The Nazis invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941 in Operation Barbarossa. Dmitri Shostakovich was the most loved Russian composer at the time. He lived in and around Leningrad and Moscow, and mucked in by becoming a firefighter during WW2. During WW2 he also wrote symphonies 7,8 and 9. This is Symphony No. 8, which I think sums up the barbarity of world war, particularly one started by the Nazis who were creations of Wall Street and The City of London.
Don't be disappointed or surprised if you can't listen to it all the first time. It is soul destroying. But there are some sad and/or fantastic bits, such as the cor anglais solo at 18 minutes into the first movement.
This is a tour de force of world war 2, and is what East Ukraine has been going through for over a year now as the Kiev Nazis lay siege to their resistance to the NATO Nazi coup.
Shostakovich: Symphony No.8 in C minor
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