All language subtitles for LAND OF MY MOTHER (KRAJ MOJEJ MATKI) - COLORIZED - 1943

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Rowland was Maria's products Canaries

motherless she was born in Warsaw at the

time when an enslaved Poland was divided

between three neighboring Empire just a

voluntary restraint Veda today so then

also the poorest people had to try their

patriotic speeding polish children you

were to learn the history of their land

in secret and to read polish poetry

behind floors oh my mother said or

Amalia forgot I was a child of that a

fresh fall in a foreign dominated wall

so she learned afraid truth that was to

become the motor of her life that every

obstacle no matter how great may be

overcome by the power of the human will

it was an oppressed Poland a soldier to

sacrifice all for the sake of others and

for the sake of an ideal Maya products

are really deep they love the country of

her birth she became French by her

marriage to Pierre Curie she live in

France and he worship from yes till her

last day she remained faithful in her

heart to the memory of the Polish

countryside and of the noble life of a

forest theorem

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Roland we brought in 1918 after 122

years of bondage with especially proud

of the sort of patina on the voltage it

was evident of coalition soldiers and

created power of the economic

potentialities of Roland on a small

fishing village of a few hundred souls

being a grew in these short years

between the two world wars to be a

beautiful modern city of a hundred

thousand inhabitants the first largest

seaport in Europe and the largest on the

Baltic the liner battery now in service

of an American transport was once fine

and modern polish passenger ships

bringing tourists and businessmen from

the distant land ships that left via

single the seventies and call that force

in 44 countries Poland China stretch of

Baltic Sea coast world in 1939 the scene

of some of the most heroic episode of

this war such as a defense of the

fortified Westar platter

we're a small polish garrison held out

for two weeks against the powerful

German Navy

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historically Paulin grew around the

basin of the Vistula River of the

business that Marie Sklodowska clearly

called

my River this is what she holds there is

a cartel song in which they sing this

polish water has within itself such a

chance and those who are taken by it

will love it even unto the grave he is

essentially the souls Simon again has

stopped the Germans in their age-old

drive to the east that is why so many

processors and strongholds we are busier

in their shadow are many historic

landmarks cities and cathedrals the Town

Hall of kitchens dates back 800 years

the sailplane Cathedral was built in the

15th century and is 600 years old

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here is hell no the same Century City

with the Town Hall to live in its

original beauty on the banks of the

Vistula spend the old sound of

sovereigns it's all 13th century Town

Hall makes a flame contrast with the

Valda modernistic building that houses

the local offices nicolaus copernicus

the astronomer was born in Turin one of

the world's greatest minds he made the

discovery that the earth moved around

the Sun that as an old nursery rhyme

about Copernicus his softer son he moved

the earth he was a man of paulisa all

the world of course

no the Venice and groove the Belgian

Venice of the West not everyone knows

however but in a way Poland has its

Venice to the old city of viscose

all caused by canals in Venice it's

2,000 years old construction at this

cotton is seen here proving the Slavonic

origin of this land

a thousand years ago the poorest

frontier and Taniya Berlin and other

German cities stand in those days the

Germans kept at constant attacks from

the neighboring slab the Polish King

valestra

Fabray or the brains for the traders or

the powerful German interval emperor

otto reserve ruler of the holy roman

empire attempted to gain the friendship

of symbol a saw and understood its

elements to fold visit the shrine of

smell Adelbert who have been murdered by

bordick strive of committed people then

living in what is now rushing from the

moment he stepped onto destroyed until

he reached the shrine as we all know he

was barefoot in sandals elegant garb

trying as it's from of his accession

profaned by guile but he could not

change like fall in meal nor the first

capital of Poland a monument was

referred to this billion and wise King

valestra robbery

nearly the foundation of a powerful

Poland and thought his people to be

always on their guard against the

students Poland grew to be the greatest

state in Eastern Europe

the famous oak trees in the park at a

gallon can remember those ancient days

only seven of them are left but each is

more than a thousand years old old knife

found whole foundation we are laid early

in the 13th century its mural

decorations include the rampant lion of

Bohemia a minder that the poles and the

Czechs once lived under the same thing

fault line features the lessons that if

conquered people should never despair

only ten years after kaiser wilhelm ii

built a fine new castle in Berlin

only a few short years after the fault

line of the house had been arrested by

the Germans

the same Opera House rebounded in the

1920s with forest music and song for men

became famous after the last war so it's

International Fair the third largest in

Europe with 25 nations participating and

3,500 exhibitors

49 for the Woodrow Wilson Park and the

monument of President Wilson given to

the city by ignited by the rescue the

great polish artist the German invaders

were two-legged savagely in 1939 and

museums contain fine collection of also

least armored prostrate and red the

Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa is a

place of pilgrimages for all Poland and

may be called her religious capital it

falls

once the stored upon our Lady of sensor

Horus the title of queen of the Polish

crown everything for 17th century when

the country was freed of invaders by a

force of fold bearing the holy image of

the Virgin a devotion of a national

character has been added to the

religious terms that the Polish people

have for our Lady of Czestochowa

Epis olivia is extremely rich in natural

resources which has ranked all untold

smith-waters of all Polish coal is mined

here for a long time in history this

part of Poland has been under the German

yoke

no wonder if it's people with all their

strengths groan of bitterness and hatred

into its defense during this present

world one of the most tragic episodes of

the 1939 campaign was a slaughter by the

Germans of all the Boy Scouts in

catalysis capital of utter talicia

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rocker panels in the lava chakra

mountains on the boundary line between

Poland and Czechoslovakia with feverish

health and sought results in summer it

was a mecca of mountain climbers while

it's winter fraud schemes and attracted

visitors from all over the world

a few years ago the world's three

championship took place in silence

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the people of this mountainous country

have preserved their quaint costumes

language and they're all seven dancers

their music

these are archaic alien skills for the

source of the light to many a modern

composer to the poles rocket annex was

much more than exhale to roll it was

horrible

artists writers scientists and poets who

found inspiration in the life of the

simple mountain salt in their legends

and tales in the beauty of their

unspoiled land the forest soldiers who

in 1944 in calm and had to defend always

brutal held us a group and attacked of L

Guevara the forest airman who played

such a gallant rod in the Battle of

Britain and the Polish infantry standing

guard along the Scottish coast all those

Patriots had many predecessors in the

history of their country for our freedom

and for yours is fallen ancient battle

cry even when their own country no

longer existed under mass Polish

soldiers were always ready to fight for

a great cause

hold fought for freedom in the United

States in Italy in Hungary in Belgium

Fiat entire Brazil Peru and Bolivia many

centuries ago the rule of the fallen had

already given guarantees of personal and

political liberty to their people one of

the outstanding days in forums history

is the year of 1430 when a bit of light

in the form of the Nieminen Capitolinus

Act was written more than 200 years

before the English had been focused at

it's no guarantee personal liberty to

all and profane

right without one punishment without

human Jim jockle capitalist Poland from

the 14th to the 17th century is rich in

architectural treasures of that period

one of the most beautiful gothic

structures is the cross hole we might

call it the first department store in

the world it was built even earlier than

the cloth Hall of youth in cockerels we

also find the second oldest university

in Central Europe today was cost useful

support the freedom of the American

colonies by the side of George

Washington's it's buried at the Royal

Castle at Babel Poland's

Westminster Abbey together with polish

teams famous for its military commanders

ratio after he returned from America we

should collect the Polish insurrection

against the Russians are wearing a

peasant guard he wanted battle near

cockles

at the head of a regiment of 30,000 he's

worshipped all over Poland

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not far from Cracow in the 60s with

fears of the mountains many health and

summer resorts were built at the gear

suit and kynesha in these times the

ladder was an internationally known star

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hi merrily Poland is an agricultural

country although some farmers migrate to

the cities where they work at all kind

of job the majority simply stay in their

villages and cling to their old

traditions the crucial mountaineers of

peeps and forums give us a picture

example of local folklore they are

famous for the originality of their

presence are in ceramics and textiles

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let us go back to the Warriors as fallen

to her famous soldiers in 1683 when the

turret for the siege in Vienna when

things looked hopeless the Austin

Emperor Lea for the second and fourth

innocent the 11th sent messages to the

Polish King yearn for the asleep begging

him to come to their rescue King arrived

at the head of his army and from City

Hall to the test in memory of the sweet

victory one of the sub constellation is

called for justice he later on Turkey

and Poland from through the defect of

lasting friendship and forgiving the

only country which did not recognize the

partitions of Poland for more than a

hundred years an MCC was kept at a

certain score at all official

festivities and diplomatic receptions

for the temporary absence Polish

Ambassador zucchini and obviously the

poles erected a monument in the city of

the roof the sowdan bastion of Polish

culture as it often appears with

frontier series its inhabitants are the

most ardent and devoted Patriots when in

1919 and roof was in danger of being

torn away from Poland even women and

children took up arms to save the town

some of these piglets as a people called

them lie in the cemetery

together with American airmen of the

same as Kosciuszko squadron who had come

over to help save the town of the growth

of Roland so grateful inhabitants

erected the monuments to their memories

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turning lakes of eastern Poland are

alive with fairies elves em snails and

other still it's born of spotted

imaginations

foolish poets many of whom were born in

this part of the country through really

on these tales and legends

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now here is a true story not a legend

600 years ago a young and lovely girl

silenced her left eye handsome friends

in order to marry it for an old man

she was sacrificing her love for her

country the young girl was a forest

green of French and Hungarian defense by

the name of yet viga she married was

ruler of the fig and this Iranian

bring Poland and Lithuania together the

result of this marriage again one his

subjects and races Jannetty very soon in

1410 the choice army of Poland and

Lithuania defeated the Teutonic Knights

of the course in the famous battle of

grunwald

this victory United fallen and Lithuania

ensured how a concerted effort can

conquer overwhelming for you know like

involved in frontiers today's was the

birthplace of foliage romantic poetry

here the great other miscarriage was

born didn't know has also many

architectural treasures of outstanding

interest mystery tell girls that when he

first saw the Church of st. Mary in will

know Napoleon said that he would like to

take it back with him to harm

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the only fixture of Our Lady of Oscar

Brahma is worships near and is a shrine

of our lady of strength of Hawaiian

western protons but only Catholic was

even Jew than people of other trees

often near the forest in the horse a

cemetery on the outskirts of Dillon or

the heart of Marshall team suit she is

buried pilsudski had expressed a wish

that it should lay there next to the

grave of his mother here we see a famous

stud of Arab horses Indiana's breeding

was developed in Poland on the large

scale Polish cavalry has played an

important part in the history of Poland

it distinguished itself during the

Napoleonic campaigns to us he who gave

His life while defending the freedom of

the American colonies was a Lancer

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in 1569 an impressive ceremony known as

the union of Lublin further strengthen

the ties between Poland and Lithuania

the member of the deramian House of

Representatives journeyed to the holy

city of Lublin and they are joined with

the Polish Parliament in a unanimous

vote for the union of the three with the

screen and the sink or with influence as

women gave both countries equal high it

stands as a historic example of the

freely accepted federations in central

Eastern Europe the water consideration

of 1573 yet religious freedom to all the

constitution of the 3rd of may 1791 was

one of the first constitution in Eastern

Europe which took into account aware of

the future in 1794 under the leadership

of Solinsky a cobbler the in evident of

worse or rebelled against fashion of

clashes also has been Poland's capital

and the 17th century all its name is

slowly into woven with forest history

for more than 20 years after the last

war Warsaw was a seat of the Polish

government and of the Parliament here in

September 1939 the heroic fall the

standard air city for three dramatic

weeks the only surrender after all water

food and ammunition where spend the

finest historical buildings and churches

in Warsaw have been destroyed by German

bomb

the great shopping was born on the

outskirts of water and studied in that

city to play his music is not forbidden

important I had ordered there are no

police school in Warsaw and I've never

had no milk for Polish children every

day

I mean evidence of works or die of

salvation or hearts hosted in

concentration camp but he never late for

his home no doubt in terms that as the

one where my mother Maria Sklodowska

truly was born someone today is teaching

polish children in sneakers from one is

printing an underground newspaper in

Arras at home for each men and women are

making various men to help the armies of

their liberators of the United Nations

they silently prepare for the day when I

was so much suffering so much fighting

so much waiting they will again be the

citizen prophet rain :

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