The Second World War started in 1939 in Europe but the Russian Great Patriotic War began with another date – June 22, 1941. Although it started later for us, the Soviet Union, without a doubt bore the brunt of it: in total in those 5 years we lost more than 26 MILLION people (around 2/3 of them were civilians). For people of our country the Nazi army was the infernal evil. They got up to fight it and they won. We post this song in remembrance of their valour and their ultimate sacrifice.
A while ago a subscriber asked if we only did songs about war or love songs, too.
Well, this one is both.
It is very popular and the movie itself can be called a musical. It is definitely worth watching as it has a great plot and some fantastic Russian and Ukrainian songs.
This is another powerful anti-war song, sung by the great Muslim Magomaev.
It is about the victims of the Buchenwald concentration camp.
It was over its gates that the infamous slogan Jedem das Seine (“to each its own”) was written… For those of you who have never heard about the place, there is a Wikipedia page: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buche…
Although dozens or maybe even hundreds of thousands died in this hellish place, the translator, Olga Yurchenko, wants to dedicate this video to one of its few German inmates, Ernst Thälmann.
“My Comrade Song” (from movie “How the Steel Was Tempered”, 1973)
The song “Eternal Light” from the movie “Officers” (1971).
