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OilemFirchen

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7. It's eerie and, for the moment, pleasantly surprising to see their emigration to Poland.

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Sat Feb 26, 2022, 05:42 PM

Feb 2022

Poland is my maternal family's ancestral home going back many generations. They escaped the pogroms and all emigrated here. Post-WWII Poland has not been at all friendly to the Jewish people and modern Poland is especially hostile.

Here's hoping that the emigres are treated respectfully into the future.

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(Jewish Group) Ukrainian Jews have thrived under democracy. I pray my ancestral country endures [View all] Behind the Aegis Feb 2022 OP

Do many Jews consider these and neighboring areas as ancestral lands Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #1

I am going to take this question as one of good faith. Behind the Aegis Feb 2022 #2

Thanks for the understanding. It's just history I'm interested in, respectfully, , Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #3

No problem. I am familiar with some of your posts, so I figured it was an honest question. Behind the Aegis Feb 2022 #4

Yep. I see there has been much turmoil in the region over the centuries, Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #5

Let me add that it seems both my Grandmothers Ghost Dog Feb 2022 #6

It's eerie and, for the moment, pleasantly surprising to see their emigration to Poland. OilemFirchen Feb 2022 #7