Goralenvolk was a geopolitical term invented by the German Nazis in World War II in reference to the Goral highlander population of Podhale region in the south of Poland near the Slovak border. The Ge
Meeting of Governor Hans Frank in Zakopane with leaders of his Goralenvolk in November 1939
Peasant Goral couple depicted in a General Government stamp printed in 1944
Walddeutsche was the name for a group of German-speaking people, originally used in the 16th century for two language islands around Łańcut and Krosno, in southeastern Poland. Both of them were fully
Goralenvolk
…Germanisation Walddeutsche 1939 proposal for a Goralenfolk flag (it was never officially accepted…
A depiction of a Walddeutsche family by Zygmunt Ajdukiewicz
Haczów, one of the oldest wooden Gothic churches in Europe, 14th century, UNESCO World Heritage Site
The village of Markowa. The typical Umgebindehaus – houses, about 150–200 km southeast of Kraków, around 18/19th century, built in the style of ancient mountain Walddeutsche atmosphere.