@alanheath I haven't been to Gdańsk yet - I was in Krakow, Zakopane, Wroclaw, Warsaw, Chestohova, Auschwitz-Birkenau, etc. So the furthest North I was Warsaw. The entire country is amazing and I think of going back every week.
@ericDolecki I have got lots of films from Poland - several hundred of them. I spent the summer in Gdańsk two years ago and decided I was going to spend every summer there but in life things do not always work out was one would plan. I think Gdańsk is my favourite city anywhere and I have travelled a lot. Mind you, London is pretty good too!
When the USSR was allied to Nazi Germany until 22 June 1941 it did sometimes send Jewish escapees back to the Nazis but did not deport its own citizens unless they were political prisoners wanted by Nazi Germany.
No, you're getting me wrong. I meant the Russian Immigration in the 1990's. I wasn't quite comprehending that, but now I get it. Thanks for all the detailed explanation. It helped! Peace! tc
In that case, Israel dropped its usual stringent rules on finding out who was Jewish and who was not and accepted around 1.5m immigrants some of whom had dubious cliaims to being Jewish but lets face it - living on the Mediterranean probably beats Siberia.
okay. Was it possible for the Jews to escape out of the ghetto and go into a safer place or change countries during the SWW? Or were all of them exterminated?
Getting out of a ghetto was not all that difficult, many ghettos did not have walls but where are you going to go? What are you going to eat without papers? Leaving the ghetto was punishable by death and most Jews looked and spoke in a different way. Most Jews spoke Polish with an accent as it was their second language. Few could get away with it. And there were tests, asking people to say the Lord's prayer, a rosary, men circumsized etc.. There was little chance on the outside.
I see. I also hear that most Jews from all parts of Europe were deported to concentration camps in Germany. Did those Jews belong only to Axis powers or were they citizens of Allied powers as well? And what about the Jews in Israel?
Jews were shipped to death camps in Poland and in smaller quantities to places in the USSR where they were murdered. They were only from countries occupied by Nazi Germany and those countries collaborating (Slovakia especially).
The Jews who founded Israeli were mainly from Europe or who had emigrated to Palestine in the previous 50 years or so. Within a very short time most Israelis were from Arab countries and this was the case until the early 1990s when there was Russian immigration.
You pronounced Kraków perfectly - well done! It's my favorite city in the world.
ericDolecki 4 months ago
@ericDolecki In Poland, I prefer Gdańsk!
alanheath 4 months ago
@alanheath I haven't been to Gdańsk yet - I was in Krakow, Zakopane, Wroclaw, Warsaw, Chestohova, Auschwitz-Birkenau, etc. So the furthest North I was Warsaw. The entire country is amazing and I think of going back every week.
ericDolecki 4 months ago
@ericDolecki I have got lots of films from Poland - several hundred of them. I spent the summer in Gdańsk two years ago and decided I was going to spend every summer there but in life things do not always work out was one would plan. I think Gdańsk is my favourite city anywhere and I have travelled a lot. Mind you, London is pretty good too!
alanheath 4 months ago
And what did the Russians do?
praddie000gurl 2 years ago
I dont know if I have understood your question.
When the USSR was allied to Nazi Germany until 22 June 1941 it did sometimes send Jewish escapees back to the Nazis but did not deport its own citizens unless they were political prisoners wanted by Nazi Germany.
alanheath 2 years ago
No, you're getting me wrong. I meant the Russian Immigration in the 1990's. I wasn't quite comprehending that, but now I get it. Thanks for all the detailed explanation. It helped! Peace! tc
praddie000gurl 2 years ago
In that case, Israel dropped its usual stringent rules on finding out who was Jewish and who was not and accepted around 1.5m immigrants some of whom had dubious cliaims to being Jewish but lets face it - living on the Mediterranean probably beats Siberia.
Peace to you also!
alanheath 2 years ago
How true! Sometimes, food becomes more important than religion.
praddie000gurl 2 years ago
Are there Jewish residents still living in and around the ghetto?
praddie000gurl 2 years ago
I doubt there would be many if any. The Jewish population is not very large and in any case is fully assimilated.
alanheath 2 years ago
okay. Was it possible for the Jews to escape out of the ghetto and go into a safer place or change countries during the SWW? Or were all of them exterminated?
praddie000gurl 2 years ago
Getting out of a ghetto was not all that difficult, many ghettos did not have walls but where are you going to go? What are you going to eat without papers? Leaving the ghetto was punishable by death and most Jews looked and spoke in a different way. Most Jews spoke Polish with an accent as it was their second language. Few could get away with it. And there were tests, asking people to say the Lord's prayer, a rosary, men circumsized etc.. There was little chance on the outside.
alanheath 2 years ago
I see. I also hear that most Jews from all parts of Europe were deported to concentration camps in Germany. Did those Jews belong only to Axis powers or were they citizens of Allied powers as well? And what about the Jews in Israel?
praddie000gurl 2 years ago
Jews were shipped to death camps in Poland and in smaller quantities to places in the USSR where they were murdered. They were only from countries occupied by Nazi Germany and those countries collaborating (Slovakia especially).
The Jews who founded Israeli were mainly from Europe or who had emigrated to Palestine in the previous 50 years or so. Within a very short time most Israelis were from Arab countries and this was the case until the early 1990s when there was Russian immigration.
alanheath 2 years ago
Wow it's so historic. I almost seemed to have gotten barmy about Krakow after reading Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline. Btw nice video :)
praddie000gurl 2 years ago 2
I don't know that book. There is a lot more on my channel about Kraków and the ghetto there which may be of interest.
alanheath 2 years ago
Thanks! I'll look it up.
praddie000gurl 2 years ago