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Before 1989 Poles used to illustrate Poland's geopolitical predicament and their bitter feelings about Germans and Russians with a caustic joke. Question: 'If Poland were to be invaded again by Germany and the Soviet Union, in which direction should one shoot first?' Answer: 'To the west: first business, then pleasure.'
— Dec 09, 2014 10:18PM
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Bismarck's primary loyalty also was to Prussia and its dynasty, the Hohenzollerns, not to the German national idea.... Bismarck did not want to unify Germany so much as he wanted to "Prussianize" it.
— Jul 31, 2014 09:35PM
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When Czechs, Hungarians, and Poles look back on their histories, they share a sense of tragedy related to those events leading up to the loss of "national freedom," and for the Hungarians and the Poles, this feeling of loss is often intensified by reminiscences about extensive territories lost as well.
— Jul 24, 2014 09:17PM
