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Józef Szczepański

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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.

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  • 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)
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