Poland was the most destroyed country of WWII or at least one of the most destroyed countries, and I don’t mean just a physical damage or a number of people who died due to war.

And concerning physical damage – I wasn’t talking only about the cities. After the war there was a large dismantling campaign of German industry. It’s been left in a decent enough shape to make it and it was huge.

And in Poland… during both Nazi and Soviet occupation entire factories were transported both on west and east. And it wasn’t just industry – infrastructure and natural resources were plundered too. Ever wondered why we’ve got so many (quite young) pine woods?
The impact on those was nothing nothing short of catastrophic.

And in terms of not-physical damage – it’s been only after WWII that we became a homogeneous country in terms of ethnicity and culture.
We’ve lost almost entire ethnic diversity (before WWII 1/3 of Polanis population consisted of ethnic minorities).
I consider this the greatest loss of all :(

2. can you read between the verse? I’ve just made allusion to your ancestors (though I wasn’t sure, it’s your familyname). Perhaps your family wasn’t victim of communist equalize/urawniłowka/równanie w dół.

1. I said, that despite some germans roots I’m not for keeping an strict order in everywhere!