tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665473493240617077.post1790704338186184172..comments2024-01-19T14:52:51.343-05:00Comments on Polish M' Knob: An American in Warsaw: Old PolandPolishMeKnobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00113146896861359404noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665473493240617077.post-44841738336215125532009-04-17T13:50:00.000-04:002009-04-17T13:50:00.000-04:00If you want to talk about ancient history, yes Bre...If you want to talk about ancient history, yes Breslau was a Polish city, but had been pretty much devoid of Poles for several hundred years. (Maybe not devoid, but it was a German city.)<br /><br />As for the Germans going East, they were the ones that originally occupied the area. Slavs originated in Eastern Europe (if my memory of history is working) and were the ones that spread west (but this was a loooooooooooong time ago.)PolishMeKnobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00113146896861359404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7665473493240617077.post-69525126978624048172009-04-17T03:12:00.000-04:002009-04-17T03:12:00.000-04:00West Slavian were even in Germany near to Cottbus,...West Slavian were even in Germany near to Cottbus, but were also discriminated and killed. So Breslau is Slavian. Germans just go east for centuries!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com