From the memories of eyewitnesses and their stories to descendants about the hardships during and after the Great Patriotic War

The article presents personal and parents’ memories about the difficult war years, as evidence of the hardships and deprivations that the Soviet people and its individual representatives endured during the tough war years in the territory occupied by the Germans and in the rear. The article places particular emphasis on the issue of food supply, however, sometimes some food products were used for life-saving purposes and not for their intended purpose.