At the end of September 1939, Bialystok, Grodno, Kovel, Baranovichi and other once Polish and Belarusian cities unexpectedly became Soviet for their inhabitants, and their population, as well as small Jewish towns, became citizens of the USSR. The fate of the majority was tragic. In 1941, all the inhabitants of these towns died, not understanding at their death hour how such atrocities could be committed by representatives of the most cultured nation of Schiller and Goethe. The hero of the book, a shoemaker from a Polish town that became Soviet in 1939, describes life and life of your family and environment. Having gone through the tragic years of the war, and having survived the difficult post-war years, Aron the shoemaker did not become embittered. The old veteran's story is full of love, kindness and hope.