Well put Jos.
TOF Trev, have a read of this. http://www.mediawise.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Making-a-meal-of-a-myth.pdf
And if you get to know a few people of Polish/Lithuanian/Estonian background you'll assuredly be embarrassed to be taken in by these stories.
As always, a lie can be halfway round the world before the truth has got its boots on.