Comments on: The Real Bohemians http://threeworldwars.com/blog/posts/61 Tracking the Progress of the planned third World War Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:57:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Amanda Stickley http://threeworldwars.com/blog/posts/61/comment-page-1#comment-58562 Amanda Stickley Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:45:04 +0000 http://threeworldwars.com/blog/posts/61#comment-58562 I agree completely. I too have Bohemian roots on my father's side and would well enjoy finding out more about my heritage. But it seems like everywhere i go i keep comming up with nothing. If anyone know of any good websites or text that could help me out i would be very grateful.. More specifically i would like to find out about the language, as a kid I remember my grandfather saying something like yakimista (i know thats not spelled right) and other phrases. Let me know! I agree completely. I too have Bohemian roots on my father’s side and would well enjoy finding out more about my heritage. But it seems like everywhere i go i keep comming up with nothing. If anyone know of any good websites or text that could help me out i would be very grateful.. More specifically i would like to find out about the language, as a kid I remember my grandfather saying something like yakimista (i know thats not spelled right) and other phrases. Let me know!

]]> By: Dennis Kucera http://threeworldwars.com/blog/posts/61/comment-page-1#comment-56874 Dennis Kucera Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:47:21 +0000 http://threeworldwars.com/blog/posts/61#comment-56874 True, our nationality has been usurped to mean everything except "Born or having origins in the province of Bohemia." As a small boy I was corrected in school when I said our family was Bohemian. I was told the "correct" term is "Czechoslovakian". The people correcting me didn't know the difference between Czechs, Moravians, or Slovakians (or Ruthenians who were also a part of the post World War I nation.) I've never been insulted by the terms "Bohunk" or "Hunjak". We seem to take these with the same humor that others delight in offering them to us. The more one studies and learns about Bohemia's history the more absorbing the subject becomes. For more on the subject look up "The Free Czech Legion". But for them Russia would be totally different; ruled by Marxists answering to Germany. True, our nationality has been usurped to mean everything except “Born or having origins in the province of Bohemia.” As a small boy I was corrected in school when I said our family was Bohemian. I was told the “correct” term is “Czechoslovakian”. The people correcting me didn’t know the difference between Czechs, Moravians, or Slovakians (or Ruthenians who were also a part of the post World War I nation.) I’ve never been insulted by the terms “Bohunk” or “Hunjak”. We seem to take these with the same humor that others delight in offering them to us.

The more one studies and learns about Bohemia’s history the more absorbing the subject becomes. For more on the subject look up “The Free Czech Legion”. But for them Russia would be totally different; ruled by Marxists answering to Germany.

]]> By: Anna Kallap http://threeworldwars.com/blog/posts/61/comment-page-1#comment-55813 Anna Kallap Thu, 14 May 2009 21:14:16 +0000 http://threeworldwars.com/blog/posts/61#comment-55813 I am curious about my own ancestral roots which are 'Bohemian'. I am trying to get to the bottom of who the Bohemians really were ??? My great-grandmother and her Bohemian family immigrated to southwestern PA and ended up working in the coal mines and related industries to the production of steel---they were circus performers who somehow found themselves working industrial jobs as part of what is described as an 'epic immigration' to southwestern PA during 1880 --1914. I believe they were Gypsies, especially since my DNA is U3b which is one haplogroup associated with Roma populations. I would be interested in what you can share about this....I believe that a lot of people that described themselves as 'Bohemians' were, in fact, Roma. In my family's case, I think they were 'runaway Gypsies'--not embracing a continued identity with the Roma people. They wanted to assimilate into the U.S. population. What do you think about my theory? Many thanks. Anna I am curious about my own ancestral roots which are ‘Bohemian’. I am trying to get to the bottom of who the Bohemians really were ??? My great-grandmother and her Bohemian family immigrated to southwestern PA and ended up working in the coal mines and related industries to the production of steel—they were circus performers who somehow found themselves working industrial jobs as part of what is described as an ‘epic immigration’ to southwestern PA during 1880 –1914. I believe they were Gypsies, especially since my DNA is U3b which is one haplogroup associated with Roma populations. I would be interested in what you can share about this….I believe that a lot of people that described themselves as ‘Bohemians’ were, in fact, Roma. In my family’s case, I think they were ‘runaway Gypsies’–not embracing a continued identity with the Roma people. They wanted to assimilate into the U.S. population. What do you think about my theory? Many thanks.
Anna

]]> By: Tho. Jefferson Jones http://threeworldwars.com/blog/posts/61/comment-page-1#comment-2887 Tho. Jefferson Jones Tue, 15 May 2007 17:10:36 +0000 http://threeworldwars.com/blog/posts/61#comment-2887 Thank you! As a 'Czech' (BOHUNK!) American I know quite abit about this 'Cold War' non-sense of RACE RE-ASSIGNMENT! Imagine being labeled 'Hindu' by the 'British'! Our particular CZECH anscestory is such as when I look at 'Germans' I sometimes want to puke! 'Aryan?' "OK Cochise...anything you say!" Thank you! As a ‘Czech’ (BOHUNK!) American I know quite abit about this ‘Cold War’ non-sense of RACE RE-ASSIGNMENT! Imagine being labeled ‘Hindu’ by the ‘British’! Our particular CZECH anscestory is such as when I look at ‘Germans’ I sometimes want to puke! ‘Aryan?’ “OK Cochise…anything you say!”

]]> By: Zoe Washburne http://threeworldwars.com/blog/posts/61/comment-page-1#comment-567 Zoe Washburne Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:04:12 +0000 http://threeworldwars.com/blog/posts/61#comment-567 Thank you Mama, for your illuminating profile on the "real" Bohemians. It is always disturbing when groups hijack other groups symbols and beliefs for their own agendas. I'm touched you were inspired by my strange little blog. I too had never heard of this "Bohemian Grove" and am still looking into the facts and/or fictions of this strange story. I will be updating my findings as they reveal themselves to me. Cheers! Thank you Mama, for your illuminating profile on the “real” Bohemians. It is always disturbing when groups hijack other groups symbols and beliefs for their own agendas. I’m touched you were inspired by my strange little blog. I too had never heard of this “Bohemian Grove” and am still looking into the facts and/or fictions of this strange story. I will be updating my findings as they reveal themselves to me. Cheers!

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