Class hour “Women and war. The role of women in the Great Patriotic War: figures and facts

The writing

“War has no female face” - this thesis has been true for many centuries. Very strong people are capable of surviving the fire, the horror of war, therefore it is customary to consider war to be a man's business. But the tragedy, the cruelty, the enormity of the war lies in the fact that along with the men, women stand shoulder to shoulder and go to kill and die. The essence of war is contrary to human nature, and even more feminine nature. There has never been a single war in the world that women would have unleashed, their participation in a war has never been considered normal and natural.
A woman in war is an inexhaustible topic. It is this motif that runs through the story of Boris Vasilyev "The Dawns Here Are Quiet..."

The characters in this story are very different. Each of them is unique, has an inimitable character and a unique destiny, broken by the war. These young girls are united by the fact that they live for the same purpose. This goal is to protect the Motherland, protect their families, protect people close to them. And for this you need to destroy the enemy. For some of them, to destroy the enemy means to fulfill their duty, to avenge the death of their loved ones and relatives.

Rita Osyanina, who lost her husband in the first days of the war, gave the impression of a very firm, strong and self-confident woman, “she had a job, a duty and very real goals for hatred. And she learned to hate quietly and mercilessly "The war destroyed the family and Zhenya Komelkova, who," despite all the tragedies, was extremely sociable and mischievous "But hatred for the Nazis who killed her family and herself lived in her soul. The Moloch of War devours everything, knowing no boundaries. It destroys people's lives. But it can also destroy the human soul, destroying the unreal. Fantastic world living in it. Galya Chetvertak lived in the world she invented, fabulous and beautiful. She "dreamed all her life of solo parts, long dresses and universal worship." She tried to transfer this world she created into real life constantly thinking of something.
“Actually, it was not a lie, but a desire masquerading as reality.” But the war, which "does not have a woman's face", did not spare the fragile world of the girl, unceremoniously invading it and destroying it. And its destruction is always fraught with fear, which the young girl could not cope with. Fear, on the other hand, always haunts a person in war: “Whoever says that it’s not scary in war knows nothing about war.” War awakens in the human soul not only fear - it exacerbates everything human feelings. Women's hearts are especially sensual and tender. Rita Osyanina outwardly seems very firm and strict, but inside she is a quivering, loving, worried person. Her dying wish was to take care of her son. “My son is there, three years old. Alik is called

Albert. My mother is very sick, she won’t live long, and my father is missing.” But good human feelings lose their meaning. War everywhere establishes its perverted logic. Here, love, pity, sympathy, the desire to help can bring death to the person in whose soul these feelings are born. Liza Brichkina, driven by love and a desire to help people, dies in a swamp. War puts everything in its place. It changes the laws of life. What could never happen in civilian life happens in war. Lisa B., who grew up in the forest, knew and loved nature, felt confident and comfortable in it, finds her last refuge here. Her pure soul, radiating comfort and warmth, reaching for the light, hides from it forever. “Liza saw this blue beautiful sky for a long time. Wheezing, spitting out mud and reaching out, reaching out to him, reaching out and believing. Sonya Gurvich, striving to bring joy to a person, driven only by a pure impulse of her soul, comes across a German knife. Galya Chetvertak sobs over her murdered friend when it's wrong to cry. Her heart is filled with only pity for her. This is how Vasiliev tries to emphasize the unnaturalness and enormity of war. A girl with her fiery and tender hearts is faced with the inhumanity and illogicality of war "War does not have a woman's face." This thought sounds piercingly in the story, echoing with unbearable pain in every heart.

The inhumanity of war and the unnaturalness are emphasized by the image of quiet dawns, symbolizing eternity and beauty in the land where the thin threads of women's lives are torn. Vasiliev "kills" girls to show the impossibility of the existence of women in
the conditions of the war.

Women in the war perform feats, lead to the attack, save the wounded from death, sacrificing their own lives. They don't think of themselves when saving others. In order to protect their homeland and avenge their loved ones, they are ready to give their last strength. “And the Germans wounded her blindly, through the foliage, and she could have hidden, waited out and, maybe, left. But she shot while there were bullets. She shot lying down, no longer trying to escape, because strength was leaving along with the blood. ” They die, and the warmth, the love lurking in their hearts, lies forever in the damp earth:

We did not expect posthumous glory,
They did not want to live with glory.
Why in bloody bandages
The light-haired soldier lies?
(Yu. Drunina. "Zinka")

The destiny of a woman, bestowed upon her by nature, is perverted in the conditions of war. And a woman is the keeper of the hearth, the continuer of the family, which is a symbol of life, warmth and comfort. Red-haired Komelkova with magical green eyes and amazing femininity, it seems, is simply created for procreation. Lisa B., symbolizing a home, a hearth, was created for family life, but this was not destined to come true ... Each of these girls “could give birth to children, and those would be grandchildren and great-grandchildren, but now there will be no this thread. A small thread of the endless yarn of humanity, cut with a knife. This is the tragedy of the fate of a woman in war

But the men who survived the war will always be left with an eternal guilt complex in front of them. Men could not give them love, could not protect them. Therefore, Vasiliev asks whether such sacrifices in the war are justified, is it not too expensive a price for victory, because the lost threads of women's lives will never again merge with the common thread of humanity? “What is it you, a man of our mothers, could not protect from bullets? Why did you marry them with death, and you yourself are whole? You can look at the war through the eyes of a woman. True admiration is caused by the exploits of women, which become even more significant, as they are committed by fragile creatures.
I read the memoirs of one woman, she told me that during the war she somehow left the house, and when she returned, in its place she saw only a huge pit, the result of a bomb dropped by a German plane. Husband and children died. There was no point in continuing to live, and this woman went to the front in a penal battalion, hoping to die. But she survived. After the war, she again had a family, but surely nothing will ever drown out the pain that the war caused. And, probably, every woman who survived the war will not be able to free herself from it for the rest of her life. Part of her soul will always remain there...

Women, laying down their heads for a great cause, made victory possible, brought it closer. But the death of every woman in the war is a tragedy. Eternal glory and memory to them!

Muslims took an active part in the war and contributed to the victory

This year marks the 67th anniversary of the Great Patriotic War. It would seem that so many years have passed, and that pain should be dulled, forgotten. But no! How can the mind and heart forget the terrible tragedy that shook our country?

Thousands of volunteers went to the front and fought to the last, to the bitter end!

The pain that we had to endure, over the years, on the contrary, becomes more and more tangible. After all, every year those who fought for the Motherland leave us, thanks to whom we live under a peaceful blue sky.

It should be noted that the whole country rose to the defense against the aggressor, against fascism. Not only men went to war, but also old people, children helped with everything they could. Women also played an important role.

Women left a bright mark in the history of this cruel war. History remembers them, respects and appreciates them. Many glorious pages of the military chronicle were written by fragile female hands, which during the war years took upon themselves all male professions, male concerns. Work in the rear became the main female profession, with which they coped with "excellent".

According to the 13th article of the Law on universal military duty, adopted by the IV session of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on September 1, 1939, women, along with men, had the right to carry military service. The only difference is that they had to have medical, veterinary and special technical training. They could be involved in training camps. In wartime, women with such training could be drafted into the army and navy for auxiliary and special service. From the first days of the war, about half of the applications to become a volunteer came from the female half of the country's population. And it simply could not be otherwise, because the Motherland is one for all, and the feeling of patriotism is inherent in any person, regardless of nationality, race, gender, social status.

There is such an expression: "Love for the Motherland - from faith." Any misfortune and grief in different historical epochs and years has always united all the people.

Created on June 30, 1941, the State Defense Committee (GKO) adopted a number of resolutions on the mobilization of women to serve in the air defense forces, communications, internal security, on military highways ... Several Komsomol mobilizations were carried out, in particular, the mobilization of Komsomol women in the Military Marine Fleet, Air Force and Signal Corps (http://topwar.ru).

Many legendary Soviet films tell us young people about the exploits of girls: remember at least the films “The Dawns Here Are Quiet” or “Only Old Men Go to Battle”. When you see such courage, courage, courage, fighting acumen of very young girls, you become ashamed of yourself. We become limp for any, the smallest reason, and even without it, and those girls sometimes didn’t even have time to think, and after thinking, make decisions. They acted decisively, turned on all their skill and went forward, towards their enemy.

Definitely in war. great importance There were doctors who provided timely assistance. So, during the Second World War, more than 40% were female doctors and more than 80% were middle and junior medical workers.

Many women for services to the Fatherland were awarded the highest title: "Hero of the Soviet Union."

Both machine gunners and scouts

The Great Patriotic War is the clearest example of how women can master all military professions, because they were machine gunners, scouts, signalers, tankers, pilots, and snipers.

It may seem to some that the phrase "woman soldier" sounds strange, that she should not have climbed under fire. But again, I repeat that war has no face and no gender. War concerns everyone without exception, and everyone must do everything to the best of their ability.

Moving a little away from our topic, let us recall how, for example, women helped Imam Shamil in the years Caucasian War. A case is specifically known during the defense of Akhulgo, when women changed clothes with men's clothing and with their total numbers they created the illusion that there were a lot of highlanders to the enemy. Women then helped their imam with everything they could.

Returning to the topic of our conversation, I note that the same and, perhaps, even more difficult situation developed in those 40s. The question was about enslavement, about the sovereignty of the native country. So how could women be left out?

Tin soldiers

You can’t discount the rear of the country where women stood like real tin soldiers ready to fulfill any dirty work. They stood behind the machines, made shells, helped dig trenches, worked in mines, at metallurgical plants. Yes, you can't list everything. I would like to pay tribute to the memory of these women heroes.

Giving an assessment of the feat of arms of Soviet women, who went through the entire military path together with male soldiers, Marshal of the Soviet Union A. I. Eremenko wrote: “There is hardly a single military specialty that our brave women did not cope with as well as their brothers , husbands and fathers.

For 1418 days they walked along the front roads, overcoming all the difficulties and hardships of military life, admiring men with their courage and endurance, inspiring young inexperienced soldiers. In the last strikes against the fascist army, a new strategic weapon was used - searchlights, the calculations of which consisted mainly of girls. Soviet patriots were proud of their participation in this important and responsible mission.

“The enemy was blinded and confused by the bright beams of searchlights, and while the Nazis came to their senses from a powerful light strike, our artillery and tanks broke through the enemy’s defenses, and the infantrymen went on the attack; together with the projectorists, 40 female snipers also took part in this historic operation (it happened during the attack on Berlin. - Ed.). And the Motherland appreciated the feats of arms of its brave daughters, surrounded them with attention and care. For military merit in the fight against fascist german invaders over 150 thousand women were awarded military orders and medals. Many of them received several combat awards. 200 women were awarded Orders of Soldier's Glory, and four patriots became full holders of the Order of Glory” (A.F. Shmeleva, “Soviet Women in the Great Patriotic War”).

guerrilla war

One of milestones guerrilla warfare also appeared in the fight against the enemy. The number of female partisans is large, here they coped with their tasks no worse than those who openly fought.

I remember that in our home library there was a book dedicated to Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya. I loved this book and every time I re-read it, I admired the courage of this girl in a new way. She is the first woman to be awarded the title "Hero of the Soviet Union" (posthumously) during the Great Patriotic War.

One of the witnesses describes the execution itself as follows: “Until the gallows, they led her by the arms. She walked straight, with her head held high, silently, proudly. They took me to the gallows. There were many Germans and civilians around the gallows. They led her to the gallows, ordered to expand the circle around the gallows and began to photograph her ... She had a bag with bottles with her. She shouted: “Citizens! You do not stand, do not look, but you need to help fight! This death of mine is my achievement.” After that, one officer swung, while others shouted at her. Then she said: “Comrades, victory will be ours. German soldiers, before it's too late, surrender." The officer yelled angrily: "Rus!" - “The Soviet Union is invincible and will not be defeated,” she said all this at the moment when she was photographed ... Then they set up a box. She, without any command, stood on the box herself. A German approached and began to put on a noose. At that time, she shouted: “No matter how much you hang us, you don’t hang everyone, we are 170 million! But our comrades will avenge you for me!” She said this already with a noose around her neck. She wanted to say something else, but at that moment the box was removed from under her feet, and she hung. She grabbed the rope with her hand, but the German hit her on the hands. After that, everyone dispersed” (M. M. Gorinov, “Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya” // Domestic History).

I wonder if we could face death so courageously?

Let us also not forget the contribution of the Muslims of our country to the cause of the defeat of German fascism. Here is how the President of the Academy of Military Sciences, General of the Army Makhmut Gareev writes about him: “Our victory in the Great Patriotic War is of global significance. The Muslim peoples of the former Soviet Union, as well as the peoples of other religions, took an active part in the war and contributed to the victory. Among those who received government awards - orders and medals on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War - tens and hundreds of thousands of representatives of the Muslim people. More than 200 people from my native people, the Tatars, became Heroes of the Soviet Union alone. There are many of them among other Muslim peoples” (http://damir-sh.livejournal.com).

Muslim women also played a huge role in the war, helping their fathers, husbands, and sons.

Time will never be able to erase from memory the feat that our grandfathers and fathers accomplished in the most difficult years of our country. Women's help turned out to be very useful, we have no right to write off the merits of the fair sex.

In the article “On the moral character of our people”, M. I. Kalinin wrote: “... everything that has gone before pales before the great epic of the current war, before the heroism and sacrifice of Soviet women, who show civic prowess, endurance in the loss of loved ones and enthusiasm in the fight against such a force and , I would say, majesty, which has never been seen in the past.

Nobody is forgotten and nothing is forgotten. We promise to remember you always. Thanks to you, we live in peace and harmony no matter what. I would like to sincerely thank our older generation for giving us the opportunity to LIVE!

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Sabiha Gokcen, Simon Seguan, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson are just a few of the famous people who opened the way for other women. Each of them became a pioneer or an outstanding specialist in a particular field, leaving a bright mark on world history.

1. Emma Gatewood (Emma Rowena Gatewood) (1887 - 1973)

In 1955, Emma Gatewood read an article in National Geographic about the hardest hiking route through the Appalachians, 3489 kilometers long. The article said that only five people could pass it in one season and that, of course, no woman could do it.

Emma at that time was 68 years old, she was already the mother of eleven children, the grandmother of twenty-three and the great-grandmother of thirty more. The woman thought it was a good idea and walked lightly. Emma went in sneakers and took with her only an army blanket, a raincoat, plastic shower curtains, a first aid kit, one change of clothes and a small supply of food. She had no map, no compass, no tent, nothing to make her journey easier. Her diet consisted of beef jerky, cheese and nuts, and she found the rest of her food in the forest.

Emma Gatewood lost 15 kilograms, but she completed the entire route in 142 days. After 5 years, she overcame the same route again, and then again at the age of 75.

Emma Gatewood Emma Rowena Gatewood

2. Martha Gellhorn (1908-1998)

In the minds of many, Martha Gellhorn will forever remain the third wife of Ernest Hemingway. It is in this capacity that reference books and encyclopedias present her, despite the fact that she was one of the few women involved in the coverage of military events.

Dedicated to the profession of journalism with all her heart, she devoted sixty years to writing reports. This woman was officially awarded the title of one of the five journalists who had greatest influence on the formation and development of society in America throughout the 20th century. This significant event is marked by the release of a special series of stamps for postal envelopes.

The demand and popularity of a journalist in the mid-30s reached impressive proportions: her trips to European countries and articles revealing the harsh truth about the life of people in the American outback were damning. After the end of the World War, the journalist began to cover other military conflicts. In the second half of the 20th century, readers of newspapers and magazines perceived many events precisely through the eyes of Martha.

Martha Gellhorn

3 Barbara McClintock (1902-1992)

Barbara McClintock is known as a scientist who made many fundamental discoveries in cytogenetics. Since the 1970s, she has received a large number of awards and medals, as well as 14 honorary doctorates and an L.H.D. The crowning achievement of Barbara McClintock's career was Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, awarded to her with the wording "For the discovery of mobile genetic elements" - for a discovery made by her more than thirty years ago. In 1986, she was inducted into the National Women's Gallery of Fame.

Barbara McClintock

4. Retta Scott (1916 - 1990)

Rhetta Scott is known as the first woman to get a job at Walt Disney. She was hired in 1938 and assigned to the Story Department, where she began development of the ambitious Bambi, an animated feature in the National Film Registry of the United States of America. This was a significant success for the young artist, as at the time, Disney only employed women for routine tasks.

Retta Scott

5. Helen Thomas (1920 - 2013)

Helen Thomas is known as a news correspondent and as a member of the White House press corps. She worked for 57 years as a correspondent and later bureau chief for United Press International's White House coverage. Thomas has served under all US presidents since recent years Dwight Eisenhower administration, coming to the fore under John F. Kennedy and ending in the second year of the Barack Obama administration. She was the first woman in the leadership of the National Press Club, the first woman to become a member and president of the White House Journalists Association, and the first woman to become a member of the Gridiron Club.

Helen Thomas

6. Valentina Tereshkova (1937 -)

The first Soviet female cosmonaut, Hero of the Soviet Union. The only woman in the world who made a space flight alone, as well as the first woman in Russia with the rank of major general. Today Valentina Tereshkova is Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Federal Structure and Issues of Local Self-Government, member high council"United Russia".

Tereshkova was enrolled in the cosmonaut corps on March 12, 1962 and began to be trained as a student-cosmonaut of the second corps. At the time of her appointment as the pilot of Vostok-6, Valentina was 10 years younger than Gordon Cooper, the youngest of the first detachment of American astronauts. On the day of her flight into space, she told her family that she was leaving for the skydiving competition - they learned about the flight from the news on the radio. Valentina survived 48 revolutions around the Earth and spent almost three days in space, where she kept a logbook and took photographs of the horizon, which were later used to detect aerosol layers in the atmosphere.

7. Simone Segouin (1925 -)

Simon Seguan was an activist in the French Resistance Movement of the times and a holder of the Military Cross 1939-1945. She served in the ranks of the partisans under the name Nicole Mine.

Nicole distinguished herself in the battles for Chartres and Paris, becoming one of the few partisans participating in street fighting in cities. In Chartres, she personally captured 25 German soldiers, and in Paris she managed to take part of the city with the help of only twenty people, although she herself does not like to talk about this and often claims that her merits are exaggerated. For courage and selflessness in 1946, she was awarded the Military Cross and received the rank of lieutenant, which she also does not consider special merit, calling her help in the liberation of the country her main merit.

Simone Segouin

8. Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1923 - 1941)

The first woman to be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (posthumously) and become a symbol of the heroism of the Soviet people in the Great Patriotic War.

Fulfilling the order, Zoya, together with her colleagues, organized several arsons in the village of Petrishchevo. During the second arson attempt, a villager raised the alarm and Kosmodemyanskaya was arrested. During interrogation, the scout called herself Tanya and, despite cruel torture, did not give anyone away. After much torment and bullying, Zoya was hanged in the village square. Before the execution, she called on local residents to fight the enemy, who would certainly be crushed. Standing on a box with a noose around her neck, she shouted: “There are two hundred million of us, you can’t outweigh everyone! You will be avenged for me."

9. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836 - 1917)

Elizabeth paved the way for female physicians in England, which seemed unheard of for a woman in those days, and might be considered indecent by old-fashioned people. She became the first woman in the UK to be certified as a doctor, despite the fact that females were not admitted to medical education.

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

10. Sabiha Gokcen (1913 - 2001)

At 23, Sabiha Gokcen became the first female pilot in Turkey and the first Turkish woman to become a military fighter pilot. During his career in Turkish Air Force Gökçen piloted 22 various types aircraft for more than 8000 hours, of which 32 hours were sorties. She flew around the world for 28 years, after which she wrote the book "Life on the path of Ataturk." Istanbul's second international airport is named after her.

Sabiha Gokcen

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The question of why the Soviet Union won a war dozens of times more difficult than the one that just 25 years earlier went to imperial Russia remains. But there is no other answer: completely different people lived in Russia at that time. Not only not like us - “the glorious great-grandfathers of the great great-grandchildren are filthy”, - but not even like the Russians of tsarist Russia.

If you look at how our ancestors, who lived on the eve of the Great Patriotic War, are now being presented by many media, it becomes sad - our roots are painfully vile. And these people were stupid, and vile, and wrote denunciations against each other, and were lazy, and worked under pressure, and did not learn anything, did not know how, they died of hunger and fear of the NKVD. It must be said that the Nazis also imagined our ancestors in a similar way. But they met - and their opinion began to change.

A little over a year after the German attack on the USSR, which made it possible for the Germans to see Soviet soldiers and Soviet slaves driven to Germany, a official document(listed below), which I believe should be introduced to students in every high school.

CHIEF OF SECURITY POLICE AND SD. Management III. Berlin, August 17, 1942 CBII, Prinz-Albrechtstrasse 8. Ex. No. 41.
Secret!
Personally. Report immediately! Messages from Empire No. 309.
II. Representations of the population about Russia.

It was a voluminous analytical note in which Gestapo analysts, on the basis of denunciations received from all over the Reich, concluded that the contact of the Germans and Russians was the first to show the falsity of Goebbels' propaganda, and this began to lead the Reich to despondency. What did the agents say?

The first thing that made a shock impression on the Germans was the appearance of the slaves being unloaded from the wagons. It was expected to see the skeletons tortured by collective farms, but ... Gestapo analysts report to the leadership of the Reich:

“So, already upon the arrival of the first echelons with Ostarbeiters, many Germans were surprised at the good state of their fatness (especially among civilian workers). It was not uncommon to hear statements such as:
“They don’t look hungry at all. On the contrary, they still have thick cheeks and must have lived well.”

Soviet women - soldiers who were captured

By the way, the head of one state health authority, after examining the Ostarbeiters, said:

“I was actually amazed by the good appearance of the workers from the east. The greatest surprise was caused by the teeth of the workers, since so far I have not yet found a single case of a Russian woman having bad teeth. Unlike us Germans, they must pay a lot of attention to keeping their teeth in order.”

Analysts then reported the shock that general literacy among Germans and its level among Russians caused. Agents reported:

“Previously, broad circles of the German population were supported by the opinion that in the Soviet Union people are distinguished by illiteracy and a low level of education. The use of Ostarbeiters now gave rise to controversies that often led the Germans into confusion. So, in all reports from the field it is stated that illiterates make up a very small percentage. In a letter from a graduate engineer who ran a factory in Ukraine, for example, it was reported that out of 1,800 employees at his enterprise, only three were illiterate (Reichenberg).

Similar conclusions also follow from the examples below.

“According to many Germans, the current Soviet school education much better than it was in the days of tsarism. A comparison of the skills of Russian and German agricultural workers often turns out in favor of the Soviet ones” (Mr. Schgettin).

“Particularly astonishing was the widespread knowledge German language which is studied even in rural incomplete secondary schools” (Frankfurt an der Oder).

“A student from Leningrad studied Russian and German literature, she can play the piano and speaks many languages, including fluent German ...” (Breslau).

“I almost disgraced myself,” said one apprentice, when he gave the Russian a small arithmetic problem. I had to strain all my knowledge in order to keep up with him ... ”(Bremen).

“Many believe that Bolshevism brought the Russians out of narrow-mindedness” (Berlin).

As a result, the Germans were struck by both the intellect and the technical awareness of the Russians.

“The extermination of the Russian intelligentsia and the intoxication of the masses was also an important theme in the interpretation of Bolshevism. In German propaganda soviet man acted as a stupid exploited creature, as a so-called "working robot". The German employee, on the basis of the work performed by the Ostarbeiters and their skill, was often daily convinced of the exact opposite. Numerous reports state that the Ostarbeiters sent to military enterprises directly puzzled the German workers (Bremen, Reichenberg, Stettin, Frankfurt an der Oder, Berlin, Halle, Dortmund, Kiel, Breslau and Beireut) with their technical awareness. One worker from Beirut said:

“Our propaganda always portrays Russians as dumb and stupid. But here I have established the opposite. Russians think while they work and don't look so stupid at all. It is better for me to have 2 Russians at work than 5 Italians.”

Many reports indicate that a worker from the former Soviet regions shows a special awareness of all technical devices. Yes, the German own experience more than once I was convinced that the Ostarbeiter, who manages to do the work with the most primitive means, can eliminate breakdowns of any kind in motors, etc. Various examples of this kind are given in a report received from Frankfurt an der Oder:

“In one estate, a Soviet prisoner of war figured out the engine, with which the German specialists did not know what to do: in a short time he put it into operation and then found damage in the tractor’s gearbox that had not yet been noticed by the Germans servicing the tractor.”

In Landsberg an der Warth, German brigadiers instructed Soviet prisoners of war, most of whom came from countryside, on the procedure for unloading machine parts. But this instruction was received by the Russians with a shake of the head, and they did not follow it. They carried out the unloading much faster and more technically practical, so that their ingenuity greatly amazed the German employees.

The director of a Silesian flax mill (Glagau) stated the following about the use of Ostarbeiters: “The Ostarbeiters sent here immediately demonstrate technical awareness and do not need longer training than the Germans.”

Ostarbeiters also know how to make something worthwhile out of "all sorts of rubbish", for example, to make spoons, knives, etc. out of old hoops. It is reported from a bast-mat workshop that the braiding machines, long in need of repair, were brought back into action by primitive means by the Ostarbeiters. And it was done so well, as if it was done by a specialist.

From the conspicuous large number of students among the Ostarbeiters, the German population comes to the conclusion that the level of education in the Soviet Union is not as low as we have often been portrayed. German workers who had the opportunity to observe the technical skill of the Ostarbeiters in production believe that, in all likelihood, not the best of the Russians get to Germany, since the Bolsheviks sent their most skilled workers from large enterprises to the Urals. In all this, many Germans find a certain explanation for the unheard-of quantity of weapons in the possession of the enemy, which we began to be informed about during the war in the east. The very number of good and sophisticated weapons indicates the presence of qualified engineers and specialists. The people who led the Soviet Union to such achievements in military production must have undeniable technical prowess."

In the realm of morality, the Russians also aroused surprise among the Germans, mixed with respect.

"AT sexual relationship The Ostarbeiters, especially the women, show a healthy reserve. For example, 9 newborns appeared at the Lauta-werk plant (Sentenberg) and another 50 are expected. All but two are children of married couples. And although 6 to 8 families sleep in one room, there is no general promiscuity.

A similar situation is reported from Kiel:

“In general, a Russian woman sexually does not at all correspond to the ideas of German propaganda. Sexual debauchery is not known to her at all. In various districts, the population says that during a general medical examination of eastern workers, all the girls were found to have still preserved virginity.

These data are confirmed by a report from Breslau:

“The film factory Wolfen reports that during a medical examination at the enterprise, it was found that 90% of Eastern workers aged 17 to 29 were chaste. According to various German representatives, one gets the impression that a Russian man pays due attention to a Russian woman, which ultimately is also reflected in the moral aspects of life.

Since our youth today are somehow uncertainly connecting sexual promiscuity with morality, I want to clarify the words “is also reflected in the moral aspects of life” with an example from the same document:

“The head of the camp at the Deutsche Asbest-Cement A.G. plant, speaking to the Ostarbeiters, said that they should work with even greater diligence. One of the Ostarbeiters shouted, "Then we should get more food." The head of the camp demanded that the one who shouted stood up. At first, no one reacted to this, but then about 80 men and 50 women got up.”

The wise men will retort that these data only confirm that the Russians were afraid of everything, since the NKVD ruled over them. The Germans also thought so, but ... the Solzhenitsyns, Volkogonovs, Yakovlevs and others did not yet work in the Gestapo, therefore, objective, truthful information is given in the analytical note.

“An exceptionally large role in propaganda is assigned to the GPU. Forced exile to Siberia and executions had a particularly strong effect on the ideas of the German population. German employers and workers were very surprised when the German labor front repeatedly pointed out that among the Ostarbeiters there were no such who would be punished in their own country. As for the violent methods of the GPU, which our propaganda still hoped to confirm in many ways, to everyone's amazement, not a single case was found in large camps of native Ostarbeiters being forcibly exiled, arrested or shot. Part of the population is skeptical about this and believes that in the Soviet Union the situation with forced labor and terror is not so bad, as it has always been claimed, that the actions of the GPU do not determine the main part of life in the Soviet Union, as it was thought before.

Thanks to these kinds of sightings, which are reported in field reports, perceptions of the Soviet Union and its people have changed dramatically. All these isolated observations, which are perceived as contradicting the previous propaganda, give rise to much thought. Where anti-Bolshevik propaganda continued to operate with the help of old and well-known arguments, it no longer aroused interest and faith.

Unfortunately, such documents are not cited in any television program. You will not find anything similar in fashionable modern "near-historical" authors. It's a pity! We should always remember the deeds of our glorious ancestors and be proud of them.

References:
Mukhin Yu. I. Crusade to the East

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Purpose of the event: spiritual and moral education of students on the example of the exploits of women during the war.

Tasks:

Educational:

• To expand the knowledge of students about the events of the world war;
• Based on historical facts, to show the courage and heroism of the participants in the wars.

Developing:

• To continue the formation of students' skills to use additional sources of information;
• Develop information and communication skills (make presentations, videos, slide shows);

Educational :

• Formation of patriotic feeling; love for the native land;
• Cultivate a respectful attitude towards women, women fighters, women workers, mothers, wives, sisters.

Expected results:

Students will get to know:

• With unknown facts and events of world wars;
• with the life and exploits of the women of the world war.

Students:

• learn to work with different sources of information (printed, electronic);
• be able to prepare multimedia presentation, a video on the topic of the class hour.

Students will receive:

• Experience in speaking to large audiences

Students:

• form their attitude to the concepts: “kindness”, “sensitivity”, “mercy”, “humanity”.

Conduct form: oral journal

Equipment:

• Screen, multimedia projector, PC;
• Poems: R. Verzakova “The war has an unfeminine face”, N. Gumilyov “Answer of the sister of mercy”, a poster with the name of the event, photographs of women war heroes, photographs of women home front workers, “petrovsky news newspapers”, the film “I remember”, presentation .
• Stand "Photographs of participants in the wars", a video with a speech by Anna Ivanovna Kudryashova, an excerpt from the film about the war "I Remember".

Preliminary preparation: students prepare presentations, a video; find the necessary information (music and songs, photos, etc.); as well as works by contemporary authors; the teacher prepares the script for the class hour, selects performers from among the students.

Methodology for conducting a class hour: ICT techniques, an activity campaign is carried out.

Class hour progress

Not! War has no feminine face.
Though the name of a woman is enclosed in it.
Contradicts the essence women war,
God did not give her love to kill.
A woman has her power over the world -
Love yearning, fiery passion.
And women's destiny is to keep the hearth.
Life extension is a step into infinity.
A man to wait home; bear the need.
With gentle hands to prevent trouble.
And keep the native porch clean,
Raise children in the traditions of their fathers.
Not! War has no woman's face...

Slide 1. It just so happened that our memory of the war and all our ideas about the war are masculine. This is understandable: for centuries, war was the lot of only men. But over the years, we more and more comprehend the immortal feat of women in the war, its greatest sacrifice, brought on the altar of victory.

Presenter: Woman and war... Both of these words are feminine... But they are incompatible. Woman and war...

(The girls enter the stage one at a time: one finishes talking and the next one appears.)

A woman comes into the world
To light a candle.
A woman comes into the world
To save the hearth.
A woman comes into the world.
To be loved.
A woman comes into the world
To give birth to children.
A woman comes into the world
For a flower to bloom.
A woman comes into the world
To save the world.

Leading; Today's Classroom hour we dedicate to women who carried the brunt of the war on a par with men on their fragile shoulders. The war, which flooded the native land with blood, took away the house, children, husband from women, but they could not take away the most important thing - hope. And a Russian woman can hope, believe and love like no other.

Wars ... wars .. it seems that there will be no end to them

Patriotic War of 1812

The War of 1812 was the subject of many memoirs and fiction, essays, letters, notes of eyewitnesses of the events of those years.

From these letters we learn that women of all classes could not remain deaf to the military events of 1812.

The Napoleonic invasion was a huge misfortune for Russia.

In the provinces affected by the invasion, women and children helped their husbands and fathers, went to the partisans.

The names of Vasilisa Kozhina are known,

Slide 6 representatives of the royal family, Catherine Skavronskaya

Slide 7. Margarita Tuchkova, Nadezhda Durova,

The fate of a Russian woman is amazing Margarita Tuchkova, born in 1781. Margarita Tuchkova (née Naryshkina) wife of General Alexander Tuchkov (IV), hero of Borodin. This woman, in the name of boundless love for her husband who died in the battle of Borodino, created the first monument in Russia to the heroes of the War of 1812. She was not a saint, she did not perform miracles ... but in fact Margarita Tuchkova was her - just like thousands other Russian women who lost loved ones and remained faithful to their memory to the end. It is to her that we also owe the fact that there is now both the Borodino field and the Spaso-Borodino monastery, built with her money in memory of her husband and all those killed on the Borodino field. Mother Superior Maria took the initiative to hold the annual Borodino celebrations and round-the-clock commemoration of Russian soldiers, which took place in the monastery.

Slide 8-9 Student 2

Nadezhda Durova (cavalry girl)

The cross of George sparkles under the epaulette,
Hope on the glorious day of Borodino,
Rushing on a horse, not yet glorified by the poet,
French saber cuts like a shadow!
The Emperor himself is in awe of the girl,
He gave her his name for a nickname,

The memoirs, letters, and especially the notes of Nadezhda Durova were material of paramount importance, which, better than any fiction, told contemporaries about the real life and situation of Russian women, who shared all the hardships of the war on an equal footing with men.

Nadezhda Durova was awarded the 4th Class Military Order for rescuing a wounded officer.

Classroom teacher:

AT Russo-Japanese War four brave Russian women were awarded the soldier's St. George's crosses.

When the First World War broke out, their account went to dozens ... The Military Order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George, for almost a century and a half of the history of the order, more than 10 thousand men were awarded it. And only one (!) woman. The name of this heroine is Rimma Ivanova

slide #10 Student 3)

Classroom teacher. Russian women participated in the First World War as sisters of mercy. But the laurels of the first Russian female officer, Nadezhda Durova, haunted Russian noblewomen. Therefore, as soon as the military thunders rumbled again, many of them wanted to put on a military uniform. The Vitebsk gymnasium student Olga Shidlovskaya turned out to be braver than the others. Among the “Russian Amazons” there were also those who, with their courage and valor, deserved two St. George's crosses.

The most famous among them is Antonina Palshina, who was born in a remote village in the Vyatka province. Representatives of all classes - both noblewomen, and bourgeois women, and peasant women, who wanted to get into combat military units at the front, were forced to "turn" into men. The only ones who did not experience difficulties in this matter were the Cossacks: those who from childhood were accustomed to ride in the saddle, shoot from a carbine, wield a saber and dagger, easily sought permission from regiment commanders to serve on an equal basis with men. And they showed miracles of courage.
For example, Natalya Komarova ran away to the front, where her father and older brother, a military foreman (lieutenant colonel) and a centurion of the Ural Cossack troops, had already fought, respectively. She fled, having bought a horse and all the Cossack ammunition with the money set aside for the purchase of a dowry.

And the Cossack Maria Smirnova, who went to the front instead of her consumptive husband, managed to earn as many as three St. George's crosses by the summer of 1917: they were awarded to her for carrying a wounded officer from the battlefield, after capturing an Austrian gun and two machine guns, as well as for valuable information about the location enemy, obtained in night reconnaissance ...

This woman was feared and hated, admired and proud of. Participant of the First World War, the only woman - a full St. George's Cavalier. In 1917, the initiator of the creation of women's battalions, in October the commander of the battalion guarding Winter Palace in Petrograd - Maria Leontyevna Bochkareva. Kornilov asked her to go to America and England for help in the fight against the Bolsheviks ... Bochkareva met at a dinner at the White House on July 4, 1918 with Woodrow Wilson. The Minister of War provided the 1st Russian female officer with a 5-minute audience in August 1918 with King George V of England at Buckingham Palace.

Classroom teacher. Now a feature film about the women of the women's battalion is coming out on the screens, I think you all will look at the modern interpretation of the terrible life of women in the war. Truly, a country in which there are such women is invincible!

slide 13.

Presenter 1: In the most terrible war of the 20th century, the Great Patriotic War, a woman had to become a soldier. She not only saved, bandaged the wounded, but also shot, bombed, undermined bridges, went on reconnaissance, took the language. The woman killed...

1st reader.

The uncompressed rye sways,
Soldiers are walking along it.
We walk and we are girls,
Similar to guys.
No - it's not the huts that are burning,
That my youth is on fire,
Girls go to war
Similar to guys.
(Yu. Druzhinina)

1st student:

Can you tell me about it
What years did you live in?
What an immeasurable weight
On women's shoulders lay down!
That morning I said goodbye to you

And you with your destiny
Left alone.

2nd student:

One on one with tears
With uncompressed bread in the field
You met this war
And all - without end and without counting -
Sorrows, labors and worries
Came to you for one.
Willy-nilly to you alone -
And you have to hurry everywhere
You are alone in the house and in the field,
You alone cry and sing.
Host: Bride, wife, widow...

The fates of these women are in many ways the same, but at the same time they are somewhat different.

Presenter 1: Just like the sisters of mercy of past wars, the women of the Second World War were nurses. Today we want to remember the nurses, whose names are forever recorded in the book of the Great Patriotic War.

Courageous Nurse.

The daughter of a blacksmith from the Arsenal plant Skvarchinsky, 16-year-old Masha, appeared in the artillery division of the 14th cavalry division and, after repeated requests, was left in the division as a nurse. During the actions of the mobile group of the 26th army, she, neglecting the danger, during the bombing by enemy aircraft, assisted the wounded, took them to shelters and, when she herself could not bring the victim, forced the fighters to help her. The fearless patriot of the Motherland Masha saved the lives of dozens of fighters and commanders. Given the exceptional heroism and courage, the command presented her to the government award.

(Their archive of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR)

Our sister's name was Masha,
She was loved by everyone in the regiment,
In any regiment, our little sister
Chagall with a bag on her side.
In battle, it happened, a bullet hurts,
Masha does not hesitate and does not wait,
She with skillful hands
Gets bandages from the bag.
And by the fire at rest time,
To make the heart happy
She used to sing
About two friends.
For now, comrades, we will
In any region, in any battle,
We will not forget our Masha,
My faithful sister.

Slide 18. Student 5

Pilot girls. White Lily.

On the Southern Front near Melitopol and in the male fighter regiment, a Russian pilot girl, whose name was White Lily, fought. It was impossible to shoot her down in aerial combat. A flower was painted on board her fighter - a white lily. Once the regiment was returning from a combat mission, the White Lily flew in the rear - only the most experienced pilots receive such an honor.

The German fighter Me-109 guarded her, hiding in a cloud. He fired a burst at the White Lily and disappeared into the cloud again. Wounded, she turned the plane around and rushed after the German. She never returned back ... After the war, her remains were accidentally discovered by local boys when they were catching snakes at a mass grave in the village of Dmitrievka, Shakhtersky district of Donetsk region

Slide 18 Student 6.

tank girls

The tanker has a very hard job: loading shells, collecting and repairing broken tracks, working with a shovel, crowbar, sledgehammer, and carrying logs. And most often under enemy fire.

In the 220th tank brigade, the T-34 was with us on the Leningrad Front as a driver, technician-lieutenant Valya Krikaleva. In battle, a German anti-tank gun smashed the caterpillar of her tank. Valya jumped out of the tank and began to repair the caterpillar. A German machine gunner scribbled it across her chest. Comrades did not have time to cover it. So the wonderful girl tanker went into eternity.

On the Western Front in 1941, the company commander, tanker Captain Oktyabrsky, fought on the T-34. He died a heroic death in August 1941. The young wife Maria Oktyabrskaya, who remained in the rear, decided to take revenge on the Germans for the death of her husband. She sold her house, all her property and wrote a letter to the Supreme Commander-in-Chief Stalin Iosif Vissarionovich with a request to allow her to buy a T-34 tank with the proceeds and take revenge on the Germans for their tanker husband killed by them.

Slide 18 Student 7.

Night Witches

The women's regiment of night bombers, Lieutenant Colonel of the Guards Evdokia Bershanskaya, flying on U-2 single-engine aircraft, bombed German troops on the Kerch Peninsula in 1943 and 1944. And later in 1944-45. fought on the first Belorussian front, supporting the troops of Marshal Zhukov and the troops of the 1st Army of the Polish Army.

Aircraft U-2 (since 1944 - Po-2, in honor of the designer N. Polikarpov) flew at night. They were based 8-10 km from the front line. They needed a small runway, only 200 meters. During the night in the battles for the Kerch Peninsula, they made 10-12 sorties. Carried U2 up to 200 kg of bombs at a distance of up to 100 km to the German rear. . During the night, they dropped up to 2 tons of bombs and incendiary ampoules on German positions and fortifications. They approached the target with the engine turned off, silently: the aircraft had good aerodynamic properties: the U-2 could glide from a height of 1 kilometer to a distance of 10 to 20 kilometers. It was difficult for the Germans to shoot them down. I myself saw many times how German anti-aircraft gunners drove heavy machine guns across the sky, trying to find a silent U2. Now the Poles do not remember how Russian beautiful pilots in the winter of 1944 dropped weapons, ammunition, food, medicine...

Slide number 19. Student 8

Women participants in the war of the Stavropol Territory

Abramova Claudia Ilyinichna

Born in 1906 in a peasant family. She has been working since the age of 14. After graduating from the institute, she was assigned to the Stavropol Territory and at the beginning of the war became an assistant to the regional prosecutor. In the occupied regional center, she became an organizer and participant in the anti-fascist underground, destroyed archival documents so that the Nazis would not get them.

She was arrested by the Gestapo along with her children. Despite threats of reprisals against her daughters and terrible torture, she refused to sign an appeal to the population and call for cooperation with the invaders.

On October 3, 1942, the Nazis shot her daughters Lira and Rita, and then Claudia Ilyinichna Abramova.

By decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, she was posthumously awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class.

Kuznetsova-Listopadova Maria Ivanovna.

At the age of 20, she went to the front. She began her combat career in October 1942. volunteered to join the Red Army. She received her first baptism of fire near Mozdok, then battles in the village of Voznesenskaya. Ends up in Grozny, then in Tuapse. Arriving in Tuapse, she did not stay there for a long time, and through the city of Gelendzhik and Kabardinka she landed on the “Malaya Zemlya”, fierce battles on Malaya Zemlya. The fighters called her brave Maria where she stayed for 7 months. For her exploits, she was awarded 8 government awards: the Order of the Red Star - for Kerch, the medal "For Military Merit", "For the Victory over Germany".

Lyubimtseva Lyubov Stepanovna

Born in 1922, on May 5, 1942, she was mobilized by the Mozdok district military registration and enlistment office into the ranks of the Red Army. The combat path began from the city of Cherkessk in 492 BAO of the 5th air army of the North Caucasian Front. Participated in the battles for Krasnodar, Ukraine, Moldova. Finished the war in Romania.

Gromova Zinaida Nikolaevna

Gromova Zinaida Nikolaevna was born on October 5, 1925, studied in Pavlodolsk high school, on the day of the prom, the beginning of the war was announced. In September 1942, as a railway worker, she was drafted into the army on the second Ukrainian front. In the position of senior switchman, under fire from enemy troops, she restored railways, bridges, carried out the loading of the wounded, guarded the railway tracks. The war ended in Poland. After demobilization, she returned to her native village. He has awards: a medal "For the victory over Germany", thanks to the command, a medal "For Valiant Labor".

In the occupied territories, women organized and supported the work of partisan detachments, lived and worked in the occupation.

Dora Karabut lived in our Petrovsky district of the Stavropol Territory. Dora Evdokimovna Karabut was born in Ipatovo, graduated from school No. 1 in the village of Petrovsky. Entered the Agricultural Institute. But the war interrupted the peaceful course of life. For health reasons, Dora was not taken to the front, then she joined the partisan detachment, saying goodbye to her mother: “Take care of yourself, dear, don’t worry about me. I won't let you down. We'll meet when we defeat the enemy.” In the partisan detachment, Dora became the soul of the Stavropol people. She was a fighter and scout, performed responsible tasks. In December 1942, during one of the tasks, Dora and several partisans were captured, they were tortured for a long time, but they could not achieve anything. Not for nothing was Dora's favorite hero Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.

Nina Nikolaevna Zakopaylo. Ninochka met the news of the Victory in Sevastopol, on Malakhov Hill. The sounds of the button accordion, songs, bright lights on ships, rejoicing in the streets - all this remained in my memory.

“I would very much like to bequeath peace to all future generations,” says Nina Nikolaevna

Anna Maksimovna Motuz - recalls how she and her fellow villagers lived under the Germans for five and a half months. How they worked to win, giving everything of themselves.

Women heroes, women fighters, women women

Presenter: No matter how terrible the reality is, a woman remains a woman in war. Wherever a woman is, she seeks to create comfort. Snowdrops in a tin can, footcloth curtains. The trifles of military life caused smiles.

1st girl: Once in the forest after the battle, I saw violets in the forest and could not resist, picked a bouquet and tied it to a bayonet. We arrived at the military camp. The commander has lined up everyone and calls me. I'm out of action... and forgot I had flowers on my rifle. And he began to scold me: “A soldier should be a soldier, not a flower picker…”. It was incomprehensible to him how it was possible to think about flowers in such an environment.

Remarkable and brave artists helped to support the fighting spirit of the Soviet soldier, give hope for an unconditional victory, help to remember the peaceful life: Lidia Ruslanova, Klavdia Shulzhenko, Lyubov Orlova .

Presenter: In Volgograd, a monument to the feat of a woman was erected on Mamayev Kurgan. This is the pain and cry of the entire Soviet people. But there is another memory. It doesn't grow grass. This is the memory of the heart. The memory of the heroism of women during the Great Patriotic War is always alive in our hearts. And it will stay there forever.

A woman is with us when we are born
The woman is with us in our last hour,
The woman is the banner when we fight
A woman is the joy of opened eyes.
Our first love and happiness.
In the best aspiration, the first hello,
In the battle for the right - the fire of complicity.
The woman is music. The woman is the light.

Presenter: Bride, wife, widow Many brides, not becoming wives, have become widows. The merciless war divided many loving hearts. How many female widows are left after the war. Despite suffering, grief, women were not sufferers, but workers in the war. The hardest part was for those who stayed with small children. What to feed? How to get out? How to save?

Presenter 1: They forged victory not only at the front, but also in the rear. Caring female hands sewed, knitted, and their eyes, inflamed from tears, did not close day or night. Nothing could break the spirit of a Russian woman, ready to do anything for the sake of her family and Motherland.

Reader.

Can you tell me about it,
What years did you live in!
What an immeasurable heaviness
On women's shoulders lay down! ..
That morning I said goodbye to you
Your husband, or brother, or son,
And you with your destiny
Left alone.
One on one with tears
With uncompressed bread in the field
You met this war.
And all - without end and without counting -
Sorrows, labors and worries
Came to you for one.
M.Isakovsky. Russian woman.

During the war, the successes of the Soviet people at the front and in the rear largely depended on the work of millions of women. Housewives, retired women, and high school students came to industrial enterprises, replacing men.

Video with the performance of Kudryashova Anna Ivanovna. She was only 12 years old during the war and 2 younger sisters, three brothers went to war

Slide number 25 (Student 9)

Praskovya Fedorovna Angelina was a leader in agricultural production, the organizer of the first tractor brigade. On the eve of the war, she appealed to Soviet women: "One hundred thousand friends - to the tractor!" 200 thousand women responded to her call The training of tractor drivers played a big role in providing the people with food

Slide #26:

During the war years, Soviet teachers worked selflessly, there were not enough premises, fuel, educational supplies, but they still performed their main task - teaching the younger generation

Slide number 27 (Student 10)

Izotova Kira Ivanovna was from December 1942 to September 1944 the senior pioneer leader of school No. 30 in Leningrad. She recalled: “In the 1942/43 academic year, both boys and girls studied at the school. It was very cold, hungry. The school was seven years old that year. incendiary bombs), the rest were in bomb shelters. In the summer of 1943, all the senior classes worked on agricultural work. It was very difficult: everyone was weak: both adults and children, they did not know how to work with rural equipment. They collected young nettles, sorrel, quinoa - all this was added into food.

Slide 28

The most the main role women are mothers

Girl: Mother. There are millions of them, and each carries a feat in the heart - maternal love. How many sons and daughters, and the very first days of the war sent their mothers to the front. And every minute, every second, mothers were with their hearts where their children fought.

The mother of the son gave birth not for the war!
Not for the war, the primer gave him,
Anxious, proud, sad.
Lifelong in love, like a mother,
Ready to darn and dream
And wait for mean, sluggish letters
From some part of the country.

The mother of the son gave birth not for the war! (N. Burova)

Host: Yes, her child is always dear to her mother - even if he is not a genius, not a star, not very lucky. But the Mother escorted her son to the front, with her last strength tried to encourage him, going to a mortal battle ... And somewhere far away her son, her blood was met by an enemy bullet. He fell face down, embracing the ground with his hands, as one hugs a mother, and finally called in a fading voice: “MAMA ...” Many people turn to God and mother before death ... And if a mother could, she would give her life, to bring back the life of your son or daughter. That's what a mother's love can do!

The writer A. Fadeev has exciting lines addressed to his mother:

“But if even in the days of war people have a piece of bread, and there are clothes on their bodies, and if trains run along the rails, and cherries bloom in the garden, and the flame rages in the blast furnace, and someone’s invisible force raises the warrior from the ground or bed when he falls ill or is wounded - all these are the hands of my mother - mine, and his, and him.

She escorted them out of the village -
And since that day, I haven't slept well.
In what region were they covered with snow?
Where did you find the stray bullet?
Years go by.
The mother is patiently waiting.
Waiting outside the village in bad weather and frost,
For a long time, the old woman cried tears.
She chose one concern -
Walk here the rest of my life is small,
And again see them off to war,
And repeat what they then said.
Eyes do not see. But the past hurts -
Rivers of memories run...
The sons did not leave her.
Sons are alive.
They are with her. Forever!
(T. Tetsaev)

Leading: There is nothing worse in the world than mothers burying their sons.

And how many such mothers do not know where their children are buried: a son or a daughter. The war took from mothers the most precious thing - the child. But until the end of her days, the mother will remember her child, come to him, wait for him.

Slide with Frolova V.A.

Class teacher: I want to tell you about my grandmother Varvara Alekseevna Frolova. ( Watch an excerpt from the film about the war "I Remember")

Memory area, memory area,
This memory knocks on the whiskey.
Mothers come to the gray stones
Grey-haired from longing.

Tears tremble on the eyelashes.
Like three screams on a gray stone
Three red carnations lie.
Memory area, memory area,
dark night and clear day
Excite people's memory
Unquenchable by its fire.

Woman and war... What could be more unnatural? A woman who gives life, protects her, and the war that takes away this life... Orphaned mother of a soldier, you are not alone in the world. All mothers shared your loss. We are all grateful to her that she raised a real man, a defender, a hero. But let there be no more wars, no more maternal grief!

Host: The war has passed... But the world is again restless and “hot spots” are emerging in different parts of the planet. And again, the crimson reflections of recent conflagrations come to life in the blood. One of the tragic pages of our history was the war in Afghanistan.

Before you are the newspapers Petrovskie Vesti, the newspaper of the city of Svetlograd, Stavropol Territory.

I want to talk about the woman-mother Maria Kovtun

The first cargo-200 from Afghanistan came to Svetlograd with her son Mikhail Kovtun.

Moderator: What about the recent events in Chechnya? How much grief this war brought to mothers who lost their sons. Rulers come and go. But who will return the mother of the son who died in peacetime?

Host: You all know that Vadim Kizilov studied at our school. Do you know how he died?

Listen to his mother's poems (Student 11)

Reader. mother moan

“A corpse came from Afghanistan”, -
Words casually thrown on the bus sometime
“Yes, for you he is just a corpse
And for me it is exorbitant, overwork, ”-
mother said dead soldier
“With love I raised and cherished him
And he grew up a hero for joy and glory
In soy incomplete twentieth spring
He died for the Motherland, for the honor of his state”
My dear son sleeps in a sound sleep
Flowers on the mound a little breeze sways
The gray-haired mother says with a groan
"Wake up son"
The soldier is silent dressed all in granite
And the moan of the mother does not hear.
P.A. Kizilova

Leading: For loyalty and steadfastness, for strength and tenderness, glory to you, wife, widow, bride and mother!

Leading: We bow to all women, mothers, sisters, friends for your selfless love, kindness, for your hands that do good and justice on earth, decorate life, fill it with meaning, make it happy.

If a moment of silence is declared for every person who died in World War II...

The world would be silent for 50 years!!!

(Moment of silence) (Metronome)

slide 34

A woman doesn't need to fight
Let her, beautiful and fragile,
It will be just a woman and a mother,
Keeping her hearth like a dove...

A woman does not need to fight?
But the soldiers now remember:
- It was a shame to hug the earth,
If the girl's chain is raised.

Quiet in the fields. Though the years go by
Memorable time is dear to the heart,
And at the meetings the veterans are waiting
His brave Komsomol leader,

Her hands are ready to kiss
All soldiers, older and younger.
Glory to female prowess!

But still
A woman does not need to fight!

Outcome

Classroom teacher: Thank you! We will definitely talk more about the war. As long as memory lives, we live with you. This means there is hope for the future. I hope that the time will come when the world will think about the mother's heart, which hurts for her sons, will pity her and there will be no war on earth.