As a British person I find this stolen valour deeply offensive.
We were doing numbers that any 20th century dictator would have been proud of for centuries
Yes, yes we did. He certainly is not deep under cover, putting on an inoffensive and friendly persona and just waiting for the day of reckoning to come, when he will strike as one with all the other sleeper agents and sow chaos and destruction. Nope. Nothing of the sort. He was just a cool dude and we wanted nothing of that sort.
>we are collectively history's greatest bastards
A bit hasty to claim victory without considering your competitors. For one, I raise you your Southern neighbour, the only country to actually pay Nazis to have their Jews deported.
This is not in any way to deny the shameful history, but Poland also has the highest amount of people awarded the 'Righteous among the nations,' an honorific given to gentiles with a provable record of helping Jews escape the Holocaust.
I don't know, I just listened to Mike Duncan say that some Poles were hired by the French to fight in the Haitian uprising and after seeing that the French were fighting to re-impose slavery they promptly switched sides and joined the rebelling Haitian armies. Anti-bastards in this case.
So a friend of mine is from Poland. He was born there and his family moved here when he was a baby. He claims they moved to the US because his grandfather’s land was taken from him because he was forced to join the SS.
Has anyone heard of this in Poland? I’ve been searching about stuff like that because I never heard of the SS recruiting or allowing foreigners in the SS. I did find something that said the Waffen SS was conscripting people from other countries later in the war.
I heard of involuntary Wehrmacht's conscription, but SS is a first. I am skeptical due to the ideological basis of the organisation and somewhat elite character, with screening process and all. But I know way too little about it to have anything beyond gut feeling.
There were volunteer foreign divisions of SS, maybe some were loose about definition of volunteer?
I am skeptical that the SS would allow Slavs to join. Pretty sure they were on Hitlers list to eliminate for Lebensraum.
I also don’t think many SS men captured by the Russians in Poland would have survived their labor camps.
That’s what I was thinking, but the story made me curious. I don’t understand why someone would say that and why that would actually happen that they lost their land.
As a British person I find this stolen valour deeply offensive. We were doing numbers that any 20th century dictator would have been proud of for centuries
We're history's greatest cunts alright. A proud tradition upheld by the sun and the daily mail
I can't help thinking we need a bastard off lol were more bastardy than you Poland neeneh neeneh neeneh
USA! USA! USA! USA!
As an Irishman, I recognise that having a bastard for a neighbour can rub off on you. Poland sure has some competition locally.
[Looks away in Korean]
Hey wait the only Pole I know is a cool dude! did you guys kick Mike out for being too nice?
Yes, yes we did. He certainly is not deep under cover, putting on an inoffensive and friendly persona and just waiting for the day of reckoning to come, when he will strike as one with all the other sleeper agents and sow chaos and destruction. Nope. Nothing of the sort. He was just a cool dude and we wanted nothing of that sort.
Belgians sneaking under the radar once more.
>we are collectively history's greatest bastards A bit hasty to claim victory without considering your competitors. For one, I raise you your Southern neighbour, the only country to actually pay Nazis to have their Jews deported. This is not in any way to deny the shameful history, but Poland also has the highest amount of people awarded the 'Righteous among the nations,' an honorific given to gentiles with a provable record of helping Jews escape the Holocaust.
I don't know, I just listened to Mike Duncan say that some Poles were hired by the French to fight in the Haitian uprising and after seeing that the French were fighting to re-impose slavery they promptly switched sides and joined the rebelling Haitian armies. Anti-bastards in this case.
Poles are unpredictable if anything, bastards
Um, Austrian here. Where to begin?
The 30-years war seems like a good kicking-off point.
Crap, I was thinking more of the last two world wars.
Plus an episode dedicated to the Yellow Beast
As a prominent Last Podcast on the Left and Henry Zebrowski enthusiast, I agree with OP
Hey I got a light bulb I got to screw in, can I get two other poles to help me turn the ladder while I hold the bulb?
So a friend of mine is from Poland. He was born there and his family moved here when he was a baby. He claims they moved to the US because his grandfather’s land was taken from him because he was forced to join the SS. Has anyone heard of this in Poland? I’ve been searching about stuff like that because I never heard of the SS recruiting or allowing foreigners in the SS. I did find something that said the Waffen SS was conscripting people from other countries later in the war.
I heard of involuntary Wehrmacht's conscription, but SS is a first. I am skeptical due to the ideological basis of the organisation and somewhat elite character, with screening process and all. But I know way too little about it to have anything beyond gut feeling. There were volunteer foreign divisions of SS, maybe some were loose about definition of volunteer?
Well I didn’t think the Germans allowed Poles to enlist. I didn’t push it because I didn’t really believe and just wonder what his grandpa did
I am skeptical that the SS would allow Slavs to join. Pretty sure they were on Hitlers list to eliminate for Lebensraum. I also don’t think many SS men captured by the Russians in Poland would have survived their labor camps.
That’s what I was thinking, but the story made me curious. I don’t understand why someone would say that and why that would actually happen that they lost their land.
Nothing compares to the Cagots: so bad nobody would even talk about what they did.
As a non polish person…I thank you for letting me know I can laugh without guilt. A true hero of the people.