1941 A year of bitterness, disappointment, defeat. A difficult, turning point time for the state and a heavy burden of choice for ordinary people, including people in uniform, when you are forced to decide - what to do? Either give up immediately, stop fighting and quietly continue to live, or immediately go into the service of the enemy, or, discarding the first and second, fight. Fight without sparing your strength and life itself. And these were the majority. The real story of the origins of the partisan movement in Belarus, heard by the author from the mouth of a partisan. Photo from the author's personal archive. Contains obscene language. Contains obscene language.