[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Why Research is so difficult in Poland?

Günther Böhm GHBoehm at ish.de
Thu Jan 8 04:06:53 PST 2009


Otto schrieb:
> The Poles themselves must have had an extreme dislike for country  
> names ending with an 'A'. They meant trouble.—'Austria', 'Prussia',  
> 'Russia'.
>   
Hello Otto,
a bit difficult since the official Polish name for Poland is 'Polska' 
(no exception, look at http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polska ).
> Congress Poland—1815-1915 Russia conquers.
> Under Russian domination. (Russian Poland is only an informal name for  
> the area)
>   
'Russisch Polen' was also the official German labeling for the Polish 
territories occupied in WWI. German postage stamps were overprinted 
'Russisch Polen' for use in those territories (see 
http://mbc.malopolska.pl/Content/12476/full/znaczki/1914-russisch-polen-3pf.jpg 
, http://i16.ebayimg.com/05/i/001/20/c9/415d_1.JPG ) which means that 
everything tasted better to the German Imperial Government than an 
independent Polish state!
> 1815 - 1865—Russian rule, Polish administration,
> 1820 - Resistance began against Russian domination. I am certain  
> German settlers had a hand in some of this.
>   
I'm not so sure cince the movement wore a high risk and who of the 
German rural colonists, linen weavers and tradesmen would instead have 
adventured a perspective beyond the Ural?
> (Russia was exacting more tax on the textile industry to drive it into  
> Russia instead)
> 1830 - 1831 - November Uprising—Resistance to the Polish Army being  
> used for battle against the French
> The king quieted everything by banning Freemasonry.
> 1863 - 1865 - November Uprising—The people had enough of Russian  
> rule. . .  and Lost.
>   
There were uprisings against the Austrian & Prussian rule in 1846 and 
1848 too. Both (the Krakow and the Posen uprising) were suppressed.

Günther



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