Mikhail Kripets: The beginning of the War
Categories: Beginning of the war, Mikhail Kripets
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 here, besides, the war had begun. Ours mobilized people for the Polish war. They uniformed very early, and till the evening our father had already returned home. And we talked. I told my mother, «Mom, soltys has come. A soldier». We were glad because he came very beautiful dressed in this, this military uniform.
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Researcher: Natalya Ivaschenko, PhD (Historical Sciences), associated professor at Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno, Kseniya Adasik, Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno
