The Siege of Leningrad. Diaries of 1941-1944

The blockade of Leningrad has become one of the most tragic pages of the Great Patriotic War. Having gone through the most difficult trials, the inhabitants of the city on the Neva showed examples of courage and stamina unprecedented in world history. This book is based on the diaries of Leningraders stored in the archives, invaluable evidence of the fight against hunger, a cold, barbaric artillery and bombing. The authors of the diaries are the director of the plant, engineers, workers, schoolgirls, student, housewife, head physician of the clinic, employee of the city committee, railway worker, radio node employee, music school teacher, and food cards accounting for and issuing and issuing food cards. In this edition, the diary entries of 1941-1944 are supplemented by documents and newspaper publications of that “mortal time”, allowing the reader to see everyday life, or rather the survival of the besieged city from the inside, to find out the joy and sorrows of its inhabitants, to understand how they managed to defend Leningrad.
- this is the daily life of Leningraders. In theaters, spectators listen to the main sounds of operetta, and shells are torn near the walls of the hall and people die. There is something strange in this constant neighborhood with death ... "
"On the way on the Vasilyevsky Island on the streets, I counted twelve corpses. They are undressed, they will make them out. The terrible search for food cards. It is terrible to imagine the torment of Leningraders. Patiently and steadily fight for life. The shelling and gaps of shells no longer bother anyone. Indifference to the victims and the boasting hatred of the enemy, beating around the city. They die calmly in their hometown. Death is everywhere, but it does not scare anyone. The heart is compressed, but the will and consciousness say - we’ll still transfer everything ... "