His life in exchange for others (about Ana Obukhova)
Unfortunately, I don’t know Anya Obukhova in person — I never found a single photograph of her (I wrote to Kursk, but, alas, she was left unanswered). It was not possible to find out how many full years the girl was. But judging by the fact that before the war, she graduated from the fifth grade - about twelve.
Anya lived in one of the villages of the Kursk region. Father went to the front. The village was occupied by the Germans. Previously, the school hosted a hospital. The Nazis dragged here and those who were wounded in the battles for the village. Not for treatment, of course. The Nazis were going to expose the soldiers to interrogation, and then indicatively shot. First of all - commanders. But the absolute majority of them were all injured so badly that they could not even sit on their own. They decided to execute them without questioning.
Even before the occupation, Anya often went to the hospital, helped the doctors and nurses, because there were desperately short hands. The girl was not afraid of any work, was on duty at night. She was particularly warm towards the officer, who very much reminded her of her father. I don’t know what it is: face, voice, demeanor. This commander was on the mend, but he still moved with great difficulty.
The fascists were not going to take the prisoners out into the street themselves. For this, they ordered all the villagers to appear. And including Anya. Give a friend, almost a father, to be torn apart by the invaders? Raise him to his feet to lead him to destruction? The girl's heart could not come to terms with such a terrible fact, which was about to happen. Anya understood that she could not save all the wounded. And this alone is unlikely to succeed. But she was not afraid for her life as much as for him ...
The child could not think of any complex plan. And the Nazis did not count on simple plans. This discrepancy helped Anna. The girl came to the hospital very long before the specified hour. I took a sleigh with me. Apparently, the Germans did not put up any special protection - after all, the wounded could not defend themselves, and weapons they did not have. Anya pulled the commander out of the building, laid her on a sled, and from above shewed up hay. Courage takes the city, love gives strength, despair sometimes leads the hand of luck.
Anya with a sleigh drove a soldier past the sentries who did not even stop her! She drove away from the hospital and hid it completely unchildly. Glad - she did a great job, saved a human life. A child is a child - she naively believed that the fascists would not notice the absence of one fighter. But, of course, noticed. Furious, looking, went to every hut - unsuccessfully. The commander sunk into the water. It seems that the fascists were tormented by the bloodthirsty thought that if he could get out, it means that he was suitable for interrogation. They slipped out of their hands prey.
The execution was canceled that day. Anya was even more happy. She gave the fighters at least one day of life! A naive, sincere child, she measured the Nazis by her own yardstick and was very wrong about that. The invaders guessed that the wounded man was not without help. And in order not to drag out the search, they seized the first old man who came across, drove the villagers and in front of their eyes they shot him. They announced that if the one who sheltered the commander does not appear, the shootings will continue and become massive.
Anya landed in the trap. She saved one life - and now the enemies threatened to take the other. And the girl, without saying a word of home, came to the commandant's office. Honestly stated: here, they say, I, shoot. And again wrong. Shooting in the eyes of the Nazis was too lenient punishment. They also wanted to grab an officer.
Anya was tortured. They beat them with sticks, dragged them by the hair, kicked them like a soccer ball. They said: they say, all the same, after all, he will die, this saved one, better give it away, but you will have to endure less. But this time the fiends were wrong, not the girl: she was silent. Admitting that saved the life of a Russian soldier, she turned into a mute. The torture lasted all day. And in the evening Anya in one dress was led to the school building. Not far away, on the street, desks and chairs lay lonely - the Hitlerites used it as firewood. The bloody girl was tightly tied to one of the desks and guarded.
December 1941 of the year. Severe frost. Anya did not say a single word. During the night, she froze to the desk - maybe the very one she used to sit at ...
And in the early morning our soldiers entered the village. The shooting of the wounded did not take place. That officer was also saved - he went through the whole war. And here the Nazis made a mistake - apparently, Anechka had such a light hand that she was able to save the commander for four long years. He came to the village many times, helped Anya's mother.
... While preparing this publication, I took a photo of a monument to the children of war established in the Novgorod region. For some reason, I see Anya in this sculpture ...
Anya lived in one of the villages of the Kursk region. Father went to the front. The village was occupied by the Germans. Previously, the school hosted a hospital. The Nazis dragged here and those who were wounded in the battles for the village. Not for treatment, of course. The Nazis were going to expose the soldiers to interrogation, and then indicatively shot. First of all - commanders. But the absolute majority of them were all injured so badly that they could not even sit on their own. They decided to execute them without questioning.
Even before the occupation, Anya often went to the hospital, helped the doctors and nurses, because there were desperately short hands. The girl was not afraid of any work, was on duty at night. She was particularly warm towards the officer, who very much reminded her of her father. I don’t know what it is: face, voice, demeanor. This commander was on the mend, but he still moved with great difficulty.
The fascists were not going to take the prisoners out into the street themselves. For this, they ordered all the villagers to appear. And including Anya. Give a friend, almost a father, to be torn apart by the invaders? Raise him to his feet to lead him to destruction? The girl's heart could not come to terms with such a terrible fact, which was about to happen. Anya understood that she could not save all the wounded. And this alone is unlikely to succeed. But she was not afraid for her life as much as for him ...
The child could not think of any complex plan. And the Nazis did not count on simple plans. This discrepancy helped Anna. The girl came to the hospital very long before the specified hour. I took a sleigh with me. Apparently, the Germans did not put up any special protection - after all, the wounded could not defend themselves, and weapons they did not have. Anya pulled the commander out of the building, laid her on a sled, and from above shewed up hay. Courage takes the city, love gives strength, despair sometimes leads the hand of luck.
Anya with a sleigh drove a soldier past the sentries who did not even stop her! She drove away from the hospital and hid it completely unchildly. Glad - she did a great job, saved a human life. A child is a child - she naively believed that the fascists would not notice the absence of one fighter. But, of course, noticed. Furious, looking, went to every hut - unsuccessfully. The commander sunk into the water. It seems that the fascists were tormented by the bloodthirsty thought that if he could get out, it means that he was suitable for interrogation. They slipped out of their hands prey.
The execution was canceled that day. Anya was even more happy. She gave the fighters at least one day of life! A naive, sincere child, she measured the Nazis by her own yardstick and was very wrong about that. The invaders guessed that the wounded man was not without help. And in order not to drag out the search, they seized the first old man who came across, drove the villagers and in front of their eyes they shot him. They announced that if the one who sheltered the commander does not appear, the shootings will continue and become massive.
Anya landed in the trap. She saved one life - and now the enemies threatened to take the other. And the girl, without saying a word of home, came to the commandant's office. Honestly stated: here, they say, I, shoot. And again wrong. Shooting in the eyes of the Nazis was too lenient punishment. They also wanted to grab an officer.
Anya was tortured. They beat them with sticks, dragged them by the hair, kicked them like a soccer ball. They said: they say, all the same, after all, he will die, this saved one, better give it away, but you will have to endure less. But this time the fiends were wrong, not the girl: she was silent. Admitting that saved the life of a Russian soldier, she turned into a mute. The torture lasted all day. And in the evening Anya in one dress was led to the school building. Not far away, on the street, desks and chairs lay lonely - the Hitlerites used it as firewood. The bloody girl was tightly tied to one of the desks and guarded.
December 1941 of the year. Severe frost. Anya did not say a single word. During the night, she froze to the desk - maybe the very one she used to sit at ...
And in the early morning our soldiers entered the village. The shooting of the wounded did not take place. That officer was also saved - he went through the whole war. And here the Nazis made a mistake - apparently, Anechka had such a light hand that she was able to save the commander for four long years. He came to the village many times, helped Anya's mother.
... While preparing this publication, I took a photo of a monument to the children of war established in the Novgorod region. For some reason, I see Anya in this sculpture ...
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