NICOLAUS COPERNICUS

Nicolaus Copernicus, the great astronomer who changed the perception of our world and laid the foundation for today‘s space science, was born on Baltic people land - the Prussians of the 19th February 1473 in Torun.

His family came from Torun bourgeois state. German nationalism of a bygone era tried to assign that beyond any doubt the nationality of Copernicus to the Germanic race. But with the fall of German fascism, as far as Copernicus Germans left him in peace.

With regard to the belonging of Copernicus, beyond any doubt his orientation as well as sympathy has always been on the Polish side.
Yes, and it had to be also with his parents. Copernicus never showed and did not leave any evidence of German descent. Confirmation of the above, let it be taking his first education at university of Sciences in Krakow, as well as its subsequent involvement in Olsztyn, while defending the castle against the German knights.

But Copernicus was not a Pole. By today‘s standards, since he was born in Torun, acted in Prussia, was among the Prussians, so should automatically be regarded as Prussian. Today, if this is not considered, then, the same does not recognize the existence of Prussia.
Poland crown worthily considered pro Polishness of Copernicus, in 1537 the Polish king-he staged his nomination for a bishop of Warmia.
Much earlier support for Copernicus to offices came from Prussians, as an example by a Prussian Andrew von Cletz.

It was noted that even in those days to promote the position of the offices to be supported either by the same state of origin, blood kinship or national.
It should be emphasized that the most active for the post of canon at Frombork was none other than Andrew von Cletz of noble lineage. The count did not come here with the same affinity or origin state Copernicus, and could only be the same national identity. Following behind this, both the combined deep friendship..

The discovery of the crypt in the cathedral in Frombork the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus and genetic studies of hair found on university of Uppsala allowed not only to establish the truth remains but also the determination of the Nicolaus Copernicus genetic code. According to these studies can be determined that the genetic haplogroup is R1b1b2. The largest number of the Haplo group very long relationship with Copernicus appears today in the British Isles between the Irish and Scots. In the past the results of genetic tests that are among the Prussians, then this is the Haplo group is among the ancient inhabitants of the land Pomezania. It is defined as the Atlantic group, may also be associated with pre Celtic and is highly likely that derives from the Gothic peoples, precisely the Gepedoios.

All this does not mean that we should exclude the Polish identity among Polish society today, it is nothing less than half a million are descendants of the Prussians, who never saw a German enslavement of Prussia and voluntarily chose Polish orientation. That, however, is not the end, it is high time that the communist enslavement has ended and the descendants of Prussia received their due recognition as well as the land of their ancestors bore the traces of their former presence on it.

Slawomir Klec Pilewski November 2009

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