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Films, presentations and othere materials prepared by the Polish group and shared with the German team

Here are the films, presentations and other materials prepared by the Polish group and shared with the German team in March, April and May. They served as a starting point for numerous class discussions.

"Tarnobrzeg - I'm landing here" - a video with subtitles

http://amara.org/pl/videos/uH4V5WK3TBON/url/1544392/

German-Polish relations have a long and complicated history,overshadowed by Germany's invasion in 1939,the Holocaust and the expulsion of Germans from former German territory after the war. These days relations have improved despite a number of nagging tensions. People and Politics talks to two experts on German-Polish relations: Egon Bahr,architect of Willy Brandt's Ostpolitik ,and Janocz Reiter,Poland's ambassador to Germany from 1990 to 1995.

Damian from Tarnobrzeg created a short dictionary including some interesting phrases from the documentary. Here it is:

1.Former -of or in an earlier time; before the present time or in the past.
2.Voyage-a long journey, especially by ship.
3.Opportunity- he possibilityof doing something.
4.Conciliate- to end a disagreement or someone's anger by acting in afriendly way or slightly changing your opinions.
5.Treaty- a written agreement between two or more countries, formally approved and signed by their leaders.
6.Considered- an opinion or decision that someone has reached after a lot ofthought.
7.Unless-except if.

8.Grant- an amount of money given especially by the government to aperson or organization for a special purpose.
9.Claim- If an organization or group claims a particular number ofmembers, that number of people are believed to belong to it.
10.Worship-to love, respect, and admire someone or something very much.

11.Herald-to be a sign that something important.
12.Gesture- a movement of the hands, arms, or head, etc. to express an ideaor feeling.
13.Poll- a study in which people are asked for their opinions about asubject or person.
14.Atrocity-an extremely cruel, violent, or shocking act, or the fact of something being extremely cruel, violent, or shocking.
15.Forgivness- the act of forgiving.
16.Significance-special meaning.
17.Escalate- to become or make something become greater or more serious.
18.Sully- to spoil something that is pure or someone's perfect reputation.
19.Initially- at the beginning.
20.Struggle-to be in danger of failing or being defeated.
21.Leakage-making known secret information.
22.Hesitation-the act of pausing before doing something, especially because you are nervous or not certain.
23.Distrust-the feeling of not trusting someone or something.
24.Resentment-to feel angry because you have been forced to accept someone or something that you do not like.
25.Issue- a subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about.
26.Expulsion- (the act of) forcing someone, or being forced, to leave a school,organization, or country.
27.Attract-(of people, things, places, etc.) to pull or draw someone or something towards them, by the qualities they have, especiallygood ones.
28.Reconcilation- a situation in which two people or groups of people become friendly again after they have argued.
29.Spot- a small, usually round area of colour that is differently colouredor lighter or darker than the surface around it.
30.Develop-to invent something or bring something into existence.

Famous Polish people from adamstepinski

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Films, presentations and othere materials prepared by the Polish group and shared with the German team