Prussian Nights

About “Prussian Nights”

Prussian Nights is a long poem by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, a captain in the Soviet Red Army during the Second World War. The poem depicts the Red Army's advance through East Prussia and highlights the violent experiences the author observed. It centers on the trauma of rape and murder that occurred during this military campaign. Solzhenitsyn wrote the work based on his own participation in the march. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)