Killed near Moscow. Stories and tales

Konstantin Dmitrievich Vorobyov (1919–1975) – a writer, participant in the Great Patriotic War. As a Kremlin cadet, he fought under Moscow with the rank of lieutenant. Near Klin in December 1941, the wounded lieutenant Vorobyov was captured and was in the Klin, Rzhev, Smolensk, Kaunas, Salaspils, and Szawle prisoner of war camps (1941–1943). He escaped from captivity twice and led a partisan group.
The stories "Cry" (1962) and "Killed near Moscow" (1963) are truthful accounts of the defense of Moscow in the autumn of 1941.
While in the underground in 1943, Vorobyov wrote an autobiographical story "It's Us, Lord!" (published in 1986) about his experiences in captivity. This work has such artistic significance that, according to V. Astafyev, "even in an unfinished form... it can and must stand on the same shelf with Russian classics."
The basis of the story "The German in Felt Boots" (1966) is a real fact from camp life. Vorobyov met a guard in Salaspils camp for prisoners of war, who took pity on the captive Russian and began to bring him bread.
The action of the story "Ear without Salt" (1968) takes place in peacetime, but the terrible echoes of war will not quiet in the hearts of those who experienced it for a long time.