thousands of years. It is surprising how many of these were originally to ward off evil spirits‚ as well to enhance good luck‚ fertility and prosperity. For example‚ bielief that black cat crossing your path can affect your luck goes far back in time. In Poland‚ it is considered unlucky to see the black cat crossing the road and it is probably because of the fact that the black cat was supposed to be a witch in disguise‚ or some kind of spy or helper for her. It may therefore have been imagined to possess
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF POLAND Copyright 1994 - AngloPol Corporation -- Distributed by the Polonia Media Network |Part 1 | | | |The Polish State Emerges | |10th-12th
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Poland Has Not Yet Perished was written two years after the third partition of Poland of 1795‚ and was later adopted as the Polish national anthem in 1926 in the same year of Pilsudski military coup and exemplifies not only the struggles Poland has suffered‚ but the resilience of the Polish people in the face of these struggles and their determination to take back what is theirs despite the odds. The song itself was written as a means to boost the morale of Polish soldiers fighting in Napoleon’s
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of all citizens of the country are prescribed there‚ as well as the complete general structure of the governing forces and major policies of the state. The first Constitutions of Poland and France were signed in the same year – 1791 and had really a lot of aspects in common. At the same time the two Constitutions of Poland and France still were more different than similar to each other. Further we are going to present a brief study of the main articles of these constitutions and their social and political
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Nazi war with Poland started on September first in 1939. The war against Poland was very uneven and over matched. Germany had over 1 million soldiers and 2‚000 tanks while Poland barely had enough to keep up. The war caused a world uproar causing many countries to feel threatened by the Nazis. This even caused Poland to split in two. Why did Germany want to pick a fight with a small country like Poland? Adolf Hitler believed the land of Poland would be great for more room for the German
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Slovakia 1. The official name of our country is known as the Slovak Republic; however‚ the common name is known as Slovakia. The local long form is known as the Slovenska Republika and the local short form as Slovensko. 2. There is not a universal language on Slovakia‚ there are actually quite a few. In Slovakia‚ people speak anything from Hungarian to English. If you speak Czech‚ you may freely use this language in all communication; most people will understand what you say. In Southern Slovakia
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• Why did Germany defeat Poland so quickly? The rapid defeat of Poland can be traced largely to the numerical and technological superiority of the invading German forces. Poland‚ while having a substantial military force‚ including an air force‚ was outnumbered by the Germans by almost a factor of two. In a battle of attrition alone‚ Germany already had a great advantage‚ one that the Poles could simply not match. This shortage of troop on Poland’s behalf was due in part to British pressures before
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Germany in 1945‚ Poland was liberated by the communist Soviet Union. However‚ the communist regime significantly impacted the postwar legacy of Poland and the treatment of the surviving Jewish population. By the conclusion of the Second Word War and collapse of Nazism‚ an estimated five million victims from Polish descent were killed (168). However‚ violence against the Jews did not conclude with the Second World War but led to persecution and pogroms. In Fear: Anti-Semitism in Poland After Auschwitz
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State-owned Businesses in Poland after 1989 Privatization of state –owned companies became a very common practice in the countries once belonging to the Russian communist regime. The reasons for privatization in those countries were tightly related with the political system that used to be in place. With the communist regime‚ all “factors of production (land‚ labor‚ capital‚ and entrepreneurial/managerial ability) are owned or tightly controlled by the state.”1 Therefore‚ as Poland regained its political
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the Cold War‚ Poland was under Soviet influence. Poles had a difficult time practicing their religion. Due to his country’s inability to practice Catholicism‚ Pope John Paul II grew troubled. This led to June 2nd-8th 1979‚ when the Pope visited Poland to awake the religious zeal and pride under the weight of the Soviets. Pope John Paul’s interactions brought hope and faith to Poland and influenced Gorbachev and Reagan. Before his life as Pope‚ Karol Jozef Wojtyla‚ raised in Poland‚ learned the value
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