Until the end of the war, young Lizhen, who worked at the post office, saved her fellow villagers from themselves - she destroyed denunciations. Some complained about non-payment of taxes, others about unfavorable statements addressed to the authorities. Uncle Paul reported to the police that a widow was hiding a mentally retarded son in a neighboring house, although according to Reich law all idiots must be destroyed. A whole cemetery of envelopes formed under the mill. Why did people do this? No one demanded such animal submission to the system, especially here in the wilderness. Years passed. To build the highway, it was necessary to demolish the mill. It was then that a secret cemetery was discovered... In the story “In the Depths of the Soul,” as in other stories and short stories by Era Ershova included in the book, the human soul is explored. The author is amazed at how monotonous and unpretentious the good is in man and how whimsical and inventive evil is.