Beginning of the war

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  • Mikhail Kripets: The beginning of the War

    Where were you when the war began?

    At home. I was at home. I was thirteen years old.

    In Polish times we were called the Kryptsavs’ sons, the Bolshevicks’ sons. Me and my brother. And …

    Researcher: Natalya Ivaschenko, PhD (Historical Sciences), associated professor at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Kseniya Adasik, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

    Categories: Beginning of the war, Mikhail Kripets

  • Evdokiya Kolokolnikova: The beginning of the War

    The war found me at my brother’s place. I was studying. When the war began I was sitting at home and suddenly we heard that it was a war. And my brother, it was Sunday, my brother left and didn& …

    Researcher: Natalya Ivaschenko, PhD (Historical Sciences), associated professor at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Kseniya Adasik, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

    Categories: Beginning of the war, Evdokiya Kolokolnikova

  • Lev Shlyakhter: Beginning of the war

    How did you get to know that the war started on the 22nd? Did you hear about it on radio?

    You know what. That happened that on the 22nd of June, there lived people in the neighborhood, their …

    Researcher: Natalja Ivashchanka, Sviatlana Silava, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

    Categories: Beginning of the war, Lev Shlyakhter

  • Leonida Makhon: About the War

    What can you recollect about the War? What do you still keep in your memory?

    What do I keep in my memory? Well. Shots only. My grandmother and mother told me «Lie down, don’t stand at …

    Researcher: Олег Коляго, старший преподаватель, ГрГУ имени Я. Купалы

    Categories: Beginning of the war, Leonida Makhon

  • The beginning of war

    We were getting on well. We lived in plenty. We had a very big house. We lived well. Well, once father came and said, «Basya, don’t say anybody a word, there will be a war».

    Did he …

    Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Светлана Силова, кандидат исторических наук, доцент, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы

    Categories: Beginning of the war, Ira Motolyga

  • Beginning of the war

    It was a deceitful regime. They had been always false to the people. They threw dust in our eyes, pulled the wool over the eyes. This is what is being sung praises, oh! Nobody told the truth in the …

    Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Светлана Силова, кандидат исторических наук, доцент, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы

    Categories: Beginning of the war, Jakov Kiselev

  • End of the war

    What mood were the people in?

    Everybody was glad that the war was over.

    And how did you know that the war was over? On the radio?

    We were waiting for this moment a lot; there were so many messages. …

    Researcher: Наталья Иващенко, кандидат исторических наук, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы, Светлана Силова, кандидат исторических наук, доцент, ГрГУ им. Я. Купалы

    Categories: Beginning of the war, Jakov Kiselev

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