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**fetesiceWaist** · 09-26-2009, 12:38 AM

I don't claim they were Poles. I claim they were of polish origin, which makes you of polish origin as well. If someone is named Ol(l)ech, and comes from an area +75% polish-speaking, there's little chance he's not of polish origin. The same, all those 99% procent polish, 99% roman-catholic villages in eastern Poland don't want to even think they are of polish origin, even if their surnames have -uk or -ko endings, which most likely indicate ruthenian origin. The same is with many people coming from territories that were, at least once, polish: they are so strongly attached to their german identity that they ignore obvious fact that their ancestors were polish generations ago.

But why are you so sure they spoke german only? It's really doubtful, actually. They come from an area over 75% polish, and don't know any polish at all?

If I care this much, it is because it makes your ueberdeutsche revisionist political claims about Poles having to leave Silesia, western pomerania and Masuria silly.

09-26-2009, 12:38 AM	#12
fetesiceWaist Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 432 Senior Member	I don't claim they were Poles. I claim they were of polish origin, which makes you of polish origin as well. If someone is named Ol(l)ech, and comes from an area +75% polish-speaking, there's little chance he's not of polish origin. The same, all those 99% procent polish, 99% roman-catholic villages in eastern Poland don't want to even think they are of polish origin, even if their surnames have -uk or -ko endings, which most likely indicate ruthenian origin. The same is with many people coming from territories that were, at least once, polish: they are so strongly attached to their german identity that they ignore obvious fact that their ancestors were polish generations ago. But why are you so sure they spoke german only? It's really doubtful, actually. They come from an area over 75% polish, and don't know any polish at all? If I care this much, it is because it makes your ueberdeutsche revisionist political claims about Poles having to leave Silesia, western pomerania and Masuria silly.
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