Józef Szczepański

Józef Szczepański

Józef Szczepański (30 November 1922 - 10 September 1944) was a Polish poet who was a member of the Armia Krajowa Polish resistance. Commander of the Battalion Parasol during the Warsaw Uprising, known under his codename Ziutek, he was also a notable poet of the occupation period.

Quotes

• We are waiting for you, the Red Plague
  To save us from the Black Course
  To be our salvation
  Before tearing our homeland into parts
  
  We are waiting for you
  The power of crowd brutished under your cruel rule
  We are waiting for you to crush us with your foot
  of mass of ideas and domination
  
  We are waiting for you, an eternal enemy
  You bloody murder of many our brothers
  We are waiting for you not to take revenge
  But to welcome you with bread on threshold
  
  We are waiting for you but you're still delaying
  You are afraid of us and we know about it
  You want us to be cut down on the ruins of Warsaw
  You are awaiting our extermination.
  
  But know that from our tombs
  The new victorious Poland will arise
  And you, red ruler of the enraged mob,
  will not strut on this land
  • Poem Red Plague (1944)

External links

• poem "Red Plague" by Józef "Ziutek" Szczepański recited during the "Concert for Independence" (Youtube)