The song is about the West Russian Volunteer Army , a force formed by the German Empire toward the end of WWI that fought against Soviet forces in the Baltic States (1918–1919).
It became a staple of the German youth movement ( Jugendbewegung ), valued for its somber, defiant tone and its portrayal of being "victims of a brutal regime". Synthesizer V & Maki Tsurumaki The song is about the West Russian Volunteer
The lyrics were written as a poem in 1915 by Erich Scholz , a Silesian songwriter and youth leader. The song was officially published in 1937. valued for its somber