Book: Measure of being. Page 2

In the first winter of the siege, tens of thousands of children, having lost their parents, became orphans. It was urgently necessary to create orphanages that would operate under the blockade. By March 7, 1942, 98 orphanages had been formed in Leningrad.

Her work helped her survive and not go crazy, because when you give yourself entirely to others, there is no time to think about yourself, no time to cry, no time to complain and no time to get sick.

Good dreams make you want to cry, but bad dreams make you go crazy,” my friend Masha once complained, and Katya agreed with her, because there was no strength left for unnecessary worries.

Don’t be afraid, comrade paramedic, everything will be fine. the sweet word rang in the air like a bell, and, returning to her family, Lera repeated it kindly to herself, thinking that, despite the cruel war, the world around was filled with kindness and love.

A huge role in the medical care of people on the ice belonged to the special dressing and heating stations created at the very beginning of the ice road. Their task was to warm people and provide them with first aid. These points were in constant readiness, as the enemy was constantly shelling and bombarding the route.

Is thirty kilometers a journey a lot or a little? Not enough if you drive along the highway under a peaceful sky and good weather. And a lot if thin ice cracks under the truck, ice holes gape like black holes, wheels spin on smooth ice, and bombs rain down from above and machine-gun fire chirps.

Rejoice in small troubles, someday you will remember them with love.

On November 23, 52 tons of food were delivered to Leningrad via Ladoga. Due to the fragility of the ice, trucks carried two or three bags at a time, and even with such care, several vehicles sank. Later, sleds began to be attached to trucks - this made it possible to reduce the pressure on the ice and increase the amount of cargo.

It’s incomprehensible, but people read.

At first they drowned them with written-off books, but the paper burned through instantly. We will

Recently there have been fewer bombings, but shelling, on the contrary, has intensified. Because of the surprise, the townspeople were more afraid of the shelling, because passage through the city became something like a lottery: if it kills, it doesn’t kill.

The city is overgrown with snowdrifts. Unremoved snow rose like white mountains. Trams and trolleybuses stood motionless with broken windows, and the wind shook broken, icy wires above them. Leningrad was turning into a ghost town.

Probably, God gives grief in order to later learn to live in joy.

Standards for the distribution of bread from November 20 to December 25, 1941: workers - 250 grams, employees and members of their families - 125 grams; personnel of the paramilitary guards, fire brigades, extermination squads, vocational schools and FZO schools, who were on boiler allowance. - 300 grams.