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
[edit]- 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)
