Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum

Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else!

Links: Polish Language and Translation Forum; Factbook Poland; Photographs of Poland; Polish Translation; A Town in Poland; Map; Apply for the Poland and Polish Forum Password

Author	Comment
Varsovian Mar 3, 08 - 11:19 AM	Jews of '68 The President is preparing an initiative to return the citizenship of Jewish Poles expelled from the country after March 1968 to mark the 40th anniversary of the event. President Lech Kaczynski’s spokesman Michal Kaminski said, “during the anniversary we should expect important words and initiatives on the part of the President regarding citizenship for people who were expelled from Poland in an anti-Semitic purge.” He added, "In the President’s view, these are people who never lost their Polish citizenship.” Poland is trying to make amends for past acts. In March 1968, thousands of Jewish Poles were forced to emigrate to Israel. The Gomulka Government channelled public dissatisfaction following student protests in March 1968 into anti-Semitism and created a propaganda campaign targeting Jews. The state sponsored an “anti-Zionist” campaign, which resulted in the expulsion of Jews from the communist party. In large part, the campaign was the result of a power struggle within the party. Jews were also dismissed from positions at universities and other public institutions. In all, about 25,000 Jews were forced to emigrate to Israel between 1968-1970. The 2 politicians at the centre of it all - Gomułka and national-communist Moczar - fell from grace. Gomułka, who had been under particular stress as his wife was Jewish, had a stroke and was replaced in 1970 after the Gdansk massacre.
Another Ania Mar 3rd, 2008 - 12:33 PM	Re: Jews of '68 " The state" Correction "The communist state puppet government of the soviet Union"

	Poland and Polish Discussion Group and Forum Welcome to the original English language Poland and Polish discussion group board. This message forum is a place where English-speaking Poles, foreigners (expats) living in Poland, and anyone with a genuine interest in Poland can discuss and read the views of others concerning Poland. Subjects include: Polish news and current affairs; Life in Poland; politics; genealogy research; Polish culture and history; advice and tips on visiting Poland; Polish property and investment issues. The aim of our group is to increase awareness of wonderful Poland using the English language and allow and foster the honest debate and exchange of opinions on anything vaguely related to Poland and Polish - positive, negative and/or neutral! This discussion group is not an open-to-all public message board. Membership is by invitation only and therefore given that a fairly limited number of people have full access, it is more of a community blog than a straightforward forum. This application system was brought in to lessen the amount of spam and nonsensical and commercial posts made by casual visitors and off-topic and offensive posts left by a disruptive minority. To ask a one-off question about Poland or respond to comments made on this board without a password just email us and provided it is at least halfway sensible, we'll post it on the board for all to see and current members will try to respond! All opinions and views expressed on this site are solely those of their respective authors and are not necessarily those of anyone else! Links: Polish Language and Translation Forum; Factbook Poland; Photographs of Poland; Polish Translation; A Town in Poland; Map; Apply for the Poland and Polish Forum Password
Return to Website