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Presentation on Polish history
Gijs Theunissen
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Lets start with a
QUIZTo see what you know already aboutsome important figures
born in
Poland
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Today:1. Short general historical review of
Polish history. How to make historyinto an experience for
visitors?
2. Modern history and regional
sensitivities
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Polish paranoia?
http://tegenlicht.vpro.nl/afleveringen/2010-2011/aanval-op-europa/brief-uit-polen.html
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1. Creation of the Polish State:Slavonic folklore
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Kom verder. Saxion.The Legend of Lech: the fatherof all
Poles
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966: Mieszko I Catholicbaptism
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A young and fragile statevulnerable to attacks
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Kom verder. Saxion.2. Casemir the Great: the lastking of the
Piast dynasty
He found a Poland
built in wood andleft it built in stone
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3. Hanseatic League
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4. Teutonic knights
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Malbork Castle
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Reenactments, but also games
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5. Poland's Golden Age
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Nicolas Copernicus
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6. Jan III Sobieski defeatsOttomans near Vienna
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Partitions of Poland
1772: 1st partition of Poland
Between Russia, Prussia and
Austria
Second and third
partition in 1793
and 1795
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1795 -1918
Several uprisings
Poland famous
for science andart
- Marie Curie
- Chopin
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Second Polish Republic
After WOI:Polish
independence Molitov-Ribbentrop:
RussianGerman non-aggresion pact
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World War IISeptember 1 1939
German
invasion, littlelater Russianinvasion
Warsaw uprisings1943, 1944
Auschwitz
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Under Communism Yalta and Potsdam:
Iron Curtain
Under communist
repression 1978 a new Pope is
elected
1981, Solidaritymovement
1989, Fall of BerlinWall
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Third Polish republic (1989- present) 1999 NATO member
1 may 2004: Polandjoines E.U.
2008 onwards:Economical growth
despite globaleconomical crisis
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Which well-known period inEuropean history is missing?
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Conclusions on the popularuse of history: Scale
(personal/regional/national/
continental/global) Type (daily life/
political/social/militaristic)
PerspectiveWhos history (Ethnic,religious, nationalistic
differences)
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Kom verder. Saxion.Good example of popularhistoric sensation
http://stormingjuno.com/
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2. Modern history and regionalsensitivities
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Changing Polish territory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAVVWlUywO0&feature=related
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Situation after World War II 6 million Poles
perished
Jewish minoritywiped out inPoland
Boundary shiftwestward
Millions of
refugees
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Ostpolitik 1970 Treaty of
Warsaw
Glasnost and
Perestroika
What about theGermanminorities in
West Poland?
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After 1989
- Commoninterests
- GermanRevisionism(Bund derVertriebene) and
mixes Polishreactions
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Thank you for your attention!
Questions?
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Further reading
Normen Davies, Heart of Europe: ashort history of Poland.
Johan de Boose, Alle dromen van dewereld.
