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This reads like "Poland is so great, I chose to live elsewhere" You could've studied and worked in Belgium/Netherlands/Finland and many other countries much ri
by forum_ghost 5y ago
This reads like "Poland is so great, I chose to live elsewhere"
You could've studied and worked in Belgium/Netherlands/Finland and many other countries much richer than Poland even with the Iron Curtain in place.
Millions of people did just that.
- rasz 5y agoNo, millions of Poles have not had the chance to "studied and worked in Belgium/Netherlands/Finland" while under Russian occupation. - You werent able to cross to the west unless on official Government delegation. - You werent able to cross the border _at all_ unless Government decided to let you. It was a political decision by a party committee. - Vacations abroad were only possible as an official reward from the Government, and never outside ~Comecon. - You couldnt even keep a passport in your own house. It was given to you before departure, and you had 7 days to return it after crossing back. You know who did work and study in the west? People who ran away https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_Miles_to_Heaven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_Miles_to_Heaven https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ferry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Ferry My uncle actually planned stowing away on a ferry to Norway in 1981, but got caught in the port and landed in penal company.
- forum_ghost 5y agoNow do the same but for Poles with the wrong religion: Judaism.
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