Tag #151534 - Interview #78270 (Semyon Gun)

On 22 June 1941 My father and I went to visit our neighbor paralyzed after he was wounded at the Finnish War [9] in the Kuyalnik recreation center [10]. We were in his ward when at 3 pm a nurse ran in yelling 'there's a war, there's a war!' All visitors left at once and so did we. Trams were overcrowded. People were running. They carried bags of soap, bread, sugar and cereals from stores. When first air raids began in Odessa Alexandr used to say 'Senia, what are you afraid of: they are our armies shooting' and he lisped his words a little.