Poland should reserve rights for Germans living there. Modern day Poland is comprised of large parts of pre-1945 Germany. When the border moved, those who were not expelled, were left in a foreign country.
Lusatian SOrbs (not SErbs) are a Western Slavic group that has lived on the Western side of the Oder as long as Pommeranian tribes along the Baltic, Poles in pretty much all of today's Poland or Polabian tribes as far east as today's Berlin (in other words probably almost as long as 4000 years). They speak a language much like Polish, Silesian or Kashubian and are Roman Catholics.
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That was brilliant! I nearly sprayed coffee on my screen when I saw that! 10/10!
the sorbs actually consider themselves to be a close raceto the serbs, and in serbian the "luzacki srbi" translates as "lusatian serbs" so the article is correct. and most reading will immediately know whom it is about. from whar i recall sorbs are either catholic or protestant for the most part.
What an interesting group of people.Is their language closer to Serbian or Polish?Are they all Catholic or some Orthodox?How long ahve they been living in this area?
Paul Tillich is a Catholic Sorb. The Sorbs are a western-Slavic nation different from the Serbs (even though historically some scholars claim the opposite). This article should at least mention that Tillich is a Sorb.
This is great news! I was beginning to worry about the state of the Lusatian Sorbs in Germany and their rights.
Its sad that Poland, a country that is traditionally hated by Germany, has full minority rights for the hundreds and thousands of Germans living in Poland, including their own municipalities, schools, media (newspapers, magazines, TV, radio etc.), language and other fundamental minority rights, while Germany does not even clasify the millions of Poles in Germany as a minority (instead, aliens-to-Europe Turks seem to be) and are slowly assimilating the Sorbian culture into German culture and indirectly promoting its extinction, despite the fact that they are living there for many thousands of years now.
It makes one think how readily Germany recognized Kosovo, yet probably will never recognize the Sorbs, whose culture they have suppressed since the days of the Prussian Empire, which continues to this day, not as aggressively, of course.
However, news like this heralds something good for the Sorbs of Germany!
What an interesting group of people.Is their language closer to Serbian or Polish?Are they all Catholic or some Orthodox?How long ahve they been living in this area?
Paul Tillich is a Catholic Sorb. The Sorbs are a western-Slavic nation different from the Serbs (even though historically some scholars claim the opposite). This article should at least mention that Tillich is a Sorb.
This is great news! I was beginning to worry about the state of the Lusatian Sorbs in Germany and their rights.
Its sad that Poland, a country that is traditionally hated by Germany, has full minority rights for the hundreds and thousands of Germans living in Poland, including their own municipalities, schools, media (newspapers, magazines, TV, radio etc.), language and other fundamental minority rights, while Germany does not even clasify the millions of Poles in Germany as a minority (instead, aliens-to-Europe Turks seem to be) and are slowly assimilating the Sorbian culture into German culture and indirectly promoting its extinction, despite the fact that they are living there for many thousands of years now.
It makes one think how readily Germany recognized Kosovo, yet probably will never recognize the Sorbs, whose culture they have suppressed since the days of the Prussian Empire, which continues to this day, not as aggressively, of course.
However, news like this heralds something good for the Sorbs of Germany!
the sorbs actually consider themselves to be a close raceto the serbs, and in serbian the "luzacki srbi" translates as "lusatian serbs" so the article is correct. and most reading will immediately know whom it is about. from whar i recall sorbs are either catholic or protestant for the most part.
Lusatian SOrbs (not SErbs) are a Western Slavic group that has lived on the Western side of the Oder as long as Pommeranian tribes along the Baltic, Poles in pretty much all of today's Poland or Polabian tribes as far east as today's Berlin (in other words probably almost as long as 4000 years). They speak a language much like Polish, Silesian or Kashubian and are Roman Catholics.
Marko
That was brilliant! I nearly sprayed coffee on my screen when I saw that! 10/10!
Poland should reserve rights for Germans living there. Modern day Poland is comprised of large parts of pre-1945 Germany. When the border moved, those who were not expelled, were left in a foreign country.
Paul Tillich is a Catholic Sorb. The Sorbs are a western-Slavic nation different from the Serbs (even though historically some scholars claim the opposite). This article should at least mention that Tillich is a Sorb.
This is great news! I was beginning to worry about the state of the Lusatian Sorbs in Germany and their rights.
Its sad that Poland, a country that is traditionally hated by Germany, has full minority rights for the hundreds and thousands of Germans living in Poland, including their own municipalities, schools, media (newspapers, magazines, TV, radio etc.), language and other fundamental minority rights, while Germany does not even clasify the millions of Poles in Germany as a minority (instead, aliens-to-Europe Turks seem to be) and are slowly assimilating the Sorbian culture into German culture and indirectly promoting its extinction, despite the fact that they are living there for many thousands of years now.
It makes one think how readily Germany recognized Kosovo, yet probably will never recognize the Sorbs, whose culture they have suppressed since the days of the Prussian Empire, which continues to this day, not as aggressively, of course.
However, news like this heralds something good for the Sorbs of Germany!
What an interesting group of people.Is their language closer to Serbian or Polish?Are they all Catholic or some Orthodox?How long ahve they been living in this area?
the sorbs actually consider themselves to be a close raceto the serbs, and in serbian the "luzacki srbi" translates as "lusatian serbs" so the article is correct. and most reading will immediately know whom it is about. from whar i recall sorbs are either catholic or protestant for the most part.
Lusatian SOrbs (not SErbs) are a Western Slavic group that has lived on the Western side of the Oder as long as Pommeranian tribes along the Baltic, Poles in pretty much all of today's Poland or Polabian tribes as far east as today's Berlin (in other words probably almost as long as 4000 years). They speak a language much like Polish, Silesian or Kashubian and are Roman Catholics.
Marko
That was brilliant! I nearly sprayed coffee on my screen when I saw that! 10/10!
Poland should reserve rights for Germans living there. Modern day Poland is comprised of large parts of pre-1945 Germany. When the border moved, those who were not expelled, were left in a foreign country.
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