What do Israelis think about Poland?

It's the home land for many of them. But they don't miss it!

i would like to visit one day.. not just to visit the holocaust sites, but because one section of my family came from there. luckily they moved in the 1800's but it still interests me. i live in australia and i have met 2 poles here who discovered quite late in life that the catholic families they were brought up in were not their biological family, but people who had hidden jewish babies from the nazis and brought them up. i watched a documentary recently that apparently there are thousands of them, but the "adoptive" parents havent told many until recently because they still were fearful. also the documentary went into the fact that losing polands jewish population killed much of polands culture. reason being? most of the artists, musicians, poets, authors etc were jews. in the documentary it also showed how there are jewish restaurants and synagogues opening again, and that the poles are flocking to visit them.

Norway might not be on their list of most favorite countries, per say, but most Israelis have no problem with Norway as a country. To most of them it's just a random country. Poland, though, is an interesting case. Due to history, Jews (thus, many Israelis) do find themselves traveling to Poland; however, not always under the happiest of conditions. Many see Auschwitz, since we have made a promise to "never forget". That comprises the majority of Jewish (thus Israeli) tourism to Poland. Norway is to be expected to be higher on most Israelis' lists to visit as normal tourists due to this fact, I would think; though, I also wouldn't find it strange for Israelis to see what else there is while they are there. Poles, though, are met with suspecion, I'm afraid, since in past history they weren't necessarily the best friends to the Jews. WWII-era especially. I've always wandered how the Poles react to their unique Jewish tourism. On one hand it's constant and reliable, but on the other it's not necessarily the best view of your country. I wander if a lot of them just care about the money, or if they are deeply disturbed that Jews who have vowed to remember the Holocaust won't remember their country at it's finest.

Looks like some Israelis go to Poland, see Aushwitz, listen to the teacher who explains to them that Poland was occupied by Germany, that Germans did not ask Poland permission or approval to build the concentration camps on the territory of Poland, that a lot of Polish were in Aushwitz too, that Poland had the second- strong "partizan" movement against Nazis during the WW2, that the entire Polish Army - Armiya Liudowa, almost 40,000 fighters - was fighting against Nazis as a unit of the Soviet Army - and forget all this a minute later. I do not feel any antipathy to Poland who today, together with Chezch Republic, is supporting Israel. And yes, what some other poster said is true; I as well as many other israelis, feel much more antipathy to today´s Norway than to today´s Poland

when u say "Poland" my first association is-"Holocaust". the worst concentration camps were on Poland. Poland helped the nazis.many polands were nazis. Poland drinked my ppl blood. btw-if u ask me where i preffer to visit today,i'll take germany to poland. ---------------------------------------… i'm sure there r good poles,i'm sure many poles died during the holocaust. but i said "association",and u cant argue with that. i'm not talkng about facts,i'm talking about feelings.and since the worst camps-as auschwitz were on poland's ground,i cant think as this place as a lovely tourism destination. ww2 has many consequences,and for me,this is another one. and..come on,did u really expect us all to come and say-yes,poland is a great place we all wish to live on? get real honey. our ppl went through a traumatic occasion on this land,it's hard for us to like it. -------------------------- btw,pls notice,i dont talk about poles! many of the israelis,as me,have polish roots! i'm just talking about the association for the place "poland".

This is not 100% answer on your question but watch anyway . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2sgZTIsgyk&feature=related I was born in Poland many years ago . I left Poland 20 years ago and I don't miss it at all . Poland in my modest opinion is ultra catholic Country . If you are not catholic you are enemy . You mentioned Karpacz , I actually was living 20 km from Karpacz . Poland has many problems with catholic fundamentalists . They blame Jews for any problem they face . I don't hate Poland I just don't want to come back there -never !