The Last Witnesses: 101 Children Who Lost Their Childhood in the War (works by Alexievich)
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During the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), millions of Soviet children died, and those who survived lost their loved ones and ended their childhood prematurely. At the stage when we should be enjoying the joy of childhood, "we are already men and women." This book is an oral history of children who survived the Great Patriotic War. They were 2-12 years old when they experienced this war. After decades of traveling across the vast land of the former Soviet Union, Alexievich personally interviewed thousands of people who experienced the events on the front lines, reviewed documents and materials from all parties, and painstakingly compiled the oral history series of the Soviet Union - this is an epic of ordinary people's lives.
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