The last witnesses

Much has been written about the heroics and exploits of wars, and about the great need for them as a means to achieve goals that may be considered noble. But the constant question remains: Is there a justification for peace and our happiness and even for eternal harmony, if a small tear falls from an innocent child's eye in pursuit of that? In World War II, more than one hundred million people were killed, wounded, and displaced in the most bloody war – so far – in our human history. Much has been written about the tragedies and consequences of this dark phase of our history. But how did the last living witnesses see it; the children of that war? More than thirty years after the end of that war, Svetlana, in her book The Last Witnesses, brings back those who remain of the heroes of that phase to their childhood, which experienced the war, to tell in their words the last words... about a time that is concluded with them...