Tag: ww2

• Wait For Me

  First published in Pravda in January 1942, Konstantin Simonov’s Wait for Me became a symbol of love and hope among the soldiers of the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War. Written from the front and dedicated to his beloved, its words spoke to millions separated by war. It is worth sharing not merely as…

  Class Consciousness Project

  21st September 2026

  Poetry

  fascism, Great Patriotic War, imperialism, Konstantin Simonov, Pravda, soviet union, USSR, World War 2, ww2

• The Dark Birds Flew

  Otto Gelsted was a young Danish communist who described seeing the German planes flying over his home during WW2.  He was a communist writer, and intellectual, who had to flee to Sweden after the Nazi’s marches on Denmark as he had spoken out against Hitler and the Nazi’s in local publications. The symbolism of the…

  Class Consciousness Project

  19th May 2025

  Poetry

  Communism, Poetry, ww2