History isn't that bad.
I've just learnt that during the Upper Silesia Plebiscite, which had taken a place in March 1921, in my own countryside only 6 people voted for Poland, the rest 1150 people voted for Germany. I really was shocked reading it. I know that my region belonged to Germany for long (not to mention that for 123 years Poland as a country hadn't existed), but I expected more even proportions, since there were enough polish people here to have masses in polish language in local church.
Sometimes history can be fascinating. I was never much into the history thing, but I love the place where I was born and where I spent my childhood, my youth, and perhaps where I will spend my whole life. And since I love this place, I want to learn more about it. When it became German, and when it was back to Poland (okay I know that it happened after Second World War), etc... But what I am curious about the most, is what was here, before the West Slavs had come here.
I know that right now it's hard to dive in the history. It's because the deeper in history we wanted to dig, the more obstacles we met. All wars destroyed the documents, and we can only look for the informations in these miserable remainders. It would be fantastic to know what happened in the region from the beginning to the present day.
… (Sigh) I think I'm starting to be sentimental :)