From 1945 to 1947..
Niemiec(Germans)[foreigner)... We were not allowed to go to school in Poland. We were on our own. No education for the Niemiec in Poland. I was six and turned seven and no classes for me.Good thing Mrs Pauline Fester had a big book and I was interested.
I feel that was a big mistake on part of Poland.The Germans living among them had been there for hundreds of years.Only a few were hard nosed Germans.We were farmers and the interest for most was to worship in our own way and how big are the potatoes and how many pails of milk can I get from a cow.Give the foreigner a stake in the country and you have the greatest defender of the realm.
They(Poles) even tried to suppress the spoken language among us...in some regions...It seems that the hate and revenge depended on regions and individuals and how the Poles were treated during the German occupation and rule..In the area of Wartegau, Warta River valley and area,the Poles had been removed from their farms without compensation and 24 hr notice and the German farmers from the section of Poland that RUSSIA occupied in Sept of 1939 had been placed on their farms.The polish farmers and their families were removed to work camps and areas strictly for Poles only....mostly to cities and industrial areas.I heard comments that the food on the tables was still warm when the German farmers went to the assigned farms.From 1940 to the end of 1944,the Germans worked the polish farms and the polish workers who had worked for the polish farmers worked for the now german farmers while the polish owners worked in the factories.This was centralized planning from from the german ruling committee.The Germans left behind when the Russians took over followed by the new communist polish ruling committee...paid the price.
I feel that was a big mistake on part of Poland.The Germans living among them had been there for hundreds of years.Only a few were hard nosed Germans.We were farmers and the interest for most was to worship in our own way and how big are the potatoes and how many pails of milk can I get from a cow.Give the foreigner a stake in the country and you have the greatest defender of the realm.
They(Poles) even tried to suppress the spoken language among us...in some regions...It seems that the hate and revenge depended on regions and individuals and how the Poles were treated during the German occupation and rule..In the area of Wartegau, Warta River valley and area,the Poles had been removed from their farms without compensation and 24 hr notice and the German farmers from the section of Poland that RUSSIA occupied in Sept of 1939 had been placed on their farms.The polish farmers and their families were removed to work camps and areas strictly for Poles only....mostly to cities and industrial areas.I heard comments that the food on the tables was still warm when the German farmers went to the assigned farms.From 1940 to the end of 1944,the Germans worked the polish farms and the polish workers who had worked for the polish farmers worked for the now german farmers while the polish owners worked in the factories.This was centralized planning from from the german ruling committee.The Germans left behind when the Russians took over followed by the new communist polish ruling committee...paid the price.
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