Poland history and culture

poland

history and culture

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by Julia Detyna

index

1. General information

5. Tourist attractions

2. Language

6. Sources

3. History

4. Polish cuisine

GENERAL INFORMATION

• strong bonds to tradition
• important part of western civilization
• very religious nation

Language

• a west slavic language
• second most widely spoken slavic language
• 97% claim polish as mother tongue

HIstory of poland

• market based democracy
• member of NATO and EU
• modern and historic architecture

• subjugated by invaders
• largest european state in the mid 1500s
• polish culture remained strong
• suffered extremely during the 20th century
• jewish population almost annihilated
• lost its independence
• became a communist satellite state
• nationwide movement
• polish government fell in 1989

polish cuisine

• rich in meat
• lots of vegetables and herbs
• heavy on butter, cream, eggs and seasoning
• often need preparation

• barszcz and pierogi are most known

Barszcz

Pierogi

Tourist attractions

Wieliczka salt mine

• one of the oldest salt mines
• stopped operation in 1996
• now open for tourists

Wieliczka salt mine

Auschwitz-Birkenau camps

• over 900,000 jews were brought there
• less than 10% survived
• Nazis tried to destroy it
• only guided tours

Auschwitz-Birkenau camps

sources

• https://www.educations.com/study-guides/europe/study-in-poland/language-culture-18007

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish_cuisine
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Poland

• http://www.auschwitz.org/en/
• https://www.britannica.com/place/Poland

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