It tells the tragic story that the war brought to personal life. Sokolov was captured on the battlefield. Once, a fascist officer forced him to toast the fascist victory, but Sokolov refused. In the end, he lost all his relatives and warm family, but Sokolov did not lose the will to live. At the end, he wrote: "I hurriedly turned away. No, older men who have turned gray in the years of war don't just cry in their dreams. They also shed tears when they are awake, and the important thing at this time is to turn away. The most important thing at this time is not to hurt the children's hearts...", Which caused a sensation in the Soviet literary world.
