Polish Culture

the boy in that picture is a werewolf no? this is a Polish werewolf story?

Sure they have changed.

Back then we were between German Reich and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, today its Federal Republic of Germany and Russian Federation.
A huge difference.

book was based at the beginning of WW1

are you sure your assignment isn't on Prussian Culture edit: durr the failer post made me think he said before not at the beginning of ww1

Parzial its quite hard to grasp what exactly has changed.

quote: book was based at the beginning of WW1

I would like to answer what polish territory was during WW I but I simply lack any knowledge of that period (at least from polish sources) since this is a very rarely described period of polish history which is a bit weird because almost entire easter front happened on polish soil. Besides according to wikipedia it is based on early XX century before the Great War so I would prefer to talk about this period.

First off we are talking the biggest polish city which differed from countryside BY A MILE. Compare Jacksonville from early XX century to its nearby countryside.

Secondly there is no "Poland" there is Russia, Austro-Hungary and Germany. Most of the polish lands were then in Russia trough various historical events I wont get into.

Imagine any major city in northen US in early XX century. Replace black people with jews + add some more sympathy towards them. Reduce imigrant numbers by 90% and make it mainly russian and german and you got yourself Warsaw at the start of XX century (just older architecture than your typical US city).

Now how much time has passed since then? Roughly 100 years... you could write a couple of hundred essays to describe how much has changed in Poland since then and still barely scratch the subject.
For example: compare today's Phlidelphia to todays Philadelphia. A lot of difference eh? If you want more info you will need to exlicitly say what you want to know since its (as polish colocation goes) a river topic.

Edit:

quote: Before, beginning, doesn't matter, Poland was ivided between Austo-hungarian, German and Russian empires between 1795 and 1918.

There was no "invasion" of Polish Commonwealth. The event is called "Partitioning of Poland". Parzival you may want to read the wikipedia article about it if you want to understand anything of early XX century polish history.

The culture was less monotone. Like Orf said the area was home not only to Poles but others as well; especially Jews but also for example Tatars or Hutsuls. This changed after WW2 (due to genocide, mass migration, and territorial change).

In the interwar times the culture was more based on time-honored traditions, this is related to the previous lack of state. For example horseback riding was considered super classy because that embodied the glorious days of old. Losing tradition slowly happens in all developed countries but it has been amplified by the soviet regime.

Then you have all those worldwide culture shifts not specific to Poland, like multiple generations used to live together under one roof.

Lol, Thanks Guys!