Siege of Leningrad: Diary of the Second World War: by Alexandra Nikiforovna Borovikova

Андрей Орлов

Siege of Leningrad: Diary of the Second World War: by Alexandra Nikiforovna Borovikova

Andrei Anatolievich Orlov

Siege of Leningrad: Diary of the Second World War by Alexandra Nikiforovna Borovikova

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© Andrei Anatolievich Orlov, 2025

The book is published by January 27, 2024 – the 80th anniversary of the complete lifting of the German-Nazi Siege of Leningrad.

This book is dedicated to the blessed memory of my grandmother. She lived and worked in Leningrad from 1941 to 1944, being in a besieged city, and who was awarded the honorary medal «For the Defense of Leningrad.»

The diaries have been carefully kept in the archives of our family for almost 80 years, and now the time has come to open them to the world.

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Table of contents

Siege of Leningrad: Diary of the Second World War

Great thanks for releasing this book

Preface

Chapter 1. June 1941

Volume one

22/VI/1941

28/VI/1941

Chapter 2. July 1941

3/VII/1941

4/VII/1941

25—26/VII/1941

27/VII/1941

28/VII/1941

29/VII/1941

30/VII/1941

Chapter 3. August 1941

1/VIII/1941

2/VIII/1941

3/VIII/1941

4/VIII/1941

5/VIII/1941

6/VIII/1941

7/VIII/1941

8/VIII/1941

9/VIII/1941

10/VIII/1941

11/VIII/1941

12/VIII/1941

13/VIII/1941

14/VIII/1941

15/VIII/1941

16/VIII/1941

17/VIII/1941

18/VIII/1941

19/VIII/1941

19/VIII/1941

20/VIII/1941

21/VIII/1941

22/VIII/1941

23/VIII/1941

24/VIII/1941

25/VIII/1941

26/VIII/1941

27/VIII/1941

28/VIII/1941

29/VIII/1941

30/VIII/1941

31/VIII/1941

Chapter 4. September 1941

1/IX/1941

2/IX/1941

3/IX/1941

4/IX/1941

5/IX/1941

6/IX/1941

7/IX/1941

8/IX/1941

9/IX/1941

10/IX/1941

11/ I X/1941

12/ I X/1941

13/IX/1941

14/IX/1941

15/IX/1941

16/IX/1941

17/IX/1941

18/IX/1941

19/IX/1941

20/IX/1941

21/IX/1941

22/IX/1941

23/IX/1941

24/IX/1941

25/IX/1941

26/IX/1941

27/IX/1941

28/IX/1941

29/IX/1941

30/IX/1941

Chapter 5. October 1941

1/X/1941

2/X/1941

3/X/1941

4/X/1941

5/X/1941

6/X/1941

7/X/1941

8/X/1941

9/X/1941

10/X/1941

11/X/1941

12/X/1941

13/X/1941

14/X/1941

15/X/1941

16/X/1941

17/X/1941

18/X/1941

19/X/1941

20/X/1941

21/X/1941

22/X/1941

23/X/1941

24/X/1941

25/X/1941

26/X/1941

27/X/1941

28/X/1941

29/X/1941

30/X/1941

31/X/1941

Chapter 6. November 1941

1/XI/1941

2/XI/1941

3/XI/1941

4/XI/1941

5/XI/1941

6/XI/1941

7/XI/1941

8/XI/1941

9/XI/1941

10/XI/1941

11/XI/1941

12/XI/1941

13/XI/1941

14/XI/1941

15/XI/1941

16/XI/1941

17/XI/1941

18/XI/1941

19/XI/1941

20/XI/1941

21/XI/1941

22/XI/1941

23/XI/1941

24/XI/1941

25/XI/1941

26/XI/1941

27/XI/1941

28/XI/1941

29/XI/1941

30/XI/1941

Chapter 7. December 1941

1/XII/1941

2/XII/1941

3/XII/1941

4/XII/1941

5/XII/1941

6/XII/1941

7/XII/1941

8/XII/1941

9/XII/1941

10/XII/1941

11/XII/1941

12/XII/1941

13/XII/1941

14/XII/1941

15/XII/1941

16/XII/1941

17/XII/1941

18/XII/1941

19/XII/1941

20/XII/1941

21/XII/1941

22/XII/1941

23/XII/1941

24/XII/1941

25/XII/1941

26/XII/1941

27/XII/1941

28/XII/1941

29/XII/1941

30/XII/1941

31/XII/1941

Chapter 8. January 1942

1/I/1942

2/I/1942

3/I/1942

4/I/1942

5/I/1942

6/I/1942

7/I/1942

8/I/1942

9/I/1942

10/I/1942

11/I/1942

12/I/1942

13/I/1942

14/I/1942

15/I/1942

16/I/1942

17/I/1942

18/I/1942

19/I/1942

20/I/1942

21/I/1942

22/I/1942

23/I/1942

24/I/1942

25/I/1942

26/I/1942

27/I/1942

28/I/1942

29/I/1942

30/I/1942

31/I/1942

Chapter 9. February 1942

1/II/1942

2/II/1942

3/II/1942

4/II/1942

5/II/1942

6/II/1942

7/II/1942

8/II/1942

9/II/1942

10/II/1942

11/II/1942

12/II/1942

13/II/1942

15/II/1942

16/II/1942

17/II/1942

18/II/1942

19/II/1942

20/II/1942

21/II/1942

22/II/1942

23/II/1942

24/II/1942

25/II/1942

26/II/1942

27/II/1942

28/II/1942

Chapter 10. March 1942

1/III/1942

2/III/1942

3/III/1942

4/III/1942

5/III/1942

6/III/1942

7/III/1942

8/III/1942

9/III/1942

10/III/1942

11/III/1942

12/III/1942

13/III/1942

14/III/1942

15/III/1942

16/III/1942

17/III/1942

18/III/1942

19/III/1942

19/III/1942

20/III/1942

21/III/1942

22/III/1942

23/III/1942

24/III/1942

25/III/1942

26/III/1942

27/III/1942

28/III/1942

29/III/1942

30/III/1942

31/III/1942

Chapter 11. April 1942

1/IV/1942

2/IV/1942

3/IV/1942

4/IV/1942

Volume two

5/IV/1942

6/IV/1942

7/IV/1942

8/IV/1942

9/IV/1942

10/IV/1942

11/IV/1942

12/IV/1942

13/IV/1942

14/IV/1942

15/IV/1942

16/IV/1942

17/IV/1942

18/IV/1942

19/IV/1942

20/IV/1942

21/IV/1942

22/IV/1942

23/IV/1942

24/IV/1942

25/IV/1942

26/IV/1942

27/IV/1942

28/IV/1942

29/IV/1942

30/IV/1942

Chapter 12. May 1942

1/V/1942

2/V/1942

3/V/1942

4/V/1942

5/V/1942

6/V/1942

7/V/1942

8/V/1942

9/V/1942

10/V/1942

11/V/1942

12/V/1942

13/V/1942

14/V/1942

15/V/1942

16/V/1942

17/V/1942

18/V/1942

19/V/1942

20/V/1942

21/V/1942

22/V/1942

23/V/1942

24/V/1942

25/V/1942

26/V/1942

27/V/1942

28/V/1942

29/V/1942

30/V/1942

31/V/1942

Chapter 13. June 1942

1/VI/1942

2/VI/1942

3/VI/1942

4/VI/1942

5/VI/1942

6/VI/1942

7/VI/1942

8/VI/1942

9/VI/1942

10/VI/1942

11/VI/1942

12/VI/1942

13/VI/1942

14/VI/1942

15/VI/1942

16/VI/1942

17/VI/1942

18/VI/1942

19/VI/1942

20/VI/1942

21/VI/1942

22/VI/1942

23/VI/1942

24/VI/1942

25/VI/1942

26/VI/1942

27/VI/1942

28/VI/1942

29/VI/1942

30/VI/1942

Chapter 14. July 1942

1/VII/1942

2/VII/1942

3/VII/1942

4/VII/1942

5/VII/1942

6/VII/1942

7/VII/1942

8/VII/1942

9/VII/1942

10/VII/1942

11/VII/1942

12/VII/1942

13/VII/1942

14/VII/1942

15/VII/1942

16/VII/1942

17/VII/1942

18/VII/1942

19/VII/1942

20/VII/1942

22/VII/1942

23/VII/1942

24/VII/1942

25/VII/1942

26/VII/1942

27/VII/1942

28/VII/1942

29/VII/1942

30/VII/1942

31/VII/1942

Chapter 15. August 1942

1/VIII/1942

2/VIII/1942

3/VIII/1942

4/VIII/1942

6/VIII/1942

7/VIII/1942

8/VIII/1942

9/VIII/1942

10/VIII/1942

11/VIII/1942

12/VIII/1942

13/VIII/1942

14/VIII/1942

15/VIII/1942

16/VIII/1942

17/VIII/1942

18/VIII/1942

19/VIII/1942

20/VIII/1942

21/VIII/1942

22/VIII/1942

23/VIII/1942

24/VIII/1942

25/VIII/1942

26/VIII/1942

27/VIII/1942

28/VIII/1942

29/VIII/1942

30/VIII/1942

31/VIII/1942

Chapter 16. September 1942

1/IX/1942

2/IX/1942

3/IX/1942

4/IX/1942

5/IX/1942

6/IX/1942

7/IX/1942

8/IX/1942

9/IX/1942

10/IX/1942

11/IX/1942

12/IX/1942

13/IX/1942

14/IX/1942

15/IX/1942

16/IX/1942

17/IX/1942

18/IX/1942

19/IX/1942

20/IX/1942

21/IX/1942

22/IX/1942

23/IX/1942

24/IX/1942

25/IX/1942

26/IX/1942

27/IX/1942

Volume three

28/IX/1942

29/IX/1942

30/IX/1942

Chapter 17. October 1942

1/X/1942

2/X/1942

3/X/1942

4/X/1942

5/X/1942

6/X/1942

7/X/1942

8/X/1942

9/X/1942

10/X/1942

11/X/1942

12/X/1942

13/X/1942

14/X/1942

15/X/1942 – 18/X/1942

19/X/1942

20/X/1942

21/X/1942 – 28/X/1942

29/X/1942

30/X/1942

Chapter 18. November 1942

1/XI/1942

4/XI/1942 – 5/XI/1942

13/XI/1942

16/XI/1942

17/XI/1942 – 19/XI/1942

20/XI/1942

22/XI/1942 – 25/XI/1942

26/XI/1942 – 30/XI/1942

Chapter 19. December 1942

1/XII/1942 – 4/XII/1942

5/XII/1942

6/XII/1942

12/XII/1942

16/XII/1942

23/XII/1942

24/XII/1942

25/XII/1942

26/XII/1942

27/XII/1942

28/XII/1942

29/XII/1942

30/XII/1942

31/XII/1942

Chapter 20. January 1943

1/I/1943

2/I/1943

3/I/1943

4/I/1943

5/I/1943

6/I/1943

7/I/1943

8/I/1943

9/I/1943

10/I/1943

11/I/1943

12/I/1943

12/I/1943

14/I/1943

15/I/1943

16/I/1943

17/I/1943

18/I/1943

19/I/1943

20/I/1943

21/I/1943

22/I/1943

23/I/1943

24/I/1943

25/I/1943

26/I/1943

27/I/1943

28/I/1943

29/I/1943

30/I/1943

31/I/1943

Chapter 21. February 1943

1/II/1943

2/II/1943

7/II/1943

Chapter 22. March 1943

14/III/1943

15/III/1943

16/III/1943 – 18/III/1943

19/III/1943

20/III/1943

21/III/1943

22/III/1943

23/III/1943

24/III/1943

25/III/1943

26/III/1943

27/III/1943

28/III/1943

29/III/1943

30/III/1943

31/III/1943

Chapter 23. April 1943

1/IV/1943

2/IV/1943

3/IV/1943

4/IV/1943

5/IV/1943

6/IV/1943

7/IV/1943

8/IV/1943

9/IV/1943

10/IV/1943

11/IV/1943

13/IV/1943

14/IV/1943

Chapter 24. May 1943

1/V/1943

2/V/1943

3/V/1943

4/V/1943

5/V/1943

6/V/1943

7/V/1943

8/V/1943

9/V/1943

10/V/1943

11/V/1943

12/V/1943

13/V/1943

14/V/1943

15/V/1943

16/V/1943

20/V/1943

Volume four

21/V/1943

22/V/1943

23/V/1943

24/V/1943

25/V/1943

26/V/1943

27/V/1943

28/V/1943

29/V/1943

30/V/1943

31/V/1943

Chapter 25. June 1943

1/VI/1943

2/VI/1943

3/VI/1943

4/VI/1943

5/VI/1943

6/VI/1943

7/VI/1943

8/VI/1943

9/VI/1943

10/VI/1943

11/VI/1943

12/VI/1943

13/VI/1943

14/VI/1943

15/VI/1943

16/VI/1943

17/VI/1943

18/VI/1943

19/VI/1943

20/VI/1943

21/VI/1943

22/VI/1943

23/VI/1943

24/VI/1943

25/VI/1943

26/VI/1943

27/VI/1943

28/VI/1943

29/VI/1943

30/VI/1943

Chapter 26. June 1943

1/VII/1943

2/VII/1943

3/VII/1943

4/VII/1943

5/VII/1943

6/VII/1943

7/VII/1943

8/VII/1943

9/VII/1943

13/VII/1943

14/VII/1943

15/VII/1943

16/VII/1943

17/VII/1943

18/VII/1943

19 /VII/1943

20/VII/1943

21/VII/1943

22/VII/1943

23/VII/1943

24/VII/1943

25/VII/1943

26/VII/1943

27/VII/1943

28/VII/1943

29/VII/1943

30 /VII/1943

31/VII/1943

Chapter 27. July 1943

1/VIII/1943

2/VIII/1943

3/VIII/1943

4 /VIII/1943

5/VIII/1943

6/VIII/1943

7/VIII/1943

8/VIII/1943

9/VIII/1943

10 /VIII/1943

11/VIII/1943

12 /VIII/1943

13/VIII/1943

14/VIII/1943

15/VIII/1943

16/VIII/1943

17/VIII/1943

18 /VIII/1943

19/VIII/1943

20/VIII/1943

21/VIII/1943

22/VIII/1943

23/VIII/1943

24 /VIII/1943

25/VIII/1943

26/VIII/1943

27/VIII/1943

28/VIII/1943

29/VIII/1943

30/VIII/1943

31/VIII/1943

Chapter 28. September 1943

15/IX/1943

16/IX/1943

17/IX/1943

18/IX/1943

19/IX/1943

20/IX/1943

21/IX/1943

22/IX/1943

23/IX/1943

24/IX/1943

25/IX/1943

26/IX/1943

27/IX/1943

28/IX/1943

29/IX/1943

30/IX/1943

Chapter 29. October 1943

1/X/1943

2/X/1943

3/X/1943

4/X/1943

5/X/1943

6 /X/1943

7/X/1943

9/X/1943

10/X/1943

11/X/1943

12/X/1943

13/X/1943

14/X/1943

15/X/1943

16/X/1943

17/X/1943

18/X/1943

19/X/1943

20/X/1943

21/X/1943

22/X/1943

23/X/1943

24/X/1943

25/X/1943

26/X/1943

28/X/1943

29/X/1943

30/X/1943

31/X/1943

Chapter 30. November 1943

1/XI/1943

3/XI/1943

4/XI/1943

6/XI/1943

7/XI/1943

8/XI/1943

9/XI/1943

10 /XI/1943

11/XI/1943

12/XI/1943 – 13/XI/1943

14/XI/1943

15/XI/1943

16/XI/1943 – 17/XI/1943

18/XI/1943

Volume five

19/XI/1943

21/XI/1943

22/XI/1943

23/XI/1943

24/XI/1943

25/XI/1943

26/XI/1943 – 27/XI/1943

28/XI/1943

29/XI/1943

30 /XI/1943

Chapter 31. December 1943

1/XII/1943

2/XII/1943

3/XII/1943

4/XII/1943 – 5/XII/1943 – 6/XII/1943

7/XII/1943 – 8/XII/1943 – 9/XII/1943

10/XII/1943

12/XII/1943

13/XII/1943

14/XII/1943

15/XII/1943

16/XII/1943

17/XII/1943

18/XII/1943

19/XII/1943

20/XII/1943

21 /XII/1943

22/XII/1943

23/XII/1943

24/XII/1943

25/XII/1943

26/XII/1943

27/XII/1943

28/XII/1943

29/XII/1943

30/XII/1943

31/XII/1943

Chapter 32. January 1944

1/I/1944

2/I/1944

3/I/1944

4/I/1944

5/I/1944

6/I/1944

7/I/1944

8/I/1944

9/I/1944

10/I/1944

11/I/1944

12/I/1944

13/I/1944

14/I/1944

15 /I/1944

16/I/1944

17 /I/1944

18/I/1944

19 /I/1944

20/I/1944

21/I/1944

22/I/1944

23/I/1944

24/I/1944

25/I/1944

26/I/1944

27/I/1944

28/I/1944

29/I/1944

30/I/1944

31/I/1944

Chapter 33. February 1944

1/II/1944

2/II/1944

3/II/1944

4/II/1944

5/II/1944

6/II/1944

7/II/1944

8 /II/1944

9/II/1944

10/II/1944

11/II/1944

12/II/1944

13/II/1944

14/II/1944

15/II/1944

16/II/1944

17/II/1944

18/II/1944

19/II/1944

20/II/1944

21/II/1944

22/II/1944

23/II/1944

24/II/1944

25/II/1944

Volume 6

26/II/1944

27/II/1944

28/II/1944

29/II/1944

Chapter 34. March 1944

1/III/1944

2/III/1944

4/III/1944

5/III/1944

6/III/1944

7/III/1944

8/III/1944

9/III/1944

10/III/1944

11/III/1944

12/III/1944

13/III/1944

14/III/1944

15 /III/1944

16 /III/1944

17/III/1944

18/III/1944

19/III/1944

20/III/1944

20/III/1944

22/III/1944

23/III/1944

24/III/1944

25/III/1944

26 /III/1944

27/III/1944

28 /III/1944

29/III/1944

30/III/1944

31/III/1944

Chapter 35. April 1944

1/IV/1944

2/IV/1944

3/IV/1944

4/IV/1944

5/IV/1944

6/IV/1944

7/IV/1944

8/IV/1944

9/IV/1944

10/IV/1944

11/IV/1944

12/IV/1944

13/IV/1944

14/IV/1944

15/IV/1944

16/IV/1944

17/IV/1944 – 18/IV/1944

19/IV/1944

20/IV/1944

21/IV/1944

22/IV/1944

23/IV/1944

24/IV/1944

25/IV/1944

26/IV/1944

27 /IV/1944

28/IV/1944

29/IV/1944

30/IV/1944

Chapter 36. May 1944

1/V/1944

2/V/1944

3/V/1944

4/V/1944

5/V/1944

6/V/1944

7/V/1944

11/V/1944

12/V/1944

16/V/1944

17/V/1944

18/V/1944

19/V/1944

22 /V/1944

2 3/V/1944

27/V/1944

28/V/1944

29/V/1944

30/V/1944

31/V/1944

Chapter 37. June 1944

1/VI/1944

3/VI/1944

4/VI/1944

5/VI/1944

6/VI/1944

7/VI/1944

8/VI/1944

9/VI/1944

10/VI/1944

11/VI/1944

12/VI/1944

13/VI/1944

14/VI/1944

15/VI/1944

16/VI/1944

17/VI/1944

21/VI/1944

22/VI/1944

23/VI/1944

24/VI/1944

25/VI/1944

28/VI/1944

29/VI/1944

30/VI/1944

Chapter 38. July 1944

4/VII/1944

6/VII/1944

8/VII/1944

9/VII/1944

16/VII/1944

18/VII/1944

19/VII/1944

23/VII/1944

24/VII/1944

26/VII/1944

27/VII/1944

28/VII/1944

Chapter 39. August 1944

1/VIII/1944

4/VIII/1944

6/VIII/1944

10/VIII/1944

11/VIII/1944

16/VIII/1944

27/VIII/1944

30/VIII/1944

31/VIII/1944

Chapter 40. September 1944

2/IX/1944

3 /IX/1944

4/IX/1944

5/IX/1944

6/IX/1944

7/IX/1944

8/IX/1944

9/IX/1944

10/IX/1944

16/IX/1944

17/IX/1944

18/IX/1944

20/IX/1944

22/IX/1944

24/IX/1944

27/IX/1944

Chapter 41. October 1944

25/X/1944

Afterword

Special thanks

Great thanks for releasing this book

The only person I want to specifically thank, and who deserves to have his name preserved on the main page of this book:

Budylin Maksim Aleksandrovich, 1988 y. – sincere gratitude from the author of the book.

Preface

This book is dedicated to the blessed memory of my grandmother, Alexandra Nikiforovna Borovikova, who survived the Great Patriotic War and the Siege of Leningrad. Unfortunately, I did not know my grandmother, but the surviving diaries of the siege allowed me to recognize her as a strong, courageous person who was not afraid of difficulties in life, and who was ready to defend her own opinion and fight any troubles. She is one of those who survived the Siege of Leningrad from 1941 to 1944, being in a besieged city, and who was awarded the honorary medal «For the Defense of Leningrad.»

For many years, her diaries were kept by herself, and then by her daughter, before the diaries turned into a full-fledged book, which is published by a grateful grandson.

I thank my grandmother for the fact that despite the horrors of war experienced for several years – months of bombing, shelling, sleepless nights in a shelter, hunger, and cold, and the horrors of a besieged city – the corpses of people who were killed by the Nazis in their air raids, she she managed to write down everything she saw and experienced on paper, which later turned into 6 volumes of handwritten diaries.

I also thank my mother and father for the fact that over several decades they were able to preserve these historical eyewitness accounts of that time – the terrible period of the war, which was organized by the Nazis, led by Germany.

Remembering every year such events as the Breaking of the Siege of Leningrad and the Complete lifting of the Nazi Siege from Leningrad, we remember everyone:

– And those who bravely fought in the Great Patriotic War against the Nazis and died on the battlefields. It doesn’t matter where exactly.

– And those who fought for the city of Lenin and died without seeing the end of the war.

– And those who died in Leningrad itself from hunger or bombing.

If we count everyone in total, then even the approximate losses are millions of human lives, people who could have lived their lives long and happily, who could have made many incredible discoveries and achievements, but instead they were all overtaken by death.

The book is released by January 27, 2024. The release of the book is timed to coincide with the 80th anniversary of the complete lifting of the Nazi Siege from the city of Leningrad. This book should remind the modern generation that war is not a holiday, it is horror.

Even after 80 years, we must remember and honor all those who died in that terrible, bloody war. Our grandparents fought for a peaceful sky above their heads. The events of those years should never be repeated, people should never see this horror again. Human life is one, and it is priceless.

Happy memory to everyone who is not with us today.

The book was originally written in Russian. But because There are more than 8 billion people on Planet Earth, among whom English is recognized as the international language, so I translated the book from Russian into English. In addition, there are much fewer books in English about the Siege of Leningrad than in Russian.

Chapter 1. June 1941

Volume one

22/VI/1941

22/ VI. The date June 22, 1941 is imprinted for the rest of our lives, not only ours, but also our generation.

The insidious enemy, the presumptuous fascist bastard, in the person of Hitler, disrupted our calm, peaceful, happy life.

22/VI, when I was still sleeping, in the morning they brought me a summons: «Urgently report to the Headquarters of the M.P.V.O. (*Local air defense) Factories.»

Since it was urgent, I had to go.

There was nothing in my mind then, I thought it was just a test of the combat readiness of Com. composition (*Command staff) of the Factory, or simply a P.V.O. exercise. (*Air defense).

People’s Commissar was tasked with sawing 8,500 m³, which was carried out well.

And so, 22/VI, in the morning, suspecting nothing, I received an order from the director of the Factory – to stop the workshop and transfer people to the disposal of the chief mechanic to perform one task.

I remind him over the phone that he must not disrupt the People’s Commissar’s task.

Then they broadcast on the radio that at 12:15 there will be a message from Moscow.

Just at that time I wrote a statement to the People’s Commissar about payment for 1940, but something was not written, there was some kind of excitement in my soul.

And so, at 12:15 Moscow turns on, Comrade Molotov reports that Nazi Germany violated the treaty, and at 4 o’clock in the morning, crossed the borders.

4 cities were bombed, there were killed and wounded.

It was a surprise.

This could not be considered a surprise at all, because we knew that although there was an agreement with Germany, it was not a reliable friend.

Frankly speaking (only from myself), I expected this attack not now, but for some reason later – I don’t know why it happened in my head.

After that, everything became clear: why we were called to Headquarters, why people were transferred from work to another.

(*Text crossed out):

And so it begins with that.

I regret that I didn’t write my diary earlier, where I could have written down in detail all the little things.

All your impressions and moods.

From the first days the mood was the same: although the enemy is strong and cunning (*Text omitted), defeat (*Text breaks off).

(*A piece of the page is missing, there are only a few words) … my diary (*Text breaks off) notebooks (*Text breaks off).