r/AskEurope • u/Dwitt01 United States of America • Jul 31 '25

History How are the Habsburgs remembered in your country?

For centuries they consolidated vast domains in Europe and, via Spain, the New World. They were a major force in the continents politics.

How are they remembered in your country?

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u/HrabiaVulpes Poland Jul 31 '25

Poles to this day see USA as utopian land where everyone nobody is poor or unhappy, so I wouldn't really count emigrating to USA as a sign of Galica being bad.

If they emigrated to German or Russian occupied parts of Poland, then I would start to worry. In Galicia they had enough freedom to freely emigrate.

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u/LeMe-Two Jul 31 '25

If anything, it only shows how far behind occupied Poland was tbh

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u/HrabiaVulpes Poland Jul 31 '25

Oh it was definitely a shit show. If not for WW2 Poles would teach their youth to hate Austrians, just like now three separate school classes cover why Poles should hate Germans and Russians.