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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 12:53 AM |
I'm reading this interview, and the man says two words that he says are in polish: "Bremze" and "czipsze". What do they mean?
Thanks!!
Edit: If anyone knows the answer and is not Megg, please tell me :oP. |
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ricv64 Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 1:31 AM |
| uber alles ? |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 1:56 AM |
I don't think so.
It's something the SS men shouted to the prisioners when they came out of the trains when they arrived to Treblinka, one of the extermination camps that worked in Poland from 1942 to 1943. |
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Nacho Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 2:35 AM |
i'm not megg, i'm not polish and i can't speak polish but this site says that bremze is an ukranian word that means "faster".
i couldn't find anything about the other one
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 3:26 AM |
| Thanks Nachín! That makes sense. |
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Nikki Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 3:54 AM |
| I don't think the first word is Polish. The second one, "czipsze" is a form of "faster" I think, but I thought it started with an "s" not a "c." I don't know for sure. :/ My Polish is limited. |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 4:33 AM |
Thanks Nikki! I think maybe the first word is ukranian and the second one is polish, and it makes sense if they both mean the same thing.
I'm writing a paper based on accounts of a survivor of Auschwitz, a neighbour of an argentinian concentration camp, an SS man from Treblinka and a document about "improvements" to vehicles that worked as gas chambers. It's very interesting and terrible at the same time. So terrible. |
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megg_inc Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 5:27 AM |
I don't think these are Polish words. Second one is similar to 'szybciej' though, which means 'faster' indeed.
edit: Oh, the first one may be 'predzej' which means 'faster' as well.
Was the guy from the inteview Polish? |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 6:00 AM |
megg_inc wrote: I don't think these are Polish words. Second one is similar to 'szybciej' though, which means 'faster' indeed.
Thanks Megg! The spelling is probably wrong, since it's a transcript from a film. |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 6:09 AM |
megg_inc wrote:
Was the guy from the inteview Polish?
I'm not sure. I think he was german but it's just a guess. His name was Franz Suchomel. |
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Nikki Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 2:21 PM |
I’ve mentioned my trip to Poland and the concentration camps on the board before I’m pretty sure, so ignore me if I’m repeating myself, but I absolutely love learning about WWII. It’s one of the most interesting and heart-wrenching things. I think it’s a combination of my Polish roots and my dad’s love for history that make me so interested in it. It’s fascinating. That's why when Mike and I were in Poland for a month I wanted to see Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II-Birkenau. I knew it was going to be a difficult thing to see, but I'm glad I went. It's such an important part of history. I told myself I wasn't going to cry but when you go through and see a whole room filled with suitcases, another filled completely with shoes, another human hair...some still in little braids, it’ so, so hard to hold back tears. I managed to do it until we got to the room where they kept the photos on the children. All their heads were shaved and they had on the striped prisoner clothing. There was this one picture of a little girl that I'll never forget. She was so precious and she was looking up ...like to heaven and that's when I lost it and started balling.
At Auschwitz II-Birkenau, I remember standing on the railroad tracks where the prisoners were dropped off. We didn’t take many pictures, but Mike wanted to take one there. It was sunny all week and it was so gloomy when we were there. I walked out a little ways so that he could take my picture and it started to rain and I looked down between my feet at the rocks on the railroad tracks and there was one that was perfectly in the shape of a heart. It was so weird. I stuck it in my pocket, took it home with me and gave it to my dad. He keeps it on his dresser in his bedroom.
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megg_inc Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 2:27 PM |
| Visiting Auschwitz really is a tough, heartbreaking experience. We learn a lot about WWII and the Holocaust during History classes here in Poland so I thought I was prepared to go there and see all of those horrible things, but I think you're never prepared for something so tragic and unimaginable. |
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Nikki Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 2:57 PM |
megg_inc wrote: Visiting Auschwitz really is a tough, heartbreaking experience. We learn a lot about WWII and the Holocaust during History classes here in Poland so I thought I was prepared to go there and see all of those horrible things, but I think you're never prepared for something so tragic and unimaginable.
I know. It's crazy how life goes on there and people live right across the street from the camp. Hey Megg, have you been down to the salt mines? That was pretty awesome. There's an entire church carved from salt down there! A huge, elaborate staircase, columns, an alter, a crucifix. It was pretty amazing. I thought I was going to die on the elevator ride down though. It was pitch black o.o |
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megg_inc Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 3:07 PM |
Nikki wrote: Hey Megg, have you been down to the salt mines? That was pretty awesome. There's an entire church carved from salt down there! A huge, elaborate staircase, columns, an alter, a crucifix. It was pretty amazing. I thought I was going to die on the elevator ride down though. It was pitch black o.o
Yes, it's great! I loved the chapel with huge chandeliers and sculptures. It looks amazing. |
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Aletways Posted Tue 20 May, 2008 7:33 PM |
I totally love learning about WWII too. It fascinates me. As morbid as it sounds, for me it's really interesting to study genocides from a sociological perspective.
That class Juli is taking is called Analysis of the Genocidal Social Practices (or something like that, I don't know a better way to translate it), I took it last year. It focuses mostly on the Holocaust and the Argentinian genocide (which happened not so long ago). |
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