Poland by Kennedy

Culture

Poland is a place in Europe that is very religious for exaple Chistmas and Easter. Christmas and Easter are big religious holidays in Poland. They eat: baked ham ,sausages ,roast beef ,salads ,mazurek ,and babkas (mazurek and babkas are traditional Polish food).Devout poles believe that the panting of virgin Mary and her baby ,Jesus ,miraculously stopped a Swedish invasion in the seventeeth century.Before all this there was barely any chistianity until prince Mieszko came. He poured chistianity all over Poland (Poland in pictures).

Easter Eggs from Poland
History

Germany invaded Poland in 1939 because Hitler wanted more land and more power. On May 5th, 1939, minister Jozef Beck refused Hitler's intimidation, and spoke out, saying, "We Poland do not understand the concept of peace at any price; there is only one thing in the life of pople, nations, and states which is priceless, and that thing is honor." (Poland in Pictures). Unfortunately, Germany invaded Poland and many Polish people joined the British army to fight Germany.


The German Dictator, Adolph Hitler

During World War II (1939-1945) Poland suffered from the persecution of Nazi Germany. Nazi Germany destroyed the Polish Jewish population by sending many Jewish people first to poor neighborhoods (ghettoes), and then to concentration camps where they suffered and died. Overall, more than three million Polish people were killed during the Holocaust (Poland in Pictures).

German Invasion in 1939

Economy

Before World War II, farming was the biggest economic activity. Two third of the polish population lived on farms and everyone was self-sufficient. Poland’s service sector has increased quickly since the end of communism. The service sector was formed with economic activities that provide service rather than goods. Ther are services such as retail, banking, insurance, education and healthcare (PIP).

Danka studied English in home land Poland. A program called Au

Pair (cultural care) wanted Danka to go to the United States of America and be a nanny for a year. She accepted the trip. She also wanted to learn more English and wanted to know about the lifestyle. She really wanted to see what it looked like and wanted to know about the universities. She did some training in New York for two weeks then she went to D.C. for a year.

Danka's Story

Danka brought clothes, books, and family photos. She was kind of nervous and kind of excited. She hated leaving her family. ON the plane she was stressed and anxious at the same time. She missed her family horribly. Her mind was distracted by New York City.


Danka didn’t like New York City that much at first ,but then she then she changed her mind. She had two weeks of training in New York at being a nanny. Then she came to D.C! When she came to D.C she was fascinated with all the choices for example the universities you can choose your schedule and you can choose your class time. She loved the life style here. She absolutely positively loves the way it looks. She loved the monuments the statues and everything. She loved D.C.

Danka stayed because it was neat and interesting. She also likes the way D.C. is. She loves the lifestyle, she loves the universities and how they work. She loves the monuments. Now Danka goes to school in D.C. What’s not to love about D.C.