Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] Kopaczow (PL) - Oldrichov na Hranicich (cz)<br/>
Date: Jul 04, 2003 @ 02:55<br/>
Author: John Kelly (&quot;John Kelly&quot; &lt;johnkelly@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-175558751">I didn&#39;t know Poles and Czechs hated each other so much. I know about<br/>
Poles and East Germans though. Back in 1989 I crossed from Forst (then<br/>
DDR; the wall was still up.) into Zalewski, Poland. (I don&#39;t remember<br/>
the exact spelling - sorry!) The East German train terminated in Forst<br/>
and a Polish train connected there. East Germans could not travel into<br/>
Poland at that time.<br/>
Anyway, nobody in the station or the town wanted to give me directions.<br/>
They all acted stupid as if they had no idea where the train came in.<br/>
They simply refused to help. Even the station personnel. Finally I asked<br/>
the superintendent at the station and he told me where to go. I guess he<br/>
was a party member. Plus the locals were really paranoid. And I speak<br/>
fluent German so that wasn&#39;t the problem.<br/>
The Poles seemed to have no such hangups though and were very friendly.<br/>
Then again, they could travel anywhere they wanted to.<br/>
<br/>
Just an experience I thought worth relating.<br/>
<br/>
JK.<br/>
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<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; <br/>
&gt; Sure is it allowed since 1990 to speak with each other over the<br/>
 </span></blockquote>borderline.<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; Maybe is that the difficult history and that they`s lived to 1990<br/>
 </span></blockquote>always at<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; the border under supervision of the army and miliz/police.<br/>
&gt; <br/>
&gt; I thing that they`ve a &quot;Border complex&quot; in the heads. It´s an psychical<br/>
&gt; problem.<br/>
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