Warsaw - Then and Now [Kult America]

In today's episode of Kult America, we explore Warsaw to compare old archive photos with the sights of today. I was surprised to find that in many instances, things basically look the same. I'd like to consider this another example of how Warsaw managed to preserve its soul despite such epic destruction.
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[@marcelohughes]

Half of my relatives are Polish, they escaped from Warsaw during WWII. They came to Argentina where they got married, built their homes.. but they NEVER forgot Poland, especially Warsaw. The other half of my family escaped from France. They have told me so many stories about their lives !!!..I am very proud of my Polish roots. Warsaw may have changed but I LOVE HER. She's a BEAUTY.

[@Ryan-pg7uo]

Dude this is crazy. Only my dads side stayed and remains in Poland, and my moms family is from Argentina by chance. Your the first person I have seen to have similar roots :)

[@marcelohughes]

@@Ryan-pg7uo It´s not so crazy, as Argentina is a mix of races, mostly European.

[@skny2282]

@@marcelohughes ironically many Nazis escaped to Argentina. Imagine when they became neighbors after the war.

[@marcelohughes]

@@skny2282 yes, and many escapes to USA too- Here nazis relatives are mostly in a very closed place, in Córdoba, about 900 miles far from Buenos Aires- Closed because nobody wants to see them and nazis don´t want to see Argentine people-

[@davehagentuthe677]

0:34 I remember that straat! I was in Warsaw in February of this year. Beautiful city! And Poland is a beautiful country! Polska jest piękny kraj! (i can speak some words Polish)

[@grzegorzindyk693]

yeah right :)

[@olebrgesen795]

Hotel Bristol was one of few remaining buildings still standing after the nazi cruel revenge after the Warsaw uprising. The reason why is because the Gestapo had there headquarters there. The rest has been magnificent rebuild by the Polish people!

[@KlaudiaW]

I will look at the city differently now. :) and that's amazing

[@rufuz.]

3:44 I pomyśleć, że gdyby nie wojna to Warszawskie Śródmieście wyglądałoby właśnie tak...

[@slapjohnson2808]

Thanks for the mini tour. Very informative. I would love to visit one day.

[@sakuya4286]

Very interesting as always : )

[@KultAmerica]

+Sakuya thanks!

[@ChillDudelD]

Can't believe you didn't compare Marszałkowska Street or Powstanców Square.

[@elsapena627]

beautiful thanks!!

[@marcinmoneta]

I'm admire you. I'm polish - you do so well job to popularate Poland in the world. God bless you man. Good job. Have good time in my country - that i love in my whole heart

[@12Noon1]

Great video, very interesting and informative.

[@MrMallorcaboy]

what amazes me about warsaw is walking from 1 street to another its like going through a different time period, it all changes quickly, yet comparing photos of old with today some of it is much the same despite the damage done in the war, much of the destroyed buildings were rebuilt using old plans and paintings some which go back to the 18th century. yet warsaw is a vibrant modern city, with very clean, inexpensive and efficient transport system. so far its the most interesting european city i have visited, been twice and hope to go more in future.

[@anonymousubiquitous3295]

Excellent

[@drheim1]

Really cool stuff

[@pawel115]

Great and very interesting stuff some of those pics are from the 50/60 thou but that's a minor thing nice channel you got here.Greetings from Canada.

[@KultAmerica]

+pawel115 thanks for watching!

[@JanPBtest]

1:05 The eagle was probably removed for restoration, I cannot imagine any other reason. It's FAPP the University's logo.

[@czarliw1644]

Rewelacja!

[@monikalisej1537]

Pozdrowienia z Irlandii

[@ripotensoleil3922]

It wasn't the time that changed Warsaw, it was World War II. Before the Second World War Warsaw was a very beautiful city.

[@vojtasjedyny]

5:07 It's Legnica (Leignitz in German), third biggest city of Lower Silesian voivodeship. So it isn't surprising you can't recognize it. :D

[@lfricconrady4821]

great video! was wondering what song you used in the background? keep up the hard work, you've came a long way from a prank channel!

[@KultAmerica]

+Aubrey Clingings Angela Gaber trio - amazing band from Sanok Poland:) thanks so much for watching and shhhhhh, not many people know this was once a prank channel:)

[@lfricconrady4821]

Haha no worries, I appreciate it man. You're awesome, I'm learning alot.

[@DMKano87]

Kult America Haha I'd like to see some of that pranks :D

[@elfulano5884]

I got a very creepy vibe when I walked past the Hotel Bristol.

[@przemysawkaszuba3848]

Gdyby NIEMCY nie zniszczyli Warszawy wyglądała by tak jak na starych zdjęciach

[@DamianDeEu]

Not a 'tree', but a statue imitating a palm tree (also known as 'large piece of plastic').

[@sassymax1642]

Do you have a link to full resolution of the photo from 0:20 ?

[@leonflorek]

Bedzie jakis filmik z Rzeszowa? Bo widzialem was ostatnio na rynku ale nie podbilem bo troche glupio :D

[@KultAmerica]

+Ciabatka we were on Rzeszów but working in a project for Mediakraft Polska channel - you can see the preview here kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4uoeaOwYsR9Y5Y

[@jarekzuzga9252]

Zdjęcie w 5.10' nie przedstawia Warszawy, tylko Legnicę. Tęcza stała w innym miejscu. Niektóre archiwalne zdjęcia są powojenne.

[@minimal5304]

To prawda. Widac napis na gorze.

[@washushe]

Are you doing 30000 subs special?

[@outthr]

I wish I could go there.

[@grzegorzindyk693]

YesYouCan

[@ripotensoleil3922]

2:50 It is a Apollo's quadriga (A quadriga is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast and favoured for chariot racing in Classical Antiquity). "According to Antonio Corazzi's 1825 plans, the Grand Theatre's front façade was meant to feature a triumphal sculpture of Apollo, patron of the arts, driving a chariot drawn by four horses. However, the defeat of the November Uprising caused the idea to be abandoned. The platform above the main entrance meant for the quadriga remained empty for nearly 200 years. Finally, in 2002, at the initiative of the Grand Theatre's then-general director, Waldemar Dąbrowski, the sculpture that had been envisioned many years earlier came to adorn the façade. The new, contemporary quadriga was designed by professors at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts, the rector, Adam Myjak, and the dean of the sculpture department, Antoni Janusz Pastwa. The sculpture was unveiled by Polish President Aleksander Kwaśniewski on May 3, 2002, to mark Constitution Day". (Wikipedia)

[@ArpeggioVibration]

Część zdjęć nie jest sprzed wojny - widać to po samochodach które już są powojenne

[@bogudanbogosz4150]

👍!

[@gabrielferrer3205]

It is good that the Polish people has faithfully restored their heritage buildings. Manila which also suffered the same fate built buildings which are not the exact replica of the buildings before World War II. It is sad to say that people start to value the importance of heritage buildings once they're gone.

[@trcdamianos8814]

Yo Bro u look like Szczesny with these glasses lol. (Pol GK playing for Arsenal on loan to Roma.)

[@llddd]

Thank you Polish People Republic for rebuilding Warszawa. Death to Fascism and USA Imperialism Freedom for the people. Long live Poland and Communism!

[@pecha6339]

But now Poland isn't communist

[@janwezyk4711]

Between 5:07 and 5:12 there is Legnica in the picture (former German city called before the WW2 Liegnitz).

[@techmatiff8522]

Bóg Honor Ojczyzna

[@Slashplite]

Can you make one about magnificent buildings that don't exist anymore? Pałac Saski, Wielka Synagoga Warszawska etc.

[@KultAmerica]

+Slashplite that is an amazing idea and I think I'll have to do it! Thanks for the inspiration.

[@Hubert969]

Byłem dziś pod mediakraftem :)

[@KultAmerica]

+Hubert96 I was inside!

[@Hubert969]

+Kult America I also was in the middle :)

[@Lardenoy]

1'50 : Château Royal de Varsovie : reconstruction intégrale de cet édifice emblématique de la capitale polonaise, entièrement rasé par la guerre. Heureusement beaucoup de collections, objets d'art, boiseries d'origine ont pu y reprendre place après la reconstruction des années 70 ! Le pouvoir soviétique a longtemps "vu d'un mauvais œil" la reconstruction d'un édifice associé au passé monarchique de la Pologne. On a restitué 2 tourelles d'angle (déjà disparues avant la Guerre). Des toiles de Canaletto (18 ème s.) ont également guidé la restauration des quartiers anciens de Varsovie.

[@playoutgames6191]

My Mother had to go there in 1946 for a pssport, she said it was flat and she had to go underground for it

[@azyannae]

Mogłeś dać jeszcze prudential

[@wiktorkarkoszka2498]

Masz bardzo ładny akcent.

[@atalyy]

to nie jest Polak

[@mechanikkolor5427]

Stadion nie był przedwojenny

[@azyannae]

Mogłeś jeszcze pokazać prudential

[@prankazerbaijan2389]

Pls turkish translet

[@tomaszdomachowski8161]

any pollack that say this was not a good cause are a bunch of cowards it shows how are people love are land and will fight to the death for what we belive in love our home land Poland for pollacks forever.

[@tomekgalazka5874]

Statue with horseman it's KWADRYGA.

[@RaviRathore7]

You look like & voice like Jim Moriarty from Sherlock.

[@Windwond]

I think you should really redo this video and note in the introduction that Warsaw was deliberately razed as punishment for the uprising. It’s really an unfair sentiment that comes across in this video.

[@HAL-kd7ve]

its like looking for similarities between Hiroshima centre from before and after the war

[@supreme3376]

HAL 9000 Warsaw was destroyed blocks by blocks brickcs by bricks Hiroshima one a time Warsaw was dieing by two months Hiroshima couple of sec.

[@lp9849]

Warsaw after II WW. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKOYpnqfbNKcopY Wszystko fajnie tylko chłopiec chyba zapomniał, że była 2WŚ i Warszawa nie wyglądała po niej tak jak prezentuje na tych zdjęciach, tylko jej nie było. Amerykańskie pojęcie...

[@pawelszlaszkiewicz5969]

brawo...lubie ludzi którzy maja swój rozum, '...ida swoja droga a nie jak 80% ludzi....ja np.nie mam...i nie chce miec FACEBUKA bo mam prawdziwych kumpli.....ode mnie szacun, ze potrafiles zamienic USRAEL na Polske

[@fredfact5509]

Get rid of the "palm tree"

[@engin_karatas]

why not turkish translate?

[@KultAmerica]

+hadouken gg I'm trying to find a person who can help me.

[@engin_karatas]

+Kult America call melih ask him I don`t know.I like your videos

[@77mako77ful]

Podejrzewam że orzeł z bramy został usunięty gdyż to Rosyjski dwugłowy orzeł(carski) . Polska znikeła z mapy świata na 123 lata, rosja i niemcy zrobili swoje,wykrwawiali nasz naród w milionach

[@m.berkaycicek2383]

please turkish subtitle

[@piotr.leniec-lincow5209]

Its called QADRIGA

[@frederickmuhlbauer9477]

Im sitting on Nowy Swiat watching this

[@johnsnowkumar359]

90 percent of Warsaw was destroyed in 1939 itself. The rebuilding of Warsaw had two factors. After Soviet troops liberated Warsaw, 1. Civilians were moving into destroyed Warsaw which was incinerated. 2) Stalin insisted that Warsaw be rebuilt. Stalub refusef to let Polush lawmakers move the capital to Lodz which was mostly intact. Stalin convened a meeting of only Polish speaking people on how to redesign and rebuild Warsaw from 1945. They told Soviet engineers and construction workers how the building needs to be rebuilt. Soviet engineers and Polish construction workers rebuilt both Stalingrad and Warsaw at the same time taking local ordinary citizens feelings into consideration in both cities. The historical buildings were rebuilt based on new internal layout of buildings and original external building designs designed by Polish workersb Soviet civil engineers and Soviet soldiers cum construction workers. Now Ordinary Poles say Poles had a big say on how Soviet cibil engineers and Polish construction workers and Soviet soldiers with some knowledge of conztruction will all collaborate to rebuild Warsaw. Reason for Soviets clamoring for rebuilding of Warsaw i a hurry:: 1. Ordinary Poles wanted revenge. Soviets said all ww2 Germans had already joined various communist parties after memorizing a few facts on Karl Marx, founder of communism. Poles say that since they were deprived of lynching Nazi German prisoners of war, they will next focus on declaring that ethnic Russians were the common enemy of everyone in Poland. Poles of ww2 era say Soviets deprived them of lynching Nazis for the near complete destruction of Warsaw in 1939 itself.

[@hdaviator9181]

Considering the Nazis destroyed warsaw and the soviets helped to further destroy the European heritage I think its doing ok.

[@Grel107]

No such nation as "Nazis" existed at that time. Please call things by their real name.

[@Aureus_]

@@Grel107 He's reffering to WW2

[@wojciechbielinski4369]

like america :-)

[@bartomiejsieniawski3397]

Communist buildings are not ugly and I would not call them communist only because they were built during that time. The image of beautiful Warsaw before the war is biased.

[@krzys1825]

5:10 chlopie kup okulary wyraznie pisze ze to NIEMIECKA Legnica troche wiecej dbalosci !

[@replicant8532]

5:14 "moments ago there was a glorious rainbow above me" - yeah a rainbow that was installed there illegally. I'm glad it's gone.

[@MrZosiek1988]

Thank you Germans!

[@siemanokolano9643]

Nie powinno tam być tej tęczy!

[@walternorthen6836]

The missing eagle on the top of the university gate, the "tecza" (rainbow), those are the symboles of Russian domination. Russian communism gladly and happily accepted by the Michniks, Dodas, Behemots, Czeslaws and other anti-Polish inclined characters.

[@omackiewicz7817]

Warszawa ssie. Zapraszamy do stolicy państwa - Trojmiasta.

[@xot80]

Warsaw, Warsaw, everything Warsaw, but Poland it is not only Warsaw... Zachodnia Polska to miejsce skąd pochodzi Polska!!! a ty praktycznie ją pomijasz w swoich materiałach!!! zrobiłeś choć jeden materiał z Poznania??? Polska nie pochodzi z kresów wschodnich, nie z Podkarpacia, nie z Rzeszowa, nie zza Wisły. To nawet na początku nie była Polska. Dopiero jakiś mało rozgarnięty król, zamiast skopać dupę Niemcom i zatrzymać germański podbój słowiańskich ziem, wolał pójść na łatwiznę i podbić głupich jełopów ze wschodu. Pamiętaj, że w tamtych czasach całe dzisiejsze wschodnie Niemcy to były słowiańskie ziemie zagrożone przez Ottonów, a on wolał iść na wschód po to co nie zagrożone. Całą historię Polski mamy ten hamulec ze sobą. Wszystkie nieudane powstania wschód, jedyne udane zachód. Skąd pochodziły największe rody magnackie? Ze wschodu. I co robiły? Prowadziły własną politykę, z reguły sprzeczną z interesem Polski. Ojcowie założyciele Polski byli Poznaniakami, nie Warszawiakami, czy Krakusami. Upadek Polski to chwila gdy przeniesiono stolice z Krakowa do Warszawy. Na efekt trzeba poczekać ale mniej więcej w tym okresie rozpoczął się upadek Korony. Cholerna wschodnia szlachta ciągle coś spiskowała. Dziś zresztą jest podobnie, większość polityków jest z Mazowsza, Małopolski i ściany wschodniej. Czekam, aż się zrehabilitujesz i zaczniesz nagrywać materiały o kolebce Polski. Ostrów Lednicki, Gniezno, Poznań (Ostrów, Katedra, Ratusz, Fara, Zamek Królewski i Zamek Cesarski, Malta, Targi i ich historia), Biskupin (choć to kultura Łużycka), Leszno (mało tak małych miast ma tak bogatą historię), miasto stołeczne Mosina (stolica Rzeczypospolitej Mosińskiej), Bydgoszcz, Wolsztyn, Żnin, Strzelin, Kruszwicę, Trzemeszno, Września (Dzieci Wrzesińskie i wóz Drzymały), Kórnik, Puszczykowo (najpiękniejsze miasteczko w Polsce, super lody od lat 50tych!!! i Park Narodowy), zaraz obok masz Rogalin z jego dębami (gdzie Lech, Czech i Rus, bracia podzielili ziemie Słowian). Wielkopolska może nie Mazury ale też ma masę pięknych jezior (na jednym z nich hrabia Edward Raczyński popełnił samobójstwo armatą). O ziemiach odzyskanych też można powiedzieć bardzo wiele dobrego i są godne choć jednego odcinka. Polskie wybrzeże to nie tylko Gdańsk, Sopot, Hel... to tylko najbardziej komercyjne miejscówki. Polskie góry to przede wszystkim nie tylko Zakopane. Gdyby tak było omijałbym je wielkim łukiem jak Disneyland, a kocham je całym sercem. Byłeś w Sudetach? Te góry są jak z bajki, a do tego masz masę cudownych poniemieckich schronisk z polską duszą. Mógłbym wymieniać cudowne miejsca w Polsce jeszcze godzinami, a nie przekroczyłbym Wisły. Polska to nie tylko te rozreklamowane miasta jak Kraków i Warszawa, ba Polska to przede wszystkim nie Kraków i Warszawa. Większość Polaków brzydzi się Warszawą, a ty się nią podniecasz, może to kiedyś zrozumiesz. Polska to też nie drogie restauracje i degustacje polskich smaków, Polska to Bary Mleczne. Bar Mleczny to tradycja i bardzo ciekawa historia idei. Pokaż prawdziwą Polskę.

[@martyrologiapolski5007]

Masz absolutną rację. Zgadzam się z Tobą w 100%. A gdyby nie rozbiory Polski, prawdopodobnie dzisiejsza Saksonia (Lipsk, Drezno, Chociebuż (Cottbus), byłyby w granicach Polski, bo do czasu rozbiorów ludzie mówili tam w języku polskim. Nie wspomnę już o północno- wwschodnich częściach Niemiec, gdzie rządy sprawowali Gryfici, mówiący po polsku.

[@azyannae]

Mogłeś dać jeszcze prudential

[@tomaszdomachowski8161]

any pollack that say this was not a good cause are a bunch of cowards it shows how are people love are land and will fight to the death for what we belive in love our home land Poland for pollacks forever

[@CzowiekWojny]

pole a nie pollack

[@t.johnson2966]

Tomasz Domachowski Do poles call themselves, Pollack's? I'm just curious. In Canada that would be considered a slur to polish people.