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Gorals
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The Gorals, also anglicized as the Highlanders, are an ethnographic group with historical ties to the Vlachs. The Goral people are primarily found in their traditional area of southern Poland, norther
A Goral with bagpipes from the region of Podhale in Poland
A Goral with bagpipes from the region of Podhale in Poland
The funeral of a Goral, 1860
The funeral of a Goral, 1860
Zbojniks [pl], colored wood engraving by Władysław Skoczylas
Zbojniks [pl], colored wood engraving by Władysław Skoczylas
Gorals from Zakopane (1967)
Gorals from Zakopane (1967)
Goralenvolk
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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
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…labour and martial law. However, Nazi racial theorists considered the 27,000 strong Goral population as a separate ethnic group from the Poles. Termed Goralenvolk, they were deemed part of the greater Germanic race and given milder treatment from other Poles. Between 1939 and 1945, local Gorals of Podhale joined…
Meeting of Governor Hans Frank in Zakopane with leaders of his Goralenvolk in November 1939
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
Peasant Goral couple depicted in a General Government stamp printed in 1944