the women cried, but were afraid, because they had their own children. they were taken to surazh, whererful garrison. they kept the prisoners in hunger and cold, gave them a piece of bread and a little water, beat and frightened the children. the children screamed and cried at first, and then stopped. the older children were told that their father had already been caught and hanged, but the youngest misha had it the worst of all; he was constantly confronted with the captured partisans, in the hope that misha would find out and thereby betray his father. having learned about the capture of the children, shmyrev was in despair. any person who has a family... well, i will say this, the most painful point is always children, this is for any normal person, what children are, this is a symbol of faith, this is a kind of religion of parents, shmyrev’s relatives were held captive for almost 4 months, the germans promised to leave the children alive if the father minai will voluntarily surrender. old man minai was beside himself with grief; at first he wanted to give up, then he thought of comm