"We will take Berlin before the Allies" / Artyom Drabkin
"But the hardest part was that everyone understood the war was about to end, and they wanted to live like never before... Before, everyone had simply accepted it: if you're alive, you're alive, and if not, that's just fate... But in Berlin, they really wanted to live. But they fought, and what could they do? In war, the law is simple: it's either you or the one being beaten."
The last days of the war. Berlin is in flames, but the soldiers feel they're going home soon. At the "Fate of a Man" festival, Artyom Drabkin, director of the "I Remember" foundation, presented living memories of those who celebrated Victory not in their dress uniforms, but in the trenches and on the streets of the defeated German capital.
What were the soldiers thinking as they marched into the Last Battle? What did they encounter in the enemy's lair? How did they learn of Victory? And what did they remember when the war and the bloody battles were behind them?
The "Fate of Man" Digital History Festival, dedicated to the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, was held in Moscow with the support of the Russian Military Historical Society.
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