Reaction to Polish Patriotic Song - Rota

Reaction to Polish Patriotic Song - Rota

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[Anna-tvgj]

Żeby zrozumieć słowa, ,Roty'' należy poznać naszą historię !...

[peterc]

You never heard of it before? You heard of WW2? You heard of 6 million Poles who passed in that war started by the Germans? You never heard how the Germans kidnapped Polish kids during WW2 and took them to the Reich to make them German i.e. Germanise?
When this song was written by a WOMAN, shock that Poland respected WOMEN, the Prussians (Germans) and Russians were forbidding the teaching of the Polish language at school so kids were forced to learn Russian or German and so they were Germanised in the German occupied parts of Poland. Poland was not free in the 19th century, we were being occupied, oppressed, many people were being un-alived and we had no say. The Germans, Russians and Austro-Hungarians oppressed and unalived many 1000s of Poles. Bismack the German even said that maybe all Poles should be ... passed. Bismarck is a hero to so many in the West. Anyway do study some history before asking questions.

[madrianzorroonio]

3:00 - Germans in time of Poland partitions, trying abuse polish children to use only german language and forbiten using polish language in schools. Our ancestors learning childeren polish language and traditions, secretly in home. And make many protested evening. Finaly we safe and keep our language, traditions and culture. When write this song, this by a fresh evening.

[skandalsky]

This is a song from the period of the partitions of Poland by the Germans and Russia. A period of plun. Der and terr0. r Spitt. Ing in the face? Well, Germany was treated kindly in it anyway. If this song had been written 37 years later, during World War II, it would have been much, much stronger. Why such surprise, because it seems to me that you have already given something here about the history of Poland.

[wojciechbonarowski]

"Freedom is not for ever, you have to fight for it"
How difficult it was for Poles to regain independence!
and now that we have it, we have to continue fighting for it so as not to lose it.

[mlk]

03:04 You havent heard of many things, John Snow.

[przemaal]

1) Causes of the outbreak of the First World War: imperial and expansionist ambitions of Germany.
2) Hitler's Germany, striving to establish its hegemony in Europe, unleashed the largest armed conflict in history - World War II
3) Now we have the European Union, whose locomotive is Germany, which gives us "refugees" from less wealthy countries and interference in the functioning of sovereign countries such as Hungary, Poland and others. Always Germany

[Witold-vo]

Pierwsza w świecie UNIA oraz NATO Polsko Litewska pozwoliło pokonać krzyżackie wojsko ( niemieckie ) jest o tym na początku ROTY ale też jest wspomniane w dalszej części.

[jolantajonczyk]

Już pisałam, że teksty piosenek mają często historyczny kontekst, dlatego dobrze by było poznać naszą historię .

[beatasaratowicz]

To understand this song you need to know the historical context. Then the words about Germans and Germanization will be clear. Look at the year this song was written - 1908.

[pioter]

żeby zrozumieć słowa ROTY czeba śię urodzić w POLSCE

[Spy_ro]

The third verse surprised you because you don't know much about our history. The history of conflicts between Poland and Germany is over a thousand years old.

Polish-German War 1002–1005 – armed conflict fought in the years 1002–1005. The reason for its outbreak was an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Bolesław the Brave, probably ordered by Henry II and carried out after the congress in Merseburg. The war ended with the Peace of Poznań in 1005, but did not end the conflict.
Further military operations took place in the years 1007–1013 and 1015–1018.

And so the Germans are still fighting us today.

[tiick_Husband]

I believe this song was written prior to WW1 which makes sense in the context. The grandfathers of the Poles had Poland. The kingdom and Commonwealth that lasted for centuries disappeared. Now the kids grow up listening to the greatness and destruction of their fatherland. This song shows how the spirit of the Polish people remained even after losing their country off the map for 123 years. So yeah, the Poles underwent heavy germanization and russianization for 123 years.

[janjanczyk]

This Song is beautiful, but has been distorted by fluctuations in the sound in your recording. Normally the song sounds stronger and in harmony. Improve the sound quality.

[kornik]

I explein you everything in a nutshell...this song (exactyly the poem) was written in 1908. So... later was first war (1914-1918) and second war of world (1939-1945). This is our patriotic song to the this day. Words "German will not spilt in our face" they mainly concern those times (some people think that even in those time🙄😂). Anyway I think this is a good song but never can be our hymn. Best regards from Poland❤

[kasikbee]

Rota was established in 1908, so you cant know and understand Polish-German relations. Its not just World War II. I leave the reflection to you...

[jennekenne]

If you knew polish history you wouldn't ask stupid questions. They tried to germanize us and we say NO!

[HULAYGONNA]

Obejrzałem około 20 filmów z reakcją na "Rotę". W 90 % przypadków ludzie różnych ras i z różnych kontynentów reagowali z uznaniem i wielkim wzruszeniem na tę pieśń i nie zachowywali się jak pięknoduchy, gdy słyszeli "nie będzie Niemiec pluł nam w twarz ". Pewnie nie wszyscy studiowali historię Polski ale domyślali się, że stosunki sąsiadujących ze sobą narodów często naznaczone są krzywdą i ludobójstwem i nie zawsze Polacy i Niemcy współpracowali zgodnie w ramach Unii Europejskiej . Pan Dusank zapewne wyskoczyłby do sklepu po ciasteczka, gdyby mu gwałcili i torturowali członków rodziny. Poza tym horyzont wiedzy Dusanka o historii to co najwyżej 5 lat wstecz.

[Krzysztof-cu]

The song is from 1908 when Poland was under German, Russian and Austrian rule. Almost won to be an anthem but it's not.

[Xoruam]

"Germanize" might be a linguistic copycat of Polish "Germanizować", but it carries its meaning over pretty well.

After the partitions of Poland at the end of XVIIIc., Germany (Prussia at the time) was making extensive efforts, trying to eradicate Polish culture from the occupied nation. Punishments for using Polish language in school, ban on teaching and learning Polish history and culture, and so on. Together with tsarist Russia, they were basically trying to make children forget their roots, and instead turn them into cultural Germans/Russians respectively.

And just to be clear, prior to partitions, Poland wasn't some tiny Third World country. We actually used to be one of the major powers in Europe, with Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth ranging from the Baltic, almost all the way down to the Black Sea and Crimea. It's as if you took over France or the UK today, and then tried to practically erase all of its culture and history, forcing people into abandoning their roots.


Konopnicka (Read as Konopneetska), who was living under the Prussian regime, wrote this poem as a protest and an oath ("Rota" literally means "Oath") - hence, the lyrics.