Reaction To 15 Things You Didn't Know About Poland
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- Reaction To 15 Things You Didn't Know About Poland
This is my reaction to 15 Things You Didn't Know About Poland
In this video I learn about 15 things I never knew about Poland.
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After u said Central Europe u already know that u are most welcome in Poland ! 😉
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I am a certified pole and I can very agree
that’s exactly what i thought!
true
True, true! 🙂
Hi there!
In Hollywood they say that the Polish camera operators and set designers are the best... Lot of people don't know that in many great movies, known in entire world, the operator or stage designer were from Poland. For example: Andrzej Sekuła (operator - Pulp Fiction, American Psycho), Allan Starski (set designer in The Pianist and Schindler’s List) Janusz Kamiński (operator - Saving Private Ryan, Lincoln)
They were awarded with Oscars... they created the cult movies, without which we can not imagine the history of the cinematography.
I think, we Polish should be really proud of them!
Thanks for Your content about our country at YT! :)
Sławomir Idziak - Helikopter w ogniu
Jeśli szanujesz Polskę, jej kulturę i tradycję i nie chcesz nam w naszym domu narzucać swoich zasad, to jesteś mile widziany. To tyle w temacie imigracji.
Yes, Central Europe. And thank you for such an amazing video and comments.
So you are a Scott, right? Ok, I couldn't just walk by this one without saying a huge thank you to Scotland for (amongst others) taking care of General Maczek and the famous bear Wojtek (read Voytek). You got my heart Scotland! Cheers!
Wojtek was taken care of indeed, but you need to learn more about the fate of generał Maczek…
@@ipodman1910yeah! and true story of Kulczyk's fortune hahaha
@@ukaszwojtalik8198 true that!
As a Pole am glad your channel appeared on my main page. Keep the great work m8 :)
sorry but germany not to pay reparations, In 1945-1989r poland has communist puppet state and rejected help and reparations from germany,let's also remember that Stalin took eastern Poland for himself and gave us eastern Germany, which was smaller in terms of surface area, besides, the Germans lost the war in the end and they should have nothing to say, now that Poland is independent again, we want at least reparations for what they did to us and we don't care that the criminals are dead
Ok. Polska nie odrzucała reparacji, bo jej Niemcy nie ofiarowały.
Proszę się doedukować w tej kwestii: „w imieniu” Polski wypowiadał się wówczas towarzysz Stalin, nasza „niepodległość” była fikcją. Polecam książki Normana Daviesa.
@@Languishing201 zgadzam sie
Yvonne Strahovski from the Handmaid's Tale even speaks Polish. She is a first generation Polish-Australian.
Central! 😮 Finally! 👏 Thank you! 👍
THANK YOU for immediately correcting the location as Central rather than Eastern Europe. Cheers mate :)
popular people of Polish origin: howie mandel and simon cowell from America's Got Talent, ninja from twitch, owner of UA-cam, creator of apple, director of pirates of the caribbean (my favorite movie), jake paul, eminem, justin bieber, has relatives in Poland with whom he still keeps in touch contact and former ancestors of Queen Elizabeth in the royal family also have Polish roots
Central Europe! Dude! I fell in love with you that moment! Well, I mean, not that way - you know.. ok ya.. :)
1)Izabela Miko actress, dancer
Polish people inwented grafen alsow
And Yes I am from Poland 😉
The thing about immigration - I believe that video draws wrong conclusions.
You are absolutely correct thinking that Poland is becoming - as you put it - "in demand place for immigrants". The video is wrong.
But first things first :)
Historically we have not suffered at the hands of asian or black people - we suffered at the hands of white people - Nazi Germans and Soviets. The real reason is that Poland was behind iron curtain (communism) and did not have much population exchange with outside world. This makes elderly people "uncomfortable" with other races.
If conclusions drawn in this video would be correct - we would not be uncomfortable with other races, but with our nearest neighbours. We also share dark moments in our history with Ukraine and yet polish society (and government) is extremely sympathetic to Ukraine right now.
So no, this has nothing to do with war crimes - this is more of a "fear of the unknown" or a matter of "comfort zones" - especially among elderly people, who often spent their entire lifes in one village or town. It's not like they look at black person and think "nazi" - we all know nazis were also racists so if anything, blac people would be our alliest in conflict with nazi - and they were - especially in US army, but not only.
Just like many other nations in the world, our nation has to go through process of getting accustomed to other races. That's pretty much it.
Unfortunately this discomfort is being abused by politicians who fuel fears against immigrants in order to gain popularity and win elections. This is what can make Poland appear this way, but this is really just propaganda for internal audience. In reality, the same right-wing government who feasts on immigration fear-mongering is also the one that has liberated immigration policies the most - up to the point where work permits no longer have to be issued by government, but by private companies - thus removing proper control over immigration.
And this was done by political party who's leader talked about "muslim patrols" in London - this fear mongering won them the votes of elderly people, but it's just propaganda. In fact - Poland has issued ~365k work permits for immigrants last year, ~85k of that to people from Ukraine and ~135k of that to people from Muslim countries. And yes - this is official data from our ministry and not some internet myth.
This is why things look different for an outside observer - when you look at what is being said in the media - you may be under impression that this is how Poles feel. No - it's just propaganda addressed to certain part of society and not the real state of Poland :)
The reason why I see this as a problem is not because I have anything against immigration policies. The problem for me is the anti-immigrant propaganda which is a double lie. First - it shows immigrants in bad light. Second lie is that it's presenting the government as a "defense" against immigration while in reality this government has liberalized immigration policies like no other before.
This puts us on a path similar, if not worse than France. If you take people of other cultures in, don't treat them as cheap work force. If you don''t properly integrate them in society, they you will have tensions in society.
France brought a lot of immigrants but did nothing to integrate them. We can see the result - if you create enough alienation and frustration among certain groups in your society, then you will eventually have cumulated anger exploding on the streets.
Poland is currently going one up on France - we bring immigrants from other cultures in on ever growing scale, but we don't just do nothing to integrate them - we actively set society against them with propaganda.
It's not only immoral and disgusting - it's extremely irresponsible.
So that's pretty much immigration situation in Poland - it's pure politics. What people really feel like - I think you would be surprized how fast we're actually becoming multicultural nation. Poland is slowly becoming one of the top go-to countries for immigrants as the standards of living here have improved and stabilized over last 2 decades. The only thing that concerns me is the long-term stupidity of our politicians.
Sorry for long comment, but I hope you found it interesting to read. Best regards :)
PS. Is Poland worth visiting? Definitely - we stretch from sea to mountains and it's generally a beautiful country. Transportation is very good (both roads and railways) so there's no problem getting around. Shops are open till late, which also makes it easy, and accomodations are inexpensive by european standards, so you can have a longer stay. But I would advise a good read before deciding what you want to see - some of the "popular" / "commercial" stuff may be good, but there are also hidden gems that you will discover if you dig past the shallowness of commercial world.
You must be watching a fairly old movie. I think so because for several years the richest Pole has been someone else.
I've never heard of this car theft. There will be criminals everywhere. Unfortunately.
We don't have many immigrants, but people with dark skin are not unusual, I didn't even notice them before watching the movie. Looking at the situation in France or Germany, I am happy about it. I'm not afraid to walk the streets.
Politics is a very irritating topic. The Germans just want to tell us how to construct the law. What can we do in our own country and what not. So let's skip this topic.
Castles are beautiful and there are a lot of them. We are in Europe so we have a really long history.
When it comes to alcohol, I have to admit that I don't like strong alcohol, I don't drink beer either, just a glass or two of wine from time to time.
big plus for the first names :)
best actor Boguslaw Linda ;)
Well, i am from Poland, and i didn't know like 14 of tgese things
I cant say for all of Polish people, but me and pretty much all of my friends think same thing: if you want to work legally, pay taxes and mind your businness (as in you dont cause any problems), we welcome all and dont care about your background. Just be respectful and dont be that person who doesn't work , gets social and tries to cheat the system
Sebastian Kulczyk is no longer the richest man in Poland
Thx for saying the Poland is central europe love you Man
In my humble opinion, there are still no table mountains with amazing rock views, with the peak "szczeliniec" and of course "errant rocks" in Polish błędne skały
Charles Bronson was of Polish-Lithuanian descent..
You know, you in Western Europe think that Poles are stupid, Poles are very well educated and often know several languages !
Yes, despite me hating the ex-government of Poland, Deutschland hasn't paid nearly enough for that war. Not even close.
The homogeneity of Polish society is its strength. We are relatively homogeneous, our culture has Christian roots and even if part of the population defines itself as non-believers, it is within the circle of common culture, science and art, common social norms and cultural codes. We are open to others, provided they follow our standards and are willing to work. We accepted millions of refugees from Ukraine, although some of them later went to other countries. We don't want either Asian or African rabble here who don't want to work, don't want to integrate, despise our culture and pose a threat to our stability and security. We also cannot agree to admitting migrants from Belarus. They come at the invitation of Russia and Belarus and could legally try to cross the Polish border, where they would receive legal assistance and the right to reside legally. However, they are used by the regime to destabilize the border as ILLEGAL immigrants. However, those who reach Poland receive medical assistance and humane treatment.
Kulczyk, as far as I know, is no longer the richest man in Poland, and the richest man has twice as much wealth as him.
It is true that we still kiss woman's hands, but also becoming less and less common.
Emigration is a necessity given all the domographic iissuesPoland face. It just needs to be done wisely. Also, it is not true,, that you won't see multi-ethnic population in big cities. Come to Wrocław, where you will feel almost like in London.
The statement about reparations from Germany is untrue in the sense that we don't want MORE. We haven't received ANY, so it seems like a clever manipulation. The 1.3b € was paid as compensation to some some Polish citizens working as slave labour during WWII.
Vodka is important, but keep in mind that, on average, Poles drink less than our European counterparts, including Brits.
Yvonne Strachovski ❤
The tradition of kissing ladies' hands is now extinct. I believe died some time around 1980's , unless were taling about some senior gentlemen in thair 70's/80's
Hi, I discovered you by clip with reaction to animated polish history - which was recommended -and I must say I'm really amazed by your interest in Poland, which is nice btw
i think we can also add Mel Brooks to the list - his real name is Melvyn Kaminsky and I'm really glad he has polish heritage cause I love his humour and movies :D
About foreigners it's like others wrote - we are tolerant towards them - most of people anyway, but it also depends on how they're to us. When it comes to kissing hand it's becoming rare nowadays - which is great for me cause I don't like that xD
And I agree with someone who wrote that beer in Poland is as much popular as vodka and most drink it mostly on special occasions like birthday/weeding and so on.
Also I don't think war reparations are needed anymore, our current government has anti-german policy but on 15th october we'll have parliament elections and I hope finally there will be new with pro-eu policy.
Greetings from Cracow :)
Central Europe, damn right 😂💪
3. not sure about that, personally haven't seen it occur, perhaps it's reserved for super formal events,
4. that's true compared to the other EU countries, wouldn't say the reasoning here is so accurate,
8. didn't know that! wow!
As long as migrants work, contribute to society and respect our laws and traditions- they’re very much welcome.
Its not that we do not have so many asian or black people in Poland because we are not inclusive its just because we are responsible and do not allowed uncontroled imigration as we see how this end up in countries like UK or France or Germany. We do not have their problems but we much welcome people who want to come here and work and live in Poland and we love them all so this lady is just spread some BS ...
we have a lot of imigrats in Poland. For example omost 2mln Ukrainians
Yup. I agree with others. for "Central Europe" you won ;)
With number 7 i busted with laugh - there no reparation - it was PENSIONS for people that was forced in to slavery work in Germany. Call it what it was!
Poland was the MOST affected and damaged nation of WWII and NEVER received reperations.
I do not agree there are no immigrants. But Polish is hard to learn & it is not so easy to do all the paperwork. In cities such as Cracow or Warsaw no one will think it is strange your skin is black. Obviously in some small village it might be a sensation 😅
the name policy has changed over the years, when I was born it was simply impossible to name your child anything other than a polish name with polish spelling, nowadays we have adapted foreign names, you'll find a lot of Bajans(Brian) and Dżesikas(Jessica) in Poland, but plenty of registry offices will straight up deny your request for naming your child a certain way and then indeed, your only way is court (even if the name is relatively normal but the lady behind the desk just happens not to have a good day and like the name you want to name your child🤷♀)
"Warner Bros" they where aswell polish :)
Poland did not get any reperations! All what we got , just USSR took for of price of help in 2WW. and Germany knew about it, who will realy get that money. Friendship betwen them was befor 2WW and was after. Rusia schould pay reparation is well. that is realy long story to explain.
the best actor in poland is "Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz"
only polish people will get it ;)
About emigrants that depends on emigrants are they will respect our culture and live by our laws and rules that emigrants are ok but if we see how emigrants slowly destroying France and Germany emigrants rarely adopt to the rules especially from Islamic countries
you got a lovely accent
7. What's wrong with wanting reparations? the fact is that after the second world war Poland was occupied by the soviet union and the "Polish government" supposedly existed but in fact they were Polish traitors who acted for the soviet union.
the soviet union came to an agreement with western countries (USA and Great Britain) and they calculated the amount of reparations very unfavorably for Poland, in addition, out of this entire amount, Poland received some 20% - 30%, because everything was stolen by the Soviet Union. so before you start judging Poles, note that Poland suffered the greatest losses during World War II! not counting the tormentor (3rd Reich)
szopen, skłodowska, kopernik, heweliusz.
1. It's not about inclusivity, or lack of it. Poland was a poor economy from which people emigrated, which is why it is a homogeneous society.
2. not true. Poland doesn't want MORE money from Germany in reparations.
Poland did not receive ANY MONEY from Germany.
If you don't get anything, how can you want "more"?
It simply demands compensation for damage caused by: war, genocide, theft of works of art, bank deposits, destruction of monuments of architecture, economy, science, factories, etc.
WHen it comes to number seven Poland recived reparations from Germany after 2WW. But the problem was that most of that money was taken by Communist Russia as we were forced to become part of Warsaw Pakt of comm countries. So the money from Germany is just "loud political play"
hand kissing is not something we do. only old people do and usually in an incorrect way anyway
To see someone with other skin color in poland is like to see a polar bear in africa first idea you have in mind is "tf is he doing here"
We do have people of other nationalities that are a bit diffrent race But its just realy unusual to see someon black
When it comes to respect to thoes people i think its 50/50 you can be treated as a celebryty as well as you can meat with disrespect But usualy we are kinda chill about it.
About emigrants, Poles don't have problem with the as long as they do work for living and accept our culture and style of living, not the other way around. There are lot of Muslims, Ukrainians, I even work with guy from India. But we like when you are normal, not when suddenly whole office is banned for pork or can't wear crosses or medialions etc :)
Very true
Well said unlike in the U.K. it’s horrendous now
Exactly. If you come to Poland you are supposed to learn the Polish customs, not the other way around. We still might be curious about your roots and culture but trying to force it on us is a big "No, No".
Not entirely. We don’t need immigration. Poland is best the way it is in that regard. You can come for tourism, maybe work for some time - but don’t count on setting here. Especially if you’re not white and can’t behave recently. You don’t have to be politically correct aboit it. PC is crap!
There is a huge immigration right now.
By saying "Central Europe!" you earned my sub, dear sir!
Right? :)
Haha yes
Exactly!
Same here!
He didn't correct them the second time. Disliked and unsubscribed.
Many mistakes in this video.
Actually Max Factor was not founded by a woman, but my Mister Max Factor himself. His name was Maksimilian Faktorowicz, but when Hollywood discovered him in 1920s Warsaw they brought him to Hollywood to be the go-to make up guy for movies! Since then he was called Max Factor for short!
There are more serioustmistakes in this video that this one. 😜
The number 4 is completely untrue and wrong stereotype. Poland has historically been a very multinational state. Today we have a lot of students, immigrants, tourists from all over the world. In some companies in Warsaw, we have more immigrants than Poles. Maybe only in small towns off the beaten track, a black person can cause surprise, but in cities it is completely normal, and Poland is a very safe country and immigrants feel very safe.
Polska jest krajem bezpiecznym ponieważ wciąż poziom migracji jest niewielki w porównaniu do innych krajów Europejskich. Według sondaży zdecydowana wiekszość Polaków jest przeciwna migracji z krajów muzułmańskich i Afryki. Nie chcemy powtarzać błędów Szwecji, Niemiec czy Francji gdzie poziom przestępczości wzrósł wielokrotnie po wdrożeniu polityki otwartych drzwi dla migrantów. Polecam zapoznać się z opiniami tysięcy obcokrajowców na yt lub twitterze którzy zazdroszczą Polsce monoetniczności i proszą by tego nie zmieniac bo to daje im nadzieję.
@@reyna7680 to sobie sprawdź statystyki ile tysięcy osób z krajów muzułmańskich emigrowało do Polski.
That is not true. Compared to other countries seeing black/asian/indian people in poland is wayyy more rare.
Religiosity: it's a myth, more like a tradition. Kissing on the hand, only the older generation. Emigrants: Poland has always accepted victims of wars, and this does not apply only to Ukraine, but it is reluctant to economic emigrants who do not assimilate into society. Kulczyk does nothing for Poland, he is not popular, it's just a name. "Poles are car thieves" has not been true for many, many years. theft-related mafias were eradicated years ago. Poland did not receive reparations from Germany for World War II. They got individual citizens, not the country. Germany should pay, just as Russia will pay for the reconstruction of Ukraine. I agree with your opinion about the baby's name. Supposedly, vodka is a Polish invention ;-) despite that, it is not a favorite drink, especially of the young generation. I found out about Korean children recently, I haven't checked this information yet. (Sorry: google translate)
Religijność nie jest mitem. Może nie w takim stopniu jak była, ale jest a z pewnością większa niż w innych krajach.
True, still many lost cars are found in Poland though, but mostly cause it have the eastern border of EU, much easier to smuggle out a car that way than through sea. So it's not necessarily poles that steal, only Poland happens to be in the most frequent way of smuggling cars out of EU.
Actually kissing hands is still a thing even among younger generations, it's just not THAT popular but happens
Poland was in ruins after WW2. The consequences of this have been felt for decades. Lost people, property... Now it's not about the money. Germany pays reparations to other countries but not to Poland. And this is not fair. Regards
Yes Germans pay reparation but to be more specific all of Poland money was taken by communist Russia goverment. They send us some of outdated machines and a lot copies of Marks and Engels communist manifesto and books write by Lenin.... is that real reparation? I don't think so.
Pis chce wyciągnąć reparacje tylko po to, aby mieć jeszcze więcej pieniędzy dla siebie, i żeby kochana polska pisowska wieś się cieszyła. Czemu nie chcieli reparacji w 2015 ?? Nagle się obudzili ? Mam nadzieję, że w październiku pisowcy będą już siedzieć w pierdlu
Pozdrawiam
@@anonimowyanonim3314Popłacz się antypolaku razem z Pisiorami w jednej celi będą siedzieć POwcy
@@anonimowyanonim3314 racja
poza tym, jak od kogoś chcemy reparacje, to od rosji - to oni skonfiskowali dużą część reparacji wojennych od niemiec które były przeznaczone dla polski.
@@anonimowyanonim3314ja również !! Wszyscy na wybory !
I’m from Poland and had no idea about children from Korea sent to us. Vodka is totally not in my type, I hate it and know more people who share my opinion 😅 Regarding foreigners, like rest said, as long as they are working and not making pressure on us to do or don’t do something because of their culture or beliefs it’s ok. I was working with Koreans, Ukrainians, Kazakh and I like all of them. As long as you are good person you are welcome in Poland :)
Only to work - not to immigrate forever…
Well, in 1960 I begun to study in a technical college in Bytom where I've met two North Korean chaps who were in last year of study in that college, believe or not they spoke polish quite well, one of them was a body building champion of Poland, if you interested that would be a link to that story
Wódka jest dobra, o ile się jej nie pije za dużo😉
Cały ten Twój tekst, świadczy o tym, że jesteś europejską idiotką, tego samego pokroju co ci z Francji. Którzy w formie protestu malowali/rysowali kredkami po chodniku. Piszesz, że dobre osoby są witane w Polsce, ale za czyją kasę są witane. Chcesz witać te dobre osoby, rób to za swoje. Pewnie i tak nie zrozumiesz o czym piszę, i jest to poważny problem. Bo ilość idiotów przekracza to czego moglibyśmy się spodziewać.
You must have heard of Worner Bros movie company. The brothers migrated to US. Were born 100 miles from Warsaw...
Yes we look after Blacks or Asians with curiosity but it doesn’t mean that we are not open for them … It’s not racism it’s just Poland 🇵🇱 we want to be our country and not 5 countries at the same time ❤
yup, we just don't see them often, literally for the first time in my life I saw a black person before the holidays (wakacje), so it's normal i've been confused
@@malina1651 yes that’s true
Yeah, just like that, it's just rare to see immigrants from Asia or Africa on a daily basis, so people are actually more curious about them, might get looked at for a bit out of curiosity, but poles are not usually known for smiling at strangers, even at other poles, so maybe they might feel like they don't fit in before they get used to it. But when at work or university, they are usually likeable and get tons of friends for sure.
Obout immigration. Zero terrorist atacks
The hand kissing, eee, not as popular anymore. Not as strange either, but.. tell you this: In 1937 it was the way to say hi. Now, if someone does that, it definitely stands out in the crowd.
0:51 👏👏👏Central!!! You're right... Greetings from Poland
Born in Warsaw in 1909, Henryk Magnuski supported himself and his sister, Janina, by repairing radios for the Polish military. After gaining employment with the State Tele and Radiotechnical Works in 1934, the company sent him to New York to research American radio technology in 1939. In the same year, Hitler invaded Poland and Magnuski was unable to return home. Out of work, he was taken on by the Galvin Manufacturing Corporation in Chicago, which would later change its name to Motorola. Leading a team of radio engineers, they developed the SCR-300, the first radio used by American forces in Europe. This revolutionary mobile device became known amongst GIs as the "Walkie-Talkie"
There are literally MILLIONS of Ukrainian immigrants in Poland at the moment so saying that there aren’t too many in the country is totally false. We are just careful as a nation who we invite on a large scale. Ukrainians share a lot of culture and history with us.
they showed us their culture in Wolyn
Dużo dzieli nas Polaków a Ukraińców...bardzo dużo
The bestial murder of more than one hundred thousand Poles in Volhynia in 1943 by the Ukrainians was a typical manifestation of Ukrainian culture
Massacres of Poles in Volhynia - Volhynian slaughter
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To bury the dead - a documentary about the Volhynia Massacre (English subtitles)
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We are so different from Ukrainians.
Actors of Polish ancestry are also Natalie Portman, Emily Ratajkowski, Liv Tyler, Larry David, Harvey Keitel, Josh Lucas and many more :)
Nothing to be proud of regarding that c*** ratajkowski…
Portman, Keitel mają żydowskie pochodzenie od swoich przodków mieszkali w Polsce
@@robertbrzozowski8012Żydzi żyjący w Polsce od XVII wieku czuli się Polakami, nie mieli własnego kraju i byli po prostu mniejszością etniczną i religijną, więc ci aktorzy mają polskie korzenie
@@krolowa_marysienka jaki to ma sens? Byli Żydami ale czuli się Polakami? Zwyczajnie to polscy Żydzi byli choć to też nie jest oczywiste z uwagi na napływ z Rosji na tereny zaborów żydowskiej ludności wypędzonej z Rosji, tzw. Litwaków.
@@robertbrzozowski8012 Adrian Brody, Yvonne Strahovsky, Juliette Binoche and Tea Leoni has polish roots too. And Conchita Campbell - unforgetable Maia from 4400. Yvonne and Conchita even speaks Polish very well.
Mine Detector
A Polish engineer, Józef Kosacki, was the inventor of the first portable mine detector! His invention has been used more than 50 years; his revolutionary invention saved a lot of lives and certainly gave a lot of advantages to the armies of several countries.
I personally think that beer is more popular than vodka in Poland. Vodka is more of a special occasion/celebration drink.
It goes like this: birthday - shots of vodka for everyone; wedding - time for vodka people!; weekend/ a casual outing with friends - beer, usually lots of beer
It is more a generation issue. Younger generations preference lean towards beer, wine, cider and other softer drink, while older generations preference is mostly vodka. Also poorer people tends to buy cheeper vodka, as it gives them more "kick" then beer.
Have you ever heard about polish moonshine?
@@andrzejgorka4941 bimber pędzony.
Śliwowica (Ploomshine?)
Esperanto (/ˌɛspəˈrɑːntoʊ/ or /ˌɛspəˈræntoʊ/)[7][8] is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Created by the Warsaw-based ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof in 1887, it was intended to be a universal second language for international communication, or "the international language"
Zamenhof miał wiele wspólnego z Białymstokiem
One of the most beautiful Polish castles are the ruins of Krzyżtopór Castle, you must learn its history. There are also castles in Chęciny and Ogrodzieniec.
Ppl dont seem to get that Poland has always been issuing the most work permits to foreigners in Europe. Nobody cares about what you look like, but if you dont learn the lingo you can go back once your contract is over. It's actually nobody wanting to learn it that's causing people to be there only as guests. Foreign expertise is as valued as It's been in the "metling pot" periods in XVI century, but you really can't come into a country and try to change it to suit your preferences. Poles respect their guests, and expect to be respected back.
I think the main issue is taking history as starting in ww2 amd ending in 1990. Our interactions from the past would explain a lot about Poland now, and also the fact that Poles look to the future trying to figure out how to survive and develop their country knowing how it can go based on previous experiences. : )
All welcome but respect the culture. ❤
Chapeau for “Central Europe” ❤
Poland has about 2 MLN immigrants just from UKR. So, yeah. "We dont have immigrants". Or maybe we do not allow random 70IQ without papers so we do not have 300 cars burned per day like in Paris few days ago
Yes and no. We have Ukrainian refugees rather than immigrants. And LEGAL immigrants. And let it stay this way.
@@dorotabarbowska2184 1.5 million immigrants from Ukraine pre war, now with refugees there's up to 4 mln Ukrainians in Poland...
The moment you emphasized that Poland is CENTRAL Europe, not eastern Europe, the like has already gone :D
This lady be like:
1% interesting facts
99% world war
Poland was denied by the Soviet Union to take its due reparations just after WWII ended. So Russia (as a legal successor) should be the right addressee in this case, not Germany.
Pola Negri, a silent film era star actress, was born in Poland. Technically in Kingdom of Poland, a Russian Empire particion
Pat Benatar, a rock star (Patricia Andrzejewski / In Poland she would be Andrzejewska, female version of the name)
3:28... Maksymilian Faktorowicz best known as Max Factor Sr. "Father of modern cosmetics". He was a man, not a women. Unless he made a move like Brothers Wachowski, of polish descent, that become trans women.
Tadeusz Kościuszko was an engineer in Continental army under Washington command. He designed and built fortifications in Saratoga and Westpoint. Also from the period of Revolutionary War/American Rebellion was Kazimierz Pułaski also known as "Father of US cavalry"
Actually you can go to wikipedia and look at List_of_Polish_Americans, when you can find such names as those:
Adrien Brody is half polish. Nicolas Cage, Steve Carell, Anne Dudek, Jared Padalecki, Gwyneth Paltrow (her grandfather's name was Paltrowicz), Meg Ryan (Margaret Hyra)... and a lot more
Even the roots of Hollywood are Polish: Samuel Goldwyn was of Polish-jewish descent, as well as Warner brothers.
Malbork castle was built by Teutonic Order (of the Hospital of the Virgin Mary in Jerusalem) and was their main stronghold and capital of Monastic State of the Teutonic Knights.
Kosciuszko did much more for USA than just built fortifications. He was a very close friend of American president and influenced him a lot regarding abolishmenr of slavery and freedom in USA!
@@ipodman1910 He wanted to, but there was some opposition from slave owners in the congress. He has included freeing slaves in his testament. Freeing slave in that time was not that easy, as you had to pay a hafty sum of money to the state for each slave you wished to free.
@@Diveyl he wanted and he still did. Get some more info about the special relation between the two.
@@ipodman1910 I mean that he wanted right there and then for all people that lived in the new nation to be free, no matter the religion, birth or color of their skin. He tried to persuade the Continental Congress to free all slaves, but the congress was composed mainly of big slave owners that lived off of cheap labor provided by those slaves, hence the opposition and failure, that in part in the long run leaded to American Civil War after a century of the country existence.
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Goldwyn i Warner byli Żydami z Polski. Ci drudzy z Krasnosielca na Mazowszu.
Hey. I am proud of Pola Negri.
Regard migrants. Contrary to some opinions, Poles are actually quite tolerant. But at the same time, my country my rule mentality is quite important. Generally if someone do not disturb local peace, he would be welcomed.
We have a lot immigrants but it is usually from Ukraine and countries near us. We don’t have many social benefits so people coming here are coming for work or universities. I know many foreighners in my industry (finances) but as many people said before they must adapt to our culture. We will not be racist or disrespectful because you have other religion, beliefs etc but if it would change our lifes for worst we will not except that- for example men in Poland usually highly protective towards women, and few days ago few immigrants tried to molest young women in public swimming pool. Men was so furious that security was forced to protect those individuals before police come because it could go very bad for them. But if you respect our culture and laws you are welcome. I have friends who are muslim, afroamerican and they assimilated very well and they are part of our community now.
Number 4 is bullshit. There are MILLIONS of immigrants in Poland. About 1 million war refugees from Ukraine are currently living here increasing the Ukrainian community in Poland (mainly composed of people who came here to work still before the war) to over 3 million meaning almost TEN PER CENT of our population. There are also Asian people in Poland, mainly Vietnamese who immigrated in the 90s and their children born already in Poland. As for Black guys, they aren't actually numerous here since Poland had no colonies like Western Europe or Black slaves like Americas. The statement that people of color are a curiosity for Poles is, however, so stupid that words fail me. And so is the indirect allegation that we are unfriendly towards immigrants. Everybody coming to our country with the intention to do lawful work (rather than live on benefits) and willing to accept our laws and customs (rather than impose theirs upon us) is welcome. As for a kiss on the hand, it may be still customary among elderly people (I mean those aged 70+), but younger generations do not practise it any more. Our religiosity is highly overstated in the video, too. As for Polish actors and movie directors, please check Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Skolimowski, Małgorzata Szumowska, Krystyna Janda, Joanna Kulig, Tomasz Kot and Marcin Dorociński. We also boast camera operators such as Sławomir Idziak or Janusz Kamiński (the latter got two Academy Awards), movie OST composers (Jan A. P. Kaczmarek, Bronisław Kaper, Krzysztof Komeda and... Fryderyk Chopin (yes, there are statistics indicating that his works are the most frequently used in movies among all classical music composers)) as well as art directors (Allan Starski and Ewa Braun, both being Academy Award winners). All in all, do not take what is said in this video too serious.
Agree 100% "All in all, do not take what is said in this video too serious." - there lot of bullshit in ths video. Come and see for yourself.
Bulletproof vest
What you see in gangster movies, and, unfortunately, more and more often in the news, was invented by Jan Szczepanik in 1901. One year later, it saved the life of king Alfonso XIII of Spain during an assassination attempt on his wedding day. Now, it saves lives almost every day.
We never got reparation from Germany...
There isn't much kissing women's hand. If it is, it is by older men, but usually imho they are not doing it to well, not gently enough. It should be just a touch of lips, not wet loud kiss :D
both ways it's really disgusting, I came through this only twice in my life (as a girl) and I remember to this day how awful is feels to be touched and kissed by random idiots who want to show "the respect" and how refined they are. At my cost.
Hi! I'd say that kissing hands is not a custom in Poland, it essentially died out. Same with the immigrants, although one may want to figure what "many" means exactly. Wouldn't exaggerate the religion part either. As far as such videos can be informative, some are based on stereotypes and outdated info. As for Scarlett Johannson, she has Polish Jewish descent, like some other people mentioned. :)
Did it?
ink man, its pretty common to kiss a woman hand when we meet first time in my region of Poland. Maybe in big cities it is different?
@@raciawelli I live in a countryside, never saw it in my life except for some older men who already drank few beers introduced themselves to especially younger women. Other than that, never saw it happen
I STILL KISS HAND
@@polskibombowiec303dewision7 As a polish woman, I hate that cutom, please don't kiss our hands
About names, you can name a baby in Poland an english name but need to turn it into a polish spelling, like Itan for Ethan, or Brajan for Brian, unless like when an english name have a polish equivalent then you have to use polish. like for example Jan instead of John and Nikola instead of Nicole. Also, when at least one parent is from abroad, it won't be a problem to give a name from their home country so for example a kid with a parent from for example England, can have a name with English spelling.
We are inclusive we don't have many immigrants other than ukrainians and other europeans becouse of being under the comunist regime until the late 80's( not to mention that politics was a complicated matter until 2000's and our country was incredibly poor for a while )
People stare couse they are curious of course most know that these are bad manners bad some can't help themselfs. The same happens If you go to less popular cities or rural areas in asian countries even japanese people look with ciuriosity at Europeans black people or white Americans. We are patriotic but we encourage imigration . Historically our country used to be 10% populated by Jews imagine... now it's almost wholy Polish... but more and more people from different countries come here diversity doen't happen on some kind of demand but occurs naturally...
Poland didn't receive any money from Germany. Whatever Germany paid after war, Soviet Russia took it. Poland so suffer during WW2.... We just want reperation for it.
In fact, we currently have about 4 million immigrants in Poland. I think that's a lot. Almost 10% of the population.
Make me proud to see so many people heading in to Polish culture, and trying to find out about our past. It is not just Krakow, Warsaw, or Gdansk…. Outstanding places like Wroclaw, poznan, rzeszow, and many many more
As for celebrities/actors I know that are polish: Natalie Portman grandparents are from and still live in Poland. Gwyneth Paltrow also has polish roots. Jared Padalecki from Supernatural tv show, Susan Wojcicki former CEO of UA-cam, Isabella Scorupco - actrees and model is famously known for being Bond's girl in Goldeneye. Jack Black and Steven Spilberg respectively mentioned in reviews that they belive they have polish roots also.
Dont forget about matrix producers: wachowski bothers.
Poland never received any financial compensation from Germany. The communist authorities waived compensation.
Untrue. We had reparation in 90s. My grandfather who was forced worker under Nazi occupation get that reparation. The reparation was given under the administration process for people who was a victim of Nazi system. Unlikely Russia, Germany did a lesson from the history.
You answered yourself. Your grandfather got reparations for his work. I suggest you talk to your grandfather. Forced labor is different. Please do some reading.
the migrant point is true in small towns etc. in larger cities- not really. in Warsaw for example we have a pretty large Vietnamese minority and some African descent people - there are of course some people that we don't associate with who are racially intolerant but generally in most cities there are no major racial tensions
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@@domicelabury4560 well I can tell you we have quite many immigrants, but it depends on the perspective. Cause if you look at it from lets say US, French or UK perspective then yes, not many immigrants in Poland. But when you look at it from where we were 50 years and now - we have quite many. So it depends on point of view. I can tell you that in the city I live in (center of Silesia) you can find quite many immigrants, and not just from Europe.
I LOVE YOUR VIDEO DEAR SIR, yes we live in central Europe and i hope u will someday travel to our country to see its beauty with your own eyes
Jeśli imigrant chce *uczciwie* pracować i będzie się umiał *dostosować do kultury polskiej i realiów* to jest chętnie przyjmowany.
Let's say 50% are religious, the rest are disgusted what the catholic church is doing to this country by meddling in politics and education.
There are a lot more actors from PL in industry. However my favourite so far is Cezary Pazura which isnt so well known outside PL.
Foreignners are most welclme in Poland, but they need to respect us and carry themselves properly. Actually we have some redheads for whom anyone outside theirs patological semi criminal circles is enemy, but i wouldn't consider it xenophobic... One thing i need to admit - when black man are in ours proximity you we double and triple checking our stuff. Around woman that isn't the case.
Germany reparations topic is more like strike back from PL impitchment and hostile dumping on eu markets than priority case on its own. Poles were willing to leave that behind, but "progressive" germans have no shame. Ger actually playing gaslighting game wiredly similar and convergent to russian key milestones.
There is no big problem with emigrants in Poland. As long as they are part of society. We don't like foreign loafers, but our local ones do ;). Our social program is unattractive for immigrants (e.g. from Africa) but if someone has skills and can work, he is welcome.