Suzhdeno vyzhit' - Zemtsov I.

It took more than 30 years to write these memoirs, even more - to publish them. In the Soviet years, censorship prevented the story of World War II from telling the true story of World War II. Now it is not, as well as the author himself ... Ilya Aleksandrovich Semtsov (1918-2000) met the war in the Baltics, on the border with East Prussia. Further, his life is similar to the action film: here and intelligence in the occupied territories, and escape from captivity, acquaintance with extraordinary personalities, guerrilla movement, penalty, happy misfires, wound and hospital. You can't list everything. Whatever happens, the hero (in every sense of the word) shows a persistent character, vitality and a great sense of humor. It's hard to believe that everything described is true, but it really was.