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Re: Karol Swierczewski "Walter"
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Originally Posted by Jim O
He was a "colorful" character for certain. 
Do you know why his birth name was German? |
Most probably Tenenbaums were Jewish of German extraction. Even if Warsaw belonged at the time of his birth to Russian Empire, many Jewish people had strong ties with Germany.
"Walter" was immensely popular in DDR after the war. Most probably because Spanish war was treated by German communists as heritage.
I attached link which shows that Germans even named schools after him.
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A Pole salutes with two fingers for Honor and Fatherland.
Others include God and Manhood, thus using two more fingers.
The French use four fingers and the thumb, which undoubtedly stands for their Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite, the Croissant and the Aperitiff.
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