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Wroclaw is a town with a more colourful and torrid history than most. Located at the crossroads of Central Europe it has found itself embroiled in more than its fair share of fracas and power struggles. Today it is a town rising from the ashes of World War II and Communism, and once again is emerging as a cosmopolitan centre of commerce - a face that has defined its character through so much of history.
The first permanent settlers in Wroclaw were the Slavic Slezan tribe, who built a stronghold on the island of Ostrow Tumski sometime in the 9th century. (Ostrow Tumski is no longer an island since an arm of the river Odra was filled in 1810). Later this settlement was absorbed into Czech territory from where the name Wroclaw is thought to have been derived - after a Czech leader by the name of Wrocislaw. It wasn't until around 990AD that Prince Mieszko I, of the Piast dynasty and founder of the Polish state, seized control of Wroclaw and incorporated the region of Silesia into Poland.
By 1000 Wroclaw must have already been a town of some prominence as King Boleslaw the Brave established one of three bishoprics here, the other two being established in Krakow and Kolobrzeg: as a result the town became the religious centre of Silesia. Wroclaw continued to grow in the next two centuries mainly due to its thriving trade economy and craftsmanship; however in 1241, along with most of southern Poland, the city fell foul of the marauding Tartar army and was razed to the ground. 
The town leaders used this misfortune as an opportunity to rebuild the city around a massive Market Square on the south side of the river - the same Market Square that you can still see today. This ambitious building program was a success and soon Wroclaw was enjoying a healthy revival; however in 1336, the last of the Piast Princes died and the duchy of Silesia was annexed to Bohemia - despite the efforts of King Casimir III of Poland to hold onto it. His failure to do so meant that it was six hundred years until Wroclaw was returned to Polish hands.
Wroclaw, or Prezzla as it begins to be known as, continued to flourish under Bohemian rule and in 1387 gained admittance into the Hanseatic League, a powerful conglomeration of trading cities (think of it as a medieval version of G8!). The winds of change picked up again in the 16th century when King Ludwig died in battle, leaving no heirs, and the Bohemian estate elected Duke Ferdinand, of the Austrian line of Habsburgs, as King. Now Wroclaw was under Austrian rule.
The early 17th century saw a marked downturn in fortunes for Wroclaw, as both the Thirty Years' War (1618-48) and the plague took their toll on the city - indeed this period saw the population reduced by half. However when the warring factions of Europe eventually signed the Treaty of Westphalia and brought an end to the fighting, it was business as usual for Wroclaw and an economic and cultural revival began.
The next chapter in the city's colourful history began in 1741 when King Frederick the Great II seized Lower Silesia and brought it under Prussian rule. It was he who officially gave the city its German name of Breslau (or Prezzla), although it had been used for many centuries before by the large ethnic German population. Wroclaw spent the next two hundred years in German hands and by the end of the 19th century it was the third largest Prussian city behind Berlin and Hamburg, and began to be heavily industrialised.
When the Nazis seized power in 1933 the last vestiges of the city's Polish origins were all but gone, and the 20,000 Poles still living there (along with the Jews) were politely asked to leave. Wroclaw, or Breslau as it had then been known for 200 years, was so Germanised by that time that it eventually became the last stronghold of the Nazis. It was the last town to surrender to the Soviets, after a 14-week siege, on May 6th 1945.
After the war, as a result of the Potsdam conference, Wroclaw was handed back to Poland as the whole country was effectively shifted westwards. The remainder of the German residents were expelled and the city was re-populated by Poles from Lwow (now the Ukranian town of Lviv), which was lost to the Soviet Union, Wilno (now the Lithuanian town of Vilnius) as well as many arrivals from Warsaw and Poznan. The new settlers, or 'pioneers' as they were called, inherited a foreign city that was 70% destroyed.
In the sixty years since the war Wroclaw has had to undergo a painful rebuilding process, as well as having to survive and recuperate from the terrors and hardships of Communism and Soviet oppression. In 1989 however, when Poland held it's first elections and saw off the Russian regime, the city put the dark times behind it, and the last decade has seen its successful re-emergence as the economic, cultural and academic centre it has been for so much of history.
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 | | "Three things, in my view, are difficult to deny: Wratislavia was originally a Slavic city and part of the first Polish state; Breslau was ethnically a predominantly German city for most of the 700 years until 1945; Wroclaw has been a Polish city since 1945. Poles have restored the city admirably. It was a harsh peace for Germany, but Germany had unleashed a harsh war. As an Australian of Silesian descent I regret Silesia's loss to Germany. However, I believe most German Silesians accept its loss and want nothing more from Poles than a just recognition of the area's German history. I believe this is now happening, in contrast to the nationalist myth-making of the Communist era. Personally, I find the reconciliation between Poles and Germans a beautiful thing in a world where there is too much hate and unforgiveness. " | Peter R
Australia
Jan.16.2010
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| | ""The above article,with reference to the 1930s, suggests that at that time Wroclaw had been known as "BRESLAU" for only 200 years. This is incorrect. The history of the name "BRESLAU" in all its variations over 700 years is recorded in Paul Hefftner's "URSPRUNG UND BEDEUTUNG DER ORTSNAMEN IM STADTKREIS BRESLAU - Breslau 1909" (www.sbc.org.pl) as follows: ""These are the names for Breslau in early GERMAN documents: 1280 "stat Wratislaw", 1295 "Wrezlaw", 1301 "Wraislaw", 1302 "Bretzla", 1314 and 1334 "stat zu Breslau", 1314 and 1357 "Brezlaw", 1324 "Bretzlav" and "Bretzlau", 1327 "stat czu Wretslaw", 1333 until 1370 on a number of occasions "Breczlaw", 1337 "Wratislauia" (Latin), 1339 "Breslou", 1348 and 1351 "Breslaw" and "cives Wraczlauiensis" (Latin), 1350 "Bresslawe" and "stat zu Presslaw". 1359, 1361, 1363, 1367 "Bresslow", 1359 "Bresslaw", 1360 "Breslow", 1367 "Brezslaw", 1371 "Bresslau" and "Bretzlaw", 1452 until 1620 repeatedly "Breßlaw", 1453 until 1800 invariably "Breßlau", 1555 and 1561 "Presslaw", 1713, 1792, 1801 and from then on exclusively "Breslau"" - A correction of the above article and its "historical summary" is long overdue.
" | Morvah
United Kingdom
Sep.08.2009
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| | "Just repeating the correct address:"breslau-wroclaw.de" " | Lerge
United States
Sep.03.2009
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| | "Hallo Peter Sauer, if you can communicate in German (and even if you can't), go to www.breslau-wroclaw.de. I think you will get the answers you are looking for. There are extremely helpful Germans and Poles trying to assist with any queries. " | Lerge
United Kingdom
Sep.03.2009
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| | "Are there any digital records available on the internet of Breslau where I can research my family." | Peter Sauer
Canada
Sep.02.2009
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| | "The "BRESLAUER URKUNDENBUCH" (Digital Library of the University of Zielona Gora) dates the first document in the GERMAN LANGUAGE the 3. August 1280 - Extract as follows: S. 295 ff. ""Wir rathman, scheppfen und burgere gemeine von Wratislaw thuen wissendlich und kunt allen, die diesen brief horen (ge)lesen, das wir durch bete des edelen fursten, hertzoge Heinriches von Glogau, seinen burgeren der stat zu Glogowe gesant haben diesen brief mit beschriebenen rechte, also als man is in unser stat Wratislaw ymmer me halten soll und von alder zeit bisher zu rechte hat gehalten nach weichbildes rechte.……etc…etc…"". Documents prior to 1280 were written in LATIN. Whilst Breslau is called WRATISLAW, it is quite evident that German was its official language prior to 1300." | Morvah
United Kingdom
Sep.02.2009
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| | "Just to clarify the origins of Wroclaw as a city. It was created around 800-850 A.D. by Slavic people and the original name was Wrotizla. You can't say it was Polish or Chech as the states didn't exist yet. It was ruled by Silesian Piasts (first royal dynasty of Poland) till 1335 when Casimir the Great traded the Silesia to Chechs for their rights to Polish crown. After mongolian invasions of 13 century German influence is growing due to mass enslavement of Polish population by Tartars. Silesia was simply depopulated. Anyway city was a part of Chech crown till 1526 when it was taken by Habsburgs. The official name was then Vreclav. Under Habsburgs it became Presslau aand was a part of Holy Roman Empire till 1741 when after Silesian Wars Frederic the Great captured the city and renamed it Breslau. That's the date we can talk about Prussian-German real ownership of Wroclaw. But to show the full picture of the situation Wroclaw was a part of Gniezno archbishopry till mid19th century and Polish catholic church was supervising Wroclaw catholic clergy. After 1945 in Yalta it was decided by Chuchill, Roosevelt and Stalin that Polish borders were going to be shifted westwards alltogether with german and polish populations. If anyone want to complain about today situation please contact USA, British and Russian governments respectively. " | Moryc Beniowski
United States
Aug.30.2009
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| | "Was hat das noch zu bedeuten, ob Breslau 200 Hundert Jahre oder 600 J. Deutsch oder Polnisch war, Deutschland hat dieses Teil, wo ich noch geboren wurde als meine Heimat ansehe durch diesen Mörderischen Angriffskrieg verloren.Ich habe Breslau 1979 besucht,war begeistert über die Freundlichkeit mit der ich dort von den Menschen Empfangen wurde. Ich wünsche den Menschen die dieses Gebiet jetzt ihre Heimat nennen alles alles Gute.Möge nie mehr ein 39-45 in Europa geschehen." | Sonnenblume
France
Aug.25.2009
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| | "Dita: I can only read the English part of that page and it seams an internal legal German problem. It's not the view of any other European nation or of the EU and Strassbourg courts. I can see that there may be powers in Germany which could exploit this legal matter, but for everyone else the game is already over. " | Tim
United Kingdom
Aug.14.2009
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| | "As I wrote some time ago:
"Legally, the German-Polish-Border Treaty of 1990 - like the Warsaw Treaty of 1970 - is a treaty of non-aggression, not a treaty of border settlement. If you can read German the following Link may interest you. http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/themen/Befreiung/polen-grenze.html". No permanent settlements can be achieved by historical amnesia. " | Dita
United Kingdom
Aug.12.2009
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| | "Here is a part of the "Resolution on the German-Polish Frontier adopted by the German Bundestag on 21 June 1990."
It leaves no room for interpretation about the current border:
"The two sides reaffirm the inviolability of the frontier existing between them now and in the future and undertake to respect each other's sovereignty and territorial integrity without restriction.
The two sides declare that they have no territorial claims whatsoever against each other hand that they will not assert such claims in the future.
The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany is formally called upon to communicate this resolution to the Republic of Poland as the expression of its will."
" | Tim
United Kingdom
Aug.11.2009
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| | "This history is highly bias and as such is falsified. Firstly, Silesia became a German fief in 1163 (though Polish influence remained until the Mongol Attack), the German settlement of the region starting shortly thereafter, encouraged by the local rulers, just as it had been in Pomerania. As for Breslau, it was re-founded in 1262 (and thereafter the only name used in official documents) after the Mongol Attack. Between 1200 and 1300, Silesia became virtually wholly German in character due to the eastwards shift of Europe (culminating in the conquest and settlement of Siberia by Russia and not excluding the Poles settling in Galicia all the way to the Dniper river and the Ukrainians beyond the Don, although this Polish settlement was reversed save in Galicia and Wilno from 1831-1914 and destroyed following 1945), save the Cieszyn region as well as the duchy of Oswiecim/Auschwitz, the latter absorbed into Poland in 1454/1494. Silesia (always excluding Cieszyn) remained virtually wholly German until the early 15th century, the Hussite Wars decimating much of the population of Upper Silesia which was subsequently settled or re-settled if you wish, by Poles. Thereafter, Upper Silesia remained some 5/8 Polish for nearly 500 years, and Silesia was a German territory from roughly 1300-1945, or 650 years. The same timeframe is true for Pomerania and Prussia, albeit Pomerelia is not included--as it was always Polish. Indeed the majority of Silesia was mainly German from 1250-1945, nearly 700 years." | Stephen
United States
Aug.07.2009
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| | "Robert, I thought the reply, on 30.11.08, of D. Thomas in the Breslau-Wroclaw Forum might have been of help to you. " | Lerge
United Kingdom
Mar.26.2009
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| | "I tried to get http://www.breslau-wroclaw.de./ but nothing happened, just a blank page. I guess I am not going to find any body with the name Deynert" | Robert Arditti
United Kingdom
Mar.24.2009
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| | "this is for Lerge thank you for trying to help but I had no luck, Oh well back to the drawing board" | Robert
United Kingdom
Mar.14.2009
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| | "The above article, refering to the 1930s, says that Wroclaw had then been "known as Breslau for 200 years". This is misleading in that it suggests that Breslau was "germanic" for approximately 200 years only. However, the "Breslauer Urkundenbuch" to be found in the digital library of the university of Zielona Gora dates the first document in the German language the 3. August 1280 (pg 48) - Extract: 50. Rechtssätze, welche die Breslauer den Glogauern mitgetheilt haben am 3. August 1280.
Abschrift im Liber Niger des glogauer Stadtarchivs, Supplemente S. 295 ff.
""Wir rathman, scheppfen und burgere gemeine von Wratislaw thuen wissendlich und kunt allen, die diesen brief horen (ge)lesen, das wir durch bete des edelen fursten, hertzoge Heinriches von Glogau, seinen burgeren der stat zu Glogowe gesant haben diesen brief mit beschriebenen rechte, also als man is in unser stat Wratislaw ymmer me halten soll und von alder zeit bisher zu rechte hat gehalten nach weichbildes rechte.……etc…etc…"". Documents prior to 1280 were written in Latin. " | Morvah
United Kingdom
Mar.10.2009
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| | "How can you say in the article that the jews and poles were politely asked to leave by the Nazi's? " | Tom
United Kingdom
Mar.05.2009
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| | "Hallo, Christa, as someone also born in Breslau and having had to flee from the Soviet army in 1945 with my mother and brother, I can only confirm your experience. On my first return in 1991 I was warmly received by the present occupants of "our home" where the furniture of my parents was still being stored in the attic room. I have also been back since and have no regrets. " | DITA
United Kingdom
Feb.27.2009
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| | "I just happened upon this page and I am glad I did. I too was born in Breslau before the war and left with my parents in Jan. 1945. My grandparents stayed behind and had to leave in 1946 after the polish people moved in. If one understands history, they will grasp that the polish people were victims just the same. My father had the good fortune to visit Breslau for the first time in 1975 and was most warmly recieved by the people, at that time, occupying the our family home on Nelkenweg. He made other visits over the years and I did too in 1992 nad 1993. The same people were still there and I too was welcomed, although my dad was not with me. I have the highest regard the for the polish people who rebuilt our beautiful Breslau. I visited again in 2006 and hpope to make at least one more journey to my hometown, the city I will always love." | Christa
United States
Feb.19.2009
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| | "Hallo Robert of the previous entry, if you speak German (and even if you do not), have a look at www.breslau-wroclaw.de. You may well find quite a bit of information about your distant family in old address books etc or through the help of knowledgable individuals who may respond to your queries, even if they are in English. Good luck!!!" | LERGE
United Kingdom
Nov.28.2008
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| | "I am not Polish or German, however I do have a conection to Breslau, now called Wrocklaw. My Grandfather was from there but moved to England at the end of the 1800s. He was not a follower of Hitler, nor were his family. When he moved to England he left his German family behind and made his own family in the UK. His daughter, my mother married a jew and I was a result of that union. My Grandfather's name was Joseph Deynert, a very old German name, and his father was the head of the fire bregade in what was then Breslau. His Brother also worked as a fireman. These were people who lived like anybody else. In fact my Great Grandfather died in Breslau of cancer, as did his wife Dorothea. I don't know what happened to my Great Uncle or my Great Aunt Hedwig, but I am sure they went years ago. What I find sad about some of the comments on here, is that people are still clinging to the past. They are still looking for someone to blame. The only thing I would say is that I am sad that I can not find anything out about my Great Grand Parents, or if I have cousins still in that area. It seems that no records remain prior to 1946 about the people that have lived there. I know that My Great Grand Parents were buried there, but have no idea where." | Robert
United Kingdom
Nov.08.2008
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| | "Correction..correction: Border..Border" | Dita
United Kingdom
Aug.28.2008
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| | "Polarring, thanks for your comment and Links. Legally, the German-Polish-Boarder Treaty of 1990 - like the Warsaw Treaty of 1970 - is a treaty of non-agression, not a treaty of boarder settlement. If you can read German the following Link may interest you. http://www.uni-kassel.de/fb5/frieden/themen/Befreiung/polen-grenze.html " | Dita
United Kingdom
Aug.28.2008
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| | "Dita, there is the German-Polish Border Treaty from 1990 regulating border disputes between two countries http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German-Polish_Border_Treaty_(1990).
It is legally binding and recognized by international community. Polish Provisional Government of National Unity was Soviet puppet and it did not represent Polish nation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional_Government_of_National_Unity
" | Polarring
United Kingdom
Aug.26.2008
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| | "The following extract from the Potsdam Conference of 1945 clearly leaves the "final delineation of the western frontier of Poland" open until "the peace settlement". There has never been such a settlement. There is therefore no legal reason why "Wroclaw" should not still be considered to be "Breslau" by its former inhabitans.
B. WESTERN FRONTIER OF POLAND.
In conformity with the agreement on Poland reached at the Crimea Conference the three Heads of Government have sought the opinion of the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity in regard to the accession of territory in the north 'end west which Poland should receive. The President of the National Council of Poland and members of the Polish Provisional Government of National Unity have been received at the Conference and have fully presented their views. The three Heads of Government reaffirm their opinion that the final delimitation of the western frontier of Poland should await the peace settlement.
" | Dita
United Kingdom
Aug.24.2008
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| | "I cannot believe all these people that are saying it is a German City, did you not read the brief history, It was POLISH first Then German, Poles where there first, history does not start in the 17th century People!!!
Anyway its Polish now has been for for the last 65 years, and its going to stay like that
Plus Poles REBUILT the CITY
so there are no German claims to it at all
" | SilkyJohnson
Canada
Aug.15.2008
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| | "Antonio, no we did not expel any germans, we expelled Nazi criminals. Sometimes the “human- cultural world” reaps what it sows. Be glad Nazi criminals from Austria got out so easily." | Slav
United States
Jun.12.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "I am going to Wroclaw to meet with my German friend whose family came from Breslau. We are Polish living in United States. I don't need to remind anybody that the past is filled with horrible events. We intend to talk about them in civilized way, asking questions, learning for our children so they can grow without prejudice.
Janusz Pankowski " | Janusz Pankowski
United States
Jun.09.2008
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| | "How many germans have slavic ancesters?" | fake
Algeria
Jun.03.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "My grandmother was born near here and kicked out of her house in 45 and made to leave all together in 1946. Some people here really hate Germans and Germany, time for you people to stop living in the past or look at your own people first. Today with the European Union Germans are free to move back. As the older people die off the need for compensation will disappear. It's too bad these people who DO NOT bear the guilt of their parents couldn't get something but it is just another page in the large book of human crimes. Can't wait to visit this place in September for the first time! It will always be a German city to me but the Poles are welcome to live there, it's not their faults either." | Jeremy
Canada
May.31.2008
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| | "Wroclaw is still Breslau for the human- cultural world. 1944-1948: poland explused and killed millions of germans from the former easter german territories. In fact, the was no big different between the nazi and the polish.
But sti criminals. " | Antonio
Austria
May.30.2008
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| | "Nazi Germany inflicted grief and pain to the rest of Europe in its war against the world. But we have to be honest and recognize that millions of Germans had to go through terrible suffering, losing their centuries-old heimat. I recommend that you read Guido Knopp beautiful account on the eviction of 15 millions from their lands. After 63 years we can have a quiet debate on our recent history and admit that Breslau was a German City that the terrible events of history turned to Poland, the same events that were turning the Polish city of Lwow to the USSR." | Nicola
Italy
Feb.16.2008
rates this page 2/5 |
| | "I found this brief history very interesting and helpful.
One small point "it's" should be "its"." | Chris
United Kingdom
Feb.13.2008
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "Went to Wroclaw May 2007 for a great weekend, beautiful place, people friendly. Have recommended it to many people. Abo" | abo
United Kingdom
Jan.29.2008
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "I'm heading over to Wroclaw tomorrow for almost a week. I'm excited to meet the good people of Poland. I sure have found good people everywhere including germany where my ancestors stem from. Let us all remember to love each other and change whatever has been done in the past to good will to each other. Let us remember what has been done in the past, and do our best to change things for the future. " | Angie
United States
Dec.28.2007
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| | "Yea, germans want compensation for being expelled from that part of europe - the only compensation they deserve is a big swift kick up the arse! They're country tried to take the whole of europe, killed millions, and lost - now they want compensation? What is this, the twilight zone??" | Michael
Australia
Nov.23.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "What a privilege I've had since first visiting Wroclaw in 1989 and many summers since! I've been a witness to incredible historical changes---and have fallen in love with the Poles. They have done a magnificent job of rising from the ashes which were handed to them! It has become a vibrant, lively cultural center which people should definitely visit. " | Pam
United States
Nov.01.2007
rates this page 5/5 |
| | "What a privilege I've had since first visiting Wroclaw in 1989 and many summers since! I've been a witness to incredible historical changes---and have fallen in love with the Poles. They have done a magnificent job of rising from the ashes which were handed to them! It has become a vibrant, lively cultural center which people should definitely visit. " | Pam
United States
Nov.01.2007
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| | "Born in the former Breslau, with Silesian roots back to the 17th century and probably before, I am delighted that Wroclaw is a city open to all. My departure, as a child, from the city was as a refugee in 1945. My first return was in 1991 as a visitor who was most warmly received. Even the people in the house of my birth treated me like a friend. I wish Wroclaw well and cannot wait to return to that cosmopolitan and hospitable city of great beauty." | Dita
United Kingdom
Oct.17.2007
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| | "Hey David from Aug 25th posting. My grandparents were also of Jewish descent and lived in Breslau. Have some old pictures. I'd like to go back someday. Any advice?
Bob" | bob
United States
Oct.15.2007
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| | "Wroclaw, once in the hands of the Polish Kingdom now again and forever the hands of the Polish. Any German that feels they still have claims on my holy land is a dirty racist." | Daniel
United States
Sep.30.2007
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| | "Dan sounds like an idiot!" | Adam
Australia
Sep.23.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "Dan
are you joking?" | Zenon
Poland
Sep.03.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "I think the comments mentioned above are a little one sided and quite antagornistic, especially the one who seems to think that only Europeans are capable of killing. No state has clean hands in this respect and I don't think it helps anyone to point fingers for past generations.
The history of Wroclaw is very interesting and there is a definate feel that the city is rising from the ashes of the last 60 years. Today, thousands of tourists, including Germans, from all over Europe come here. I think the city has so much going for it with regard to a university city that is extremely well designed. Very easy to walk around by foot.
With regard to the first persons comments about whether it should be given back, the question seems a little naive. Even Germany has agreed that it has no claim to Lower Silesia, so why give a Polish city to Germany?" | Simon
New Zealand
Aug.25.2007
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "I am in Wroclaw as we speak visiting the place where my German-Jewish grandfather was born. We just got back from Auschwitz where part of my family perished.
Let all of us remember that Germany has forfeited any claim to any land, including their own, during the last century of bloodshed brought about by the continuing German canard of their "racial superiority."
It was extremely disturbing to see Wroclaw referred to as Breslau all the way to the Polish border. As Churchill stated, the seeds are planted.
What family survived the Holocaust now lives in Denmark, another land filled with bigots, their whipping children are the Muslims they invited to live as basically second class "workers" that the Danes apparently thought would happily submit to the tiny, narrow worldview they hold.
The last half of the second millenium is basically a story of Europeans rampaging around this planet, killing probably close to a billion people with their guns, germs and steel, destroying thousands of cultures, pillaging resources and subjugating whoever was left over.
To the comment regarding the American Indian, please note who was doing the killing/pillaging - it sure wasn't indigenous Americans, it was Europeans doing what they do best - killing." | David
United States
Aug.25.2007
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| | "It is interesting to note that the shift of the borders of Poland west was suggested by Winston Churchill at one of the conferences with Stalin and Roosevelt. Later, he had second thoughts, and said that it might produce the seeds of future wars. On the whole, I prefer the large Poland before the war to the small Poland, (subjugated by Russia) after the war." | Rodman E. Doll
United States
Aug.19.2007
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| | "Sure Dan, just after USA returns its land to the rightfull owners ie American Indians. " | Slav
United States
Jul.28.2007
rates this page 3/5 |
| | "Wroc³aw always polish!!!" | Piotrek
Poland
Jul.03.2007
rates this page 4/5 |
| | "Dont you think its time to return the region to its rightful owner ie Germany?" | Dan
United States
Jun.23.2007
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