Tag #152783 - Interview #101503 (Vladimir Khalfin)

In the morning of 22 June 1941 6 we woke up from the roar of explosions. In some time our neighbor came to tell us that it was the bombing of Mogilyov-Podolskiy in 30 km from our town. I remember that it didn’t raise any concern in us. We had no information about the war in Europe. We didn’t have a radio and mother didn’t buy newspapers. We were sure that our army would defeat enemy before we know. At 12 o’clock Molotov’s 7 speech was broadcast on the radio in the central square of the town. He announced the treacherous attack of Germany and declared that the Soviet army would beat the enemy soon.