means that something will be done or could be done
15:28 Many Poles after observing what euro done to other countries is not to favorable to adopting the euro, i mean rising prices, lack of control etc. many thinks that Germany is carrying euro and rest of EU is just not doing to good so until our economy is developing in good pace
we won't be to faverable to euro
16:29 Conservative news, live papal state, live masses
17:15 Well WWII topic in Poland is still alive so there always be that kinda thinking but it hard to be other way when you still can find german tanks in the lakes or guns even unmarked gravestones
and also this war fucked us so much that we just can't forget.
19:32 Well it is amazing but also tiring that we should always keep in mind our history.
Thank you for all the answers :)
I'm Atheist and thank You very much.
Me too :)
Of course Gdańsk = Danzig, Śląsk = Schlesien, Sudety = Sudetenland. Mazury = East Prussia also.
Schlesien and Sudetenland were "meeting places", sometimes points of contention between Germany, Poland and Czechia. Gdańsk was an important port, historically mostly belonging to Poland, but being a business center of German and Dutch merchants. Mazury (East Prussia) originally inhabited by Baltic tribes (Prusians), Christianized by the Teutonic Order and then became German Prussia.
We understand each other without translstion with: Czechs ,Slovaks ,Russians