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Polak means pole in polish language. It is offensive in USA because there was many immigrants from Poland who did not know English. Americans thought they were stupid and made up many polaks jokes. If you hear Jestem Polak, it means I'm polish.
It is actualy Marie Skłodowska-Curie, she was very proud of being Polish and put an emphasis on using her full name. The 'Curie' part is after her husband. I love your positive and open minded attitude 😀 Greetings from Poland!
"Polak" is not offensive at all but terms "Polaczek" which in UK is pronounce more like "Polack" which you also use to expres our nationalyty as people of Poland actually is offencive. So Polak is not offencive Polaczek is offenicve both have same pronounciation from your's perspective thats why is kind of confusing. p.s. "Polczek" means smartass but in the but way of meaning more like shuffler/trickster smth lik that.
@@mjgFlatiPolak is not offensive at all. That means exactly male Pole. "Polaczek" which is diminutive of Polak, is offensive. Any word you can see ovensive depends of context but Polak is neutral.
@@CangshuBodzio Maybe he meant that "Polak" or "Polack" is used as derogatory term in English, especially in the USA. Certainly not in Poland as that's how we call ourselves. Do a search in any dictionary and you'll see.
IT IS a Polish beach. I recommend you to watch a vlog by Dutch girl Nynke who came here for short job, felt in love with Poland and lives in Kraków since then. She walked Baltic coastline on her feet. Title "Walking a country's WHOLE COASTLINE, in winter..."
"RAPORT PILECKIEGO" Movie is about Man who tell the world whot is doing in Oświęcim Camp. This was not Soviet... he go there and he eascape ..... Rotmistrz Witold Pilecki was a Polish SUPER HERO!
Pisząc po angielsku, proszę używać nazw znanych światu anglojęzycznemu, a więc 'Auschwitz concentration camp' (in a Polish town Oświęcim). Ten dopisek w nawiasach wyjaśniłby wiele. Musi Pan mocniej popracować nad językiem angielskim, bo robi Pan sporo błędów, co oczywiście źle wygląda w oczach cudzoziemców.
4:28 of course it's Poland, it's the Baltic coast. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have wonderful beaches and these amazing trees in front of the entrance to the beaches, I love walking through these forests to the Polish seaside.
The Poles knew about Auschwitz and informed the west. I recommend some video about Jan Karski, a member of the Polish underground during World War II and a courier for the Polish government-in-exile, provided one of the first eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust to the Allied powers. He informed several key figures and governments about the atrocities being committed by the Nazis in occupied Poland, particularly the mass murder of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto and the operation of extermination camps. He even talked with US president. Nobody cared. Another famous person was Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer, voluntarily allowed himself to be captured and sent to Auschwitz to gather intelligence and organize a resistance movement inside the camp. While imprisoned, he compiled detailed reports on the atrocities occurring there, which were smuggled out to the Polish resistance and then to the Allies, providing some of the earliest evidence of the Holocaust.
Fun fact is that Polak is a popular surname in Poland. I am living in Oświęcim where is Auschwitz concentration camp.The bigest curse to my town was that it was well comunicated via rail. It is not true, that world didn't know about Auschwitz. Witold Pilecki give allies proff about Auschtwitz, but no one belived. Not many people know that Oświęcim has over 800 years of history. In my town we have castle with 13th century tower. .
A few word about Auschwitz. Polish people, during the Underground Sate and Goverment on Exile, informed western world about concetration camps on polish teritory, but nobody want to listen. They said it is impossible, and they just ignored this information because of politics. Second thing, not only Russians freed those people who's alived in the camps. They were also Americans, French, British, and many other nations, who's seing this terrible things and that people who survived and looks like "living death". When they saw it, they finally believe what we, Poles, said many years before about it. Just for clarify this matter.
It isn't a mystery why Nazi build their biggest concentration camp on occupied territory of Poland. It was so because majority of murdered people there were Polish nationality (Jews and Christians alike). It was close to the source. :(
15:30 public health is good with basic service, problem is with specialist care where waiting time can be very long. So for special care we prefer private service if possible
- that's how beaches around Baltic Sea look like :) - Polack is a slur specific to US, perhaps UK to lesser degree. Hardly anyone in Poland even knows it and to average Pole it's nothing more than foreigner trying to say "Polak" (Pole in polish) - independence part is kind of wrong - Poland RE-gained independence not gained, and not from Russia, but from Prussia/Germany and Austria as well. OP seems to be classic american for whom history starts around ww1/2
th-cam.com/video/nHAldFrgO_o/w-d-xo.html here Marlon Brando in " streetcar called desire" says how he's not a 'pollack', he's a Pole or Polish. Calling someone that equaled stupid. For Polish-Americans it was always highly offensive. Therefore there is a difference being Polak in polish or pollack in english.
@@GdzieJestNemo yeah, they make it confusing for 'foreigners' , but that's why context in a global village so often gets problematic. Nuance becomes a niusance.
Don't be afraid that you don't know the language, you will definitely communicate. Try to say even a simple "Good morning", "Thank you" and you will see that people from Poland will help you at every step. Polish hospitality is legendary and you will surely see it. Poles have it in their DNA to help others (we know there are exceptions). It's not without reason that we leave one empty seat at the table at Christmas. As for the place you are asking about... If you go to the Tatra Mountains, you go on a trail, there are only such views there. I wish you a nice trip to Poland (although the time of year will not fully show the charms of Poland). Regards.
When it comes to Aushwitz, I recommend you get to know Witold Pilecki. The Western world knew about what was happening in such camps from the reports of Pilecki, who volunteered to be caught and sent to Auschwitz.
need to add, the sand is the most beautiful sand on a beach l ever touched. I travel a lot and this is like nothing l ever saw. Proud to be Polish🇵🇱❤️👍
4:15 yes, we have that kind of coasts in Poland. I recommend the beach in Poddąbie with beech forests. 'Polak' isn't offensive. It just means 'a Pole'. Offensive may be to say 'polaczek' (literal translation 'a little Pole').
Hi there again!) Last year I was a first time visitor to Wrocław myself. One tip I have: bring some good windproof clothing for long walks along the river) Great to see another video from you)
Poland was independence from November 1918 after more than a century of partitions by Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia. Not only from Russia, how said this guy. Best time in Poland. 😊
Thank You again. I wish You the best time in Poland, I hope You will be not disappointed. Love Your films. :))))) Wszystkiego najlepszego (all the best) :)
to amerykańscy żydzi próbowali stworzyć ze słowa Polak , coś obraźliwego , na wzór określenia żyd - które w Polsce jest od razu źle kojarzone , w RPA nie znają tej antypolskiej propagandy , bo mieszkający tam żydzi byli czym innym zajęci więc nie skupiali się na antypolonizmie ...
The place on the Odra River where so many young people sat drinking alcohol was Słodowa Island. Concerts used to be held there and it was a traditional place where people drank beer outdoors. The city authorities decided not to fight it but to legalize it (when will they do the same with weed?!) Only there, outdoor drinking is allowed, there is security, toilets, you can go out whenever you want, but enter from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. So if in summer you want to spend a night with friends on the Odra River under the starry sky, take a blanket, warm clothes and enough alcohol for the whole night. This is how we do it in Wrocław😉😁
1. The word "Polak" ("Polack") is offensive in German - it should be "Pole". But "Polak"/"Polka" (he/she) this is how Poles call themselves in Polish.. 2. Vodka is indeed the most popular strong alcohol in Poland - but drinking it is not a "sacred" Polish tradition or obligation. Everyone drinks what they like - at my family celebrations there is always a choice - beer, wine, vodka, whisky - everyone has their favorite drink. Before 1989, vodka was the most available alcohol in Poland, beer was available to a limited extent - it was not possible to buy it everywhere and not always, and its selection and quality were not large. Wine was also hard to find, and what was available - from Bulgaria, Hungary or Romania - was not the best. 3. Health care in Poland is at a good level, but free care is difficult to access - you have to wait a long time to see a doctor when the problem is not life-threatening. Private treatment is more easily available, but the cost of a visit to a specialist is +/- 45 Euro or more.
22:43 She was Polish. Her name was Maria Skłodowska, but she married a French Pierre Curie. After getting married she was using a double surname: Maria Skłodowska-Curie. She got the Nobel Prize twice, in two different disciplines (physics and chemistry). First prize she got together with her husband, second one on her own.
The Dachau camp is in Germany near Munich, Auschwitz (Oświęcim) is in the south of Poland. More Poles than Jews (also mainly Polish citizens) died in this death factory. If you have nerves of steel, you can visit this place, but it may change your life (it did mine) and distort your attitude towards Germans.
Read about Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and member of Polish resistance movement, an outstanding person. He agreed voluntarily to go to Auschwitz (he let himself to be caught by Germans, under fake name), in order to built there the secret underground organization of resistance among prisoners and to get information that could be delivered to the Allies. He prepared a famous report from Auschwitz, called "Witold's Report" or "Pilecki Report". He managed to survive the war. But after the war he was imprisoned, was extremely brutally tortured by the communists and murdered in 1948 (being the Polish patriot, officer and former member of the Polish resistance he was for the Soviets and controlled by them communists an enemy). There's plenty information about him available in Internet, also in English. Also his Report from Auschwitz has been translated into English and is accessible in electronic version. There were plenty of books, documentaries, also movies about him (e.g. a movie "The Pilecki Report", 2023), even songs (e.g. a song of a Swedish band Sabaton titled "Inmate 4859").
3/3 3/3 From a geographical point of view, Poland is located in the center of Europe. From a historical point of view, Poland belongs to the Latin cultural circle with its center in Rome. This also excludes it from being considered an Eastern European country, because Eastern Europe is the area of Byzantine influence. The widely held view in the West that Poland is an Eastern European country has a more recent source in history. After the end of World War II, Western allies sold Poland to the Soviets; this was the price of peace we had to pay, because no one wanted to die for Warsaw anymore.
When I was younger, being called a Pollak was meant as an offense like Kraut (German), Limey (Brit), Frog (French), etc. A better movie to show Polish contribution to WW II is "303 Squadron" about the Polish pilots fighting in the Battle of Britain. One thing that drives me crazy is people talking about Polish Concentration Camps. They were German Concentration Camps IN Poland, not Polish.
Musi Pan mocniej popracować nad językiem angielskim, bo robi Pan sporo błędów, co oczywiście źle wygląda w oczach cudzoziemców. Podam tylko jedną korektę: NIE 'pitti', a 'pity'.
Auschwitz was in part of Poland that was directly incorporated into Germany due to having some German minority. Other (greater) part of Poland was kept separate as General Government.
Future is bright, future belongs to Poland ! no other country to be compared to, just a unic country, great (and tragical History), so proud people, nowadays and from the last 3 decades with no doubt one of the most dinamic european country all my love from Switzerland !
You are such a nice couple. You are so beautiful to stay forever for your entire lives. You are so welcome to Poland. However I live in Scotland... I wish more South Africans lived in Poland.theres is so much to see.lovely beaches, mountains, lakes, 26 national parks
1/3 When it comes to the offensive name of a Pole, "Polak" is a word of the Polish language and is not offensive. This is how we describe ourselves. "P:olack" (with ck) is a word of the German language and is indeed a contemptuous and in the mouth of a German an offensive name for a Pole. "Polack" is also a contemptuous term for a Pole in English. Already in Shakespeare's Hamlet we read: "So frowned he once, when in an angry parle He smote sledded Polacks on the ice. Tis strange." Since in pronunciation "Polack" and "Pole" do not differ at all, being in Poland you can use the following words without fear: Polak (sing.) and "Polacy" (plur.).
It is worth delving into the figure of an extraordinary man and hero, the holy father Maksymilian Maria Kolbe, who gave his life in exchange for saving one inmate, Franciszek Gajowniczek, in the German concentration camp in Auschwitz. A crystalline figure, an incredibly brave and noble man.
21:05 It's not true at all that the world didn't know about Auschwitz-Birkenau and other places where Germans committed mass genocide. Poland did informed the allies, especially the UK and USA, more times about this. They were informing from the beginning. Especially well known is Jan Karski (You can read also in Wikipedia in English about him), a Polish soldier and diplomat, who acted as a representative of Polish government-in-exile and a courier to the Western allies, reporting to them since 1940 about the situation in occupied Poland, about the German atrocities, especially about the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto and German concentration camps. He smuggled with him even a microfilm. Polish delivered reports and documents to the allies. Jan Karski even met personally on 28 July 1943 in the White House with the US President Roosevelt, and met many other British and American officials. But they just couldn't and didn't want to comprehend the scale of such extermination, so they didn't believe Poland and did nothing. And also the German society knew very well about the concentration camps, including Auschwitz. Many German companies, including those still existing, like pharmaceutical, medical or chemical ones, had contracts signed with the authorities of the concentration camps and they were making money on it. They received things, clothes, personal items of the victims. They were even ordering people, like some kind of things, for slavery labor or to make on them experiments. The German companies, like I.G. Farbenindustrie AG (that included Bayer and BASF), earned money on selling Zyklon B (a gas used to murdering people in gas chambers) to Auschwitz. German companies were also preparing designs of gas chambers and building them. So for sure it wasn't discovered by the Soviets in 1945, but was known by the world much earlier. It was not a secret location (the Auschwitz-Birkenau was even too big to be secret). By the way, the Soviets also had their camps of forced labour, called "gulags", in which millions of people, including great numbers of Poles, were killed (in fact Stalin was responsible of deaths of even more victims, from different nations, than Hitler). So the Russians were no better.
I have some information for you related to this movie. 1. In Poland, there are 17 sites that are on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List, and five sites are waiting to be included on the list. 2. Now in Poland, especially among young people, beer is more popular than vodka. 3. We have recently started spending more money on the army because we have a dangerous neighbor. This does not have a direct impact on the state of medicine in our country, there is a need to rebuild the entire system, which is already worn out and requires new solutions. 4. Concentration camps are indeed terrible places. They're especially terrifying when you've seen it before. However, the most terrible thing is that they are still not a thing of the past in North Korea, they were built during the wars in the former Yugoslavia and Russia still treats prisoners of war badly. 5. This information is now private, from today I subscribe to you.
This photo of the mountains (which you would like to see) is the way to the “morskie oko”. There are buses from Zakopane to Morskie Oko where you get to a large parking lot and either choose a horse ride (I don't recommend it) or go hiking (I recommend it) and you pass by such views. There are also trails (well marked) hiking for whole days (it is worth taking precautions and checking the weather (there are special applications) the weather in the mountains changes often. Good shoes are always useful.
Nice to hear you visit Wroclaw. It's been my home city for over 20 year now. If you want a quick tour around the city or to have a nice meal together let me know :)
Dlaczego piszesz jak pierwszoklasista? Nie wstyd ci? Nie używasz polskich liter, brak wielkiej litery na początku zdania, brak litery w słowie 'trase'. Brak przecinków i kropek. Wstyd!
24:11 Będac we Wrocławiu blisko będzie zamek Książ. Raczej nie jest to miesce z tego ujęcia, ale jest podobnie i dodatkowo ma zamek. Ps. O tej porze roku nadal nie ma ma drzewach liści i nadal zdarzają się zimne dni. Więc pamiętajcie o kurtkach i czapkach.
We reccomend to visit Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska region. It is very underesimated place with very unique landscapes with a lot of hudge white rocks and old medieval castles built on top of them, called "Eagles' Nests". If You like cycling there is a great bike trail along whole Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska region, called "Eagles' Nests Trails ("Szlak Orlich Gniazd" in Polish).
You should come to Poland from late April till late September, this is the best time. And if u're going to Wrocław and have like 2-3 days free, try to make trip to "Kotlina Kłodzka". This is one of the best parts of Dolny Śląsk region (Wrocław is a capital of it). There are many beatufiull and interesting places in Kotlina Kłodzka.
Poles are so strict when it comes to the Central European issue not because of geographic reasons but mainly because of civilizational reasons. Central Europe (that is Poles, Czechs, Slovakians, Hungarians) is a different civilization than Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Belarus and partially Russia). Way different.
23:55 How long you will stay in Poland? If you will have some time you can go to Błędne Skały or/and Szczeliniec Wielki. It's near Wrocław and it's good idea to interesting mountain trip. Read about it.
Spring in the Tatra Mountains is beautiful, on the way to Morskie Oko you may see deer grazing right next to the road, or a she-bear with cubs in the distance and meadows with blooming crocuses. If you're really lucky, maybe even mountain goats. There is no chance of seeing a marmot.
Technically Auschwitz was in Germany. This part of polish territory was annexed by the III Reich. But still there were other smaller nazi death camps built on the territories of occupied Poland outside the Reich itself. It is not true that the world didn't know anything. There were at least 2 reports from the camp, one by polish resistance (you could check out Witold Pilecki, he volunteered to the camp to find out what was going on there), the second by two slovak Jews who escaped from the camp.
A little detail about Auschwitz: originally it was built the Poles. First Jewes were brought there in 1942. Plus, there's an interesting history about a Polish officer Witold Pilecki, who went to Auschwitz as a volunteer (he let the Germans catch him) and organize a resistance there. His reports were the first to tell the world about Holocaust. Oh, and Soviets were using Auschwitz after the war to keep there the Poles fighting againts communism. BYW, if you are going to Wrocław, you must visit Kotlina Kłodzka, there are many cool places there, like incredible mountains (Szczeliniec) or goldmines.
I'm glad, young man, that you've ditched your baseball cap worn backwards. Now we can see your entire handsome face. / I'm amazed that two young people like you, who come from such a distant part of the world, namely South Africa, developed some interest in my native country known as POLAND. Only yesterday did I become your subscriber so obviously I don't know if you both responded to questions regarding your surprising interest in Poland. If you did, could you please provide the title of your short film covering this issue? / Enjoy your stay in Poland!
Auschwitz-Birkenau was build in Geremany (Reich) becouse it was in time of ocuppation Poland. And Poland wasn't on the maps 1939-45 (for Germans and Soviets ). In Poland this city is called Oświęcim before and after war.
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I have no idea why the hell Polak is a slur according to this guy. I'm polish and Polak is literally " Polish person" in Polish.
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Polak means pole in polish language. It is offensive in USA because there was many immigrants from Poland who did not know English. Americans thought they were stupid and made up many polaks jokes. If you hear Jestem Polak, it means I'm polish.
Jestem Polakiem* :) Polak is also a surname in Poland, so if somebody says "Jestem Polak" it may be an introduction.
pejorative term is written "Polack", not "Polak", although it sounds similar
It is actualy Marie Skłodowska-Curie, she was very proud of being Polish and put an emphasis on using her full name. The 'Curie' part is after her husband.
I love your positive and open minded attitude 😀
Greetings from Poland!
And she named "polon"
Polak is not offensive it is haw we call ourselves as a people of Poland.Jesteśmy Polakami and we are proud of it.Greeting from Poland👋
BUT IT DEPENDS ON HOW YOU PRONAUNCE THE WORD THAT MAKES IT OFFENCIVE MY DEAR
"Polak" is not offensive at all but terms "Polaczek" which in UK is pronounce more like "Polack" which you also use to expres our nationalyty as people of Poland actually is offencive. So Polak is not offencive
Polaczek is offenicve
both have same pronounciation from your's perspective thats why is kind of confusing.
p.s. "Polczek" means smartass but in the but way of meaning more like shuffler/trickster smth lik that.
Maybe better untold history of britain: bloody foreigners. IT is about Polish pilota i. Ww2
@@mjgFlatiPolak is not offensive at all. That means exactly male Pole. "Polaczek" which is diminutive of Polak, is offensive. Any word you can see ovensive depends of context but Polak is neutral.
@@CangshuBodzio Maybe he meant that "Polak" or "Polack" is used as derogatory term in English, especially in the USA. Certainly not in Poland as that's how we call ourselves. Do a search in any dictionary and you'll see.
Gotowi? Zaczynamy! - I love how you said it! 😍 You said it perfect!
IT IS a Polish beach. I recommend you to watch a vlog by Dutch girl Nynke who came here for short job, felt in love with Poland and lives in Kraków since then.
She walked Baltic coastline on her feet. Title "Walking a country's WHOLE COASTLINE, in winter..."
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Ninka is soo wholesome
It's @thewritingtraveler. I strongly recommend.
Actually she already left Poland some month ago, but she still makes videos mentioning Poland
Yes.Our Nynke is Epic!
"RAPORT PILECKIEGO" Movie is about Man who tell the world whot is doing in Oświęcim Camp. This was not Soviet... he go there and he eascape ..... Rotmistrz Witold Pilecki was a Polish SUPER HERO!
Pisząc po angielsku, proszę używać nazw znanych światu anglojęzycznemu, a więc 'Auschwitz concentration camp' (in a Polish town Oświęcim). Ten dopisek w nawiasach wyjaśniłby wiele. Musi Pan mocniej popracować nad językiem angielskim, bo robi Pan sporo błędów, co oczywiście źle wygląda w oczach cudzoziemców.
@@markmal8479 To go popraw zamiast pouczać i pisać co musi robić...
Auschwitz Concentration Camp (in German-occupied Poland). Created by Germans, operated by Germans, which first prisoners were Polish.
4:28 of course it's Poland, it's the Baltic coast. Poland, Lithuania and Latvia have wonderful beaches and these amazing trees in front of the entrance to the beaches, I love walking through these forests to the Polish seaside.
And it's very clean too! ❤️
hope you will have a great time in Poland, greetings from Warsaw
The Poles knew about Auschwitz and informed the west. I recommend some video about Jan Karski, a member of the Polish underground during World War II and a courier for the Polish government-in-exile, provided one of the first eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust to the Allied powers. He informed several key figures and governments about the atrocities being committed by the Nazis in occupied Poland, particularly the mass murder of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto and the operation of extermination camps. He even talked with US president. Nobody cared.
Another famous person was Witold Pilecki, a Polish officer, voluntarily allowed himself to be captured and sent to Auschwitz to gather intelligence and organize a resistance movement inside the camp. While imprisoned, he compiled detailed reports on the atrocities occurring there, which were smuggled out to the Polish resistance and then to the Allies, providing some of the earliest evidence of the Holocaust.
Fun fact is that Polak is a popular surname in Poland. I am living in Oświęcim where is Auschwitz concentration camp.The bigest curse to my town was that it was well comunicated via rail. It is not true, that world didn't know about Auschwitz. Witold Pilecki give allies proff about Auschtwitz, but no one belived. Not many people know that Oświęcim has over 800 years of history. In my town we have castle with 13th century tower. .
A few word about Auschwitz. Polish people, during the Underground Sate and Goverment on Exile, informed western world about concetration camps on polish teritory, but nobody want to listen. They said it is impossible, and they just ignored this information because of politics. Second thing, not only Russians freed those people who's alived in the camps. They were also Americans, French, British, and many other nations, who's seing this terrible things and that people who survived and looks like "living death". When they saw it, they finally believe what we, Poles, said many years before about it. Just for clarify this matter.
Greetings from Gliwice, Poland. I was in South Africa in 2019 and it was a great trip. Your local beers, gin and wine is one of the best.
As a Polish, I never met anyone had a problem with being called Polak ... Polak means Polish in Polish...
Bardzo się cieszę że odwiedzacie Polskę bardzo wiele się dowiadujecie o nas że bardzo bym chciał by to była wasza najwspanialsza podróż w życiu :)
It isn't a mystery why Nazi build their biggest concentration camp on occupied territory of Poland. It was so because majority of murdered people there were Polish nationality (Jews and Christians alike). It was close to the source. :(
Ctentral Europe! F yeah! You are (half) officially Polish right there! 😂
Love you content btw, and yes I'm Polish 😅
Our beaches are very sandy, yes, it was Poland, that beach ;-)
15:30 public health is good with basic service, problem is with specialist care where waiting time can be very long. So for special care we prefer private service if possible
- that's how beaches around Baltic Sea look like :)
- Polack is a slur specific to US, perhaps UK to lesser degree. Hardly anyone in Poland even knows it and to average Pole it's nothing more than foreigner trying to say "Polak" (Pole in polish)
- independence part is kind of wrong - Poland RE-gained independence not gained, and not from Russia, but from Prussia/Germany and Austria as well. OP seems to be classic american for whom history starts around ww1/2
th-cam.com/video/nHAldFrgO_o/w-d-xo.html here Marlon Brando in " streetcar called desire" says how he's not a 'pollack', he's a Pole or Polish. Calling someone that equaled stupid. For Polish-Americans it was always highly offensive. Therefore there is a difference being Polak in polish or pollack in english.
@@03817 yep funnily enough Poles are not aware of it since it's so specific to one country. Comment section under this vid is a great example:)
@@GdzieJestNemo yeah, they make it confusing for 'foreigners' , but that's why context in a global village so often gets problematic. Nuance becomes a niusance.
Don't be afraid that you don't know the language, you will definitely communicate. Try to say even a simple "Good morning", "Thank you" and you will see that people from Poland will help you at every step. Polish hospitality is legendary and you will surely see it. Poles have it in their DNA to help others (we know there are exceptions). It's not without reason that we leave one empty seat at the table at Christmas. As for the place you are asking about... If you go to the Tatra Mountains, you go on a trail, there are only such views there. I wish you a nice trip to Poland (although the time of year will not fully show the charms of Poland). Regards.
When it comes to Aushwitz, I recommend you get to know Witold Pilecki.
The Western world knew about what was happening in such camps from the reports of Pilecki, who volunteered to be caught and sent to Auschwitz.
It has been shown in your previeus reaction - "The Unconquered".
4:25 Thats 100% polish coast. All the 770 km coast line is covered by white sand separated land by pine forest.
In reality, there are pine and separate beech forests near the cost line, depending on the location.
yes, it is 100% Polish coast, we have lots beaches like that !
need to add, the sand is the most beautiful sand on a beach l ever touched. I travel a lot and this is like nothing l ever saw. Proud to be Polish🇵🇱❤️👍
Wow Your Polish sounds very good ❤ Greetings,
24:05 Morskie Oko near Zakopane
Somewhere on the route from Morskie Oko through Swistika to Dolina Pięciu Stawów
@@zajecc6you are right!
Great invitation to a video in polish 😍 you're geting better! Day by day😍
4:15 yes, we have that kind of coasts in Poland. I recommend the beach in Poddąbie with beech forests.
'Polak' isn't offensive. It just means 'a Pole'. Offensive may be to say 'polaczek' (literal translation 'a little Pole').
it's very offensive in english, it's a derogatory term.
@@agatakostrzewa9067 not in english general but in some countries.
Too green you say?30% of poland is covered with forest :D.
Also not the oldest castle in the world, but the biggest one - Malbork.
Hi there again!) Last year I was a first time visitor to Wrocław myself. One tip I have: bring some good windproof clothing for long walks along the river) Great to see another video from you)
Poland has sandy beaches❤🙂
Tak piaszczyste są plaże.
And rocky mountains
I just wanted to say, I've always liked South African accent. It's like a mix of Dutch, English and Welsh
Poland was independence from November 1918 after more than a century of partitions by Austria-Hungary, Germany, and Russia. Not only from Russia, how said this guy. Best time in Poland. 😊
Thank You again. I wish You the best time in Poland, I hope You will be not disappointed. Love Your films. :))))) Wszystkiego najlepszego (all the best) :)
You know a lot about our history. Super :)
Central European! You guys just got my seal of approval ;)
Na zdrowie . Have a save travel . ❤😊😊❤❤❤❤❤
4:32 This is Poland 🇵🇱.
Kochana..Ty już Polka jesteś😁.Pozdrawiam was🥰
6:16 only in USA, polak is just polak, it just mean he lives in Poland :) nothing offensive here in Poland
to amerykańscy żydzi próbowali stworzyć ze słowa Polak , coś obraźliwego , na wzór określenia żyd - które w Polsce jest od razu źle kojarzone , w RPA nie znają tej antypolskiej propagandy , bo mieszkający tam żydzi byli czym innym zajęci więc nie skupiali się na antypolonizmie ...
The place on the Odra River where so many young people sat drinking alcohol was Słodowa Island. Concerts used to be held there and it was a traditional place where people drank beer outdoors. The city authorities decided not to fight it but to legalize it (when will they do the same with weed?!) Only there, outdoor drinking is allowed, there is security, toilets, you can go out whenever you want, but enter from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. So if in summer you want to spend a night with friends on the Odra River under the starry sky, take a blanket, warm clothes and enough alcohol for the whole night. This is how we do it in Wrocław😉😁
1. The word "Polak" ("Polack") is offensive in German - it should be "Pole". But "Polak"/"Polka" (he/she) this is how Poles call themselves in Polish..
2. Vodka is indeed the most popular strong alcohol in Poland - but drinking it is not a "sacred" Polish tradition or obligation. Everyone drinks what they like - at my family celebrations there is always a choice - beer, wine, vodka, whisky - everyone has their favorite drink. Before 1989, vodka was the most available alcohol in Poland, beer was available to a limited extent - it was not possible to buy it everywhere and not always, and its selection and quality were not large. Wine was also hard to find, and what was available - from Bulgaria, Hungary or Romania - was not the best.
3. Health care in Poland is at a good level, but free care is difficult to access - you have to wait a long time to see a doctor when the problem is not life-threatening. Private treatment is more easily available, but the cost of a visit to a specialist is +/- 45 Euro or more.
24:14 Morskie Oko in Zakopanem which is not far from Krakow.
Rec view to see Morskie Oko is from Czarny staw 💪
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My beloved Wrocław ❤
Hope I can meet you somewhere there 😅
22:43 She was Polish. Her name was Maria Skłodowska, but she married a French Pierre Curie. After getting married she was using a double surname: Maria Skłodowska-Curie. She got the Nobel Prize twice, in two different disciplines (physics and chemistry). First prize she got together with her husband, second one on her own.
The Dachau camp is in Germany near Munich, Auschwitz (Oświęcim) is in the south of Poland. More Poles than Jews (also mainly Polish citizens) died in this death factory. If you have nerves of steel, you can visit this place, but it may change your life (it did mine) and distort your attitude towards Germans.
Read about Witold Pilecki, Polish officer and member of Polish resistance movement, an outstanding person. He agreed voluntarily to go to Auschwitz (he let himself to be caught by Germans, under fake name), in order to built there the secret underground organization of resistance among prisoners and to get information that could be delivered to the Allies. He prepared a famous report from Auschwitz, called "Witold's Report" or "Pilecki Report". He managed to survive the war. But after the war he was imprisoned, was extremely brutally tortured by the communists and murdered in 1948 (being the Polish patriot, officer and former member of the Polish resistance he was for the Soviets and controlled by them communists an enemy). There's plenty information about him available in Internet, also in English. Also his Report from Auschwitz has been translated into English and is accessible in electronic version. There were plenty of books, documentaries, also movies about him (e.g. a movie "The Pilecki Report", 2023), even songs (e.g. a song of a Swedish band Sabaton titled "Inmate 4859").
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3/3 From a geographical point of view, Poland is located in the center of Europe.
From a historical point of view, Poland belongs to the Latin cultural circle with its center in Rome. This also excludes it from being considered an Eastern European country, because Eastern Europe is the area of Byzantine influence.
The widely held view in the West that Poland is an Eastern European country has a more recent source in history. After the end of World War II, Western allies sold Poland to the Soviets; this was the price of peace we had to pay, because no one wanted to die for Warsaw anymore.
Siema - No Pięknie laska 😘
When I was younger, being called a Pollak was meant as an offense like Kraut (German), Limey (Brit), Frog (French), etc. A better movie to show Polish contribution to WW II is "303 Squadron" about the Polish pilots fighting in the Battle of Britain. One thing that drives me crazy is people talking about Polish Concentration Camps. They were German Concentration Camps IN Poland, not Polish.
Happy to see you guys in Poland. Just pity it is not in June or July. Best time to visit Poland.
Musi Pan mocniej popracować nad językiem angielskim, bo robi Pan sporo błędów, co oczywiście źle wygląda w oczach cudzoziemców. Podam tylko jedną korektę: NIE 'pitti', a 'pity'.
@@markmal8479 dzieki dzieki
6:08 no no no... Kto Ty jesteś? Polak mały. Jaki znak Twój? Orzeł biały... :)
That beautiful view is Eye of the Sea (Morskie oko)
Auschwitz was in part of Poland that was directly incorporated into Germany due to having some German minority. Other (greater) part of Poland was kept separate as General Government.
This is what Polish beaches look like. Not all of them, of course, but most
The country is beautiful, but remember. With high expectations, you can get unpleasantly envious.
Just move to Poland, you are most welcome.
Future is bright, future belongs to Poland ! no other country to be compared to, just a unic country, great (and tragical History), so proud people, nowadays and from the last 3 decades with no doubt one of the most dinamic european country all my love from Switzerland !
POLSKA bardzo piękny kraj [ pozdrawiam ]
You are such a nice couple. You are so beautiful to stay forever for your entire lives. You are so welcome to Poland. However I live in Scotland... I wish more South Africans lived in Poland.theres is so much to see.lovely beaches, mountains, lakes, 26 national parks
Enjoy your trip! Greetings from Poland! ❤
22:45. No you are wrong. This isn't Marie Curie, that was her husband surname. ;) She was Maria Skłodowska-Curie.
22:50 She was indeed Maria, not Marie
Super filmy wykonujecie, waszą jedyną wadą jest brak napisów w języku polskim . No widać postępy w wymawianiu polskich słów. Brawo
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When it comes to the offensive name of a Pole, "Polak" is a word of the Polish language and is not offensive. This is how we describe ourselves.
"P:olack" (with ck) is a word of the German language and is indeed a contemptuous and in the mouth of a German an offensive name for a Pole.
"Polack" is also a contemptuous term for a Pole in English. Already in Shakespeare's Hamlet we read:
"So frowned he once, when in an angry parle
He smote sledded Polacks on the ice.
Tis strange."
Since in pronunciation "Polack" and "Pole" do not differ at all, being in Poland you can use the following words without fear: Polak (sing.) and "Polacy" (plur.).
It is worth delving into the figure of an extraordinary man and hero, the holy father Maksymilian Maria Kolbe, who gave his life in exchange for saving one inmate, Franciszek Gajowniczek, in the German concentration camp in Auschwitz. A crystalline figure, an incredibly brave and noble man.
Kampania łapka w górę 👍
21:05 It's not true at all that the world didn't know about Auschwitz-Birkenau and other places where Germans committed mass genocide. Poland did informed the allies, especially the UK and USA, more times about this. They were informing from the beginning. Especially well known is Jan Karski (You can read also in Wikipedia in English about him), a Polish soldier and diplomat, who acted as a representative of Polish government-in-exile and a courier to the Western allies, reporting to them since 1940 about the situation in occupied Poland, about the German atrocities, especially about the destruction of the Warsaw Ghetto and German concentration camps. He smuggled with him even a microfilm. Polish delivered reports and documents to the allies. Jan Karski even met personally on 28 July 1943 in the White House with the US President Roosevelt, and met many other British and American officials. But they just couldn't and didn't want to comprehend the scale of such extermination, so they didn't believe Poland and did nothing. And also the German society knew very well about the concentration camps, including Auschwitz. Many German companies, including those still existing, like pharmaceutical, medical or chemical ones, had contracts signed with the authorities of the concentration camps and they were making money on it. They received things, clothes, personal items of the victims. They were even ordering people, like some kind of things, for slavery labor or to make on them experiments. The German companies, like I.G. Farbenindustrie AG (that included Bayer and BASF), earned money on selling Zyklon B (a gas used to murdering people in gas chambers) to Auschwitz. German companies were also preparing designs of gas chambers and building them. So for sure it wasn't discovered by the Soviets in 1945, but was known by the world much earlier. It was not a secret location (the Auschwitz-Birkenau was even too big to be secret). By the way, the Soviets also had their camps of forced labour, called "gulags", in which millions of people, including great numbers of Poles, were killed (in fact Stalin was responsible of deaths of even more victims, from different nations, than Hitler). So the Russians were no better.
You have really good pronounciation of Polish words.
I have some information for you related to this movie.
1. In Poland, there are 17 sites that are on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List, and five sites are waiting to be included on the list.
2. Now in Poland, especially among young people, beer is more popular than vodka.
3. We have recently started spending more money on the army because we have a dangerous neighbor. This does not have a direct impact on the state of medicine in our country, there is a need to rebuild the entire system, which is already worn out and requires new solutions.
4. Concentration camps are indeed terrible places. They're especially terrifying when you've seen it before. However, the most terrible thing is that they are still not a thing of the past in North Korea, they were built during the wars in the former Yugoslavia and Russia still treats prisoners of war badly.
5. This information is now private, from today I subscribe to you.
This photo of the mountains (which you would like to see) is the way to the “morskie oko”. There are buses from Zakopane to Morskie Oko where you get to a large parking lot and either choose a horse ride (I don't recommend it) or go hiking (I recommend it) and you pass by such views. There are also trails (well marked) hiking for whole days (it is worth taking precautions and checking the weather (there are special applications) the weather in the mountains changes often. Good shoes are always useful.
Yous doing great job
Nice to hear you visit Wroclaw. It's been my home city for over 20 year now. If you want a quick tour around the city or to have a nice meal together let me know :)
Maria Skłodowska. Curie to nazwisko jej męża
I was in conversation camp museum when I was 16. I cried a lot. From 18 you can see more. I was under age so couldn't see during a school trip
24:00 tak zgadza się mysle ze to widok na trase Zakopane - Morskie Oko 🙂
Dlaczego piszesz jak pierwszoklasista? Nie wstyd ci? Nie używasz polskich liter, brak wielkiej litery na początku zdania, brak litery w słowie 'trase'. Brak przecinków i kropek. Wstyd!
23:45 That is the view on the trail from Świstówka to Morskie Oko in Tatry mountains.
24:11 Będac we Wrocławiu blisko będzie zamek Książ. Raczej nie jest to miesce z tego ujęcia, ale jest podobnie i dodatkowo ma zamek.
Ps. O tej porze roku nadal nie ma ma drzewach liści i nadal zdarzają się zimne dni. Więc pamiętajcie o kurtkach i czapkach.
23:55 The lake in the middle is called Morskie Oko (Eye of the Sea) and is located in mountains(south Poland).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morskie_Oko
#24:08 - is the Morskie Oko lake. Is near to the Rysy - the highest peak in the Tatry Mountains.
We reccomend to visit Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska region. It is very underesimated place with very unique landscapes with a lot of hudge white rocks and old medieval castles built on top of them, called "Eagles' Nests". If You like cycling there is a great bike trail along whole Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska region, called "Eagles' Nests Trails ("Szlak Orlich Gniazd" in Polish).
You should come to Poland from late April till late September, this is the best time. And if u're going to Wrocław and have like 2-3 days free, try to make trip to "Kotlina Kłodzka". This is one of the best parts of Dolny Śląsk region (Wrocław is a capital of it). There are many beatufiull and interesting places in Kotlina Kłodzka.
4:45 this is Poland. Check out the Słowiński National Park :)
Place from picture is probably “Morskie Oko” it’s lake in Tatry mountain side take care guys
Poles are so strict when it comes to the Central European issue not because of geographic reasons but mainly because of civilizational reasons. Central Europe (that is Poles, Czechs, Slovakians, Hungarians) is a different civilization than Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Belarus and partially Russia). Way different.
you're such a lovely couple, wish you great time: ) you would love Wroclaw, good choice for first trip
Ja Polak, Ty Polak, on Polak, ona Polka, oni Polacy, one Polki, o Polacy, O Polak, my Polacy, wy Polacy itd
23:55 How long you will stay in Poland? If you will have some time you can go to Błędne Skały or/and Szczeliniec Wielki. It's near Wrocław and it's good idea to interesting mountain trip. Read about it.
Confirmed. Kotlina Klłodzka is beatufilull part odf Poland and pretty close to Wrocław (like 100km/ 1,5h by car)
Coastline is poland
Spring in the Tatra Mountains is beautiful, on the way to Morskie Oko you may see deer grazing right next to the road, or a she-bear with cubs in the distance and meadows with blooming crocuses. If you're really lucky, maybe even mountain goats. There is no chance of seeing a marmot.
Technically Auschwitz was in Germany. This part of polish territory was annexed by the III Reich. But still there were other smaller nazi death camps built on the territories of occupied Poland outside the Reich itself. It is not true that the world didn't know anything. There were at least 2 reports from the camp, one by polish resistance (you could check out Witold Pilecki, he volunteered to the camp to find out what was going on there), the second by two slovak Jews who escaped from the camp.
The mountain picture is probably made somewhere in the Tatra mountains. It all looks like that over there.
A little detail about Auschwitz: originally it was built the Poles. First Jewes were brought there in 1942. Plus, there's an interesting history about a Polish officer Witold Pilecki, who went to Auschwitz as a volunteer (he let the Germans catch him) and organize a resistance there. His reports were the first to tell the world about Holocaust.
Oh, and Soviets were using Auschwitz after the war to keep there the Poles fighting againts communism.
BYW, if you are going to Wrocław, you must visit Kotlina Kłodzka, there are many cool places there, like incredible mountains (Szczeliniec) or goldmines.
On drinking in public: usually there is an area in the city where drinking in public is usually allowed during the spring and summer months.
I'm glad, young man, that you've ditched your baseball cap worn backwards. Now we can see your entire handsome face. / I'm amazed that two young people like you, who come from such a distant part of the world, namely South Africa, developed some interest in my native country known as POLAND. Only yesterday did I become your subscriber so obviously I don't know if you both responded to questions regarding your surprising interest in Poland. If you did, could you please provide the title of your short film covering this issue? / Enjoy your stay in Poland!
Zakopane is a city, mountains are called Tatry.
Auschwitz-Birkenau was build in Geremany (Reich) becouse it was in time of ocuppation Poland. And Poland wasn't on the maps 1939-45 (for Germans and Soviets ). In Poland this city is called Oświęcim before and after war.
I cant wait too see yours reaction of True story about 303 squadron 😢
The best time to come to visit Kraków (Cracow) is May/June. :)