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V romane zapadnogermanskogo pisateli͡a rasskazyvaetsi͡a o tragicheskoĭ sudʹbe podrostkov iz folʹksshturma v kont͡se 2-ĭ mirovoĭ voĭny. Germanii͡a. Aprelʹ 1945 goda. Semʹ odnokashnikov, prevrashchennykh v soldat, za neskolʹko dneĭ do kont͡sa voĭny okazyvai͡utsi͡a v malenʹkom gorodke edinstvennymi, kto do kont͡sa, po prikazu, zashchishchaet pogibai͡ushchiĭ reĭkh. Prestupniki v voennykh mundirakh eshche prodolzhai͡ut bessmyslennui͡u voĭnu, trusy spasai͡utsi͡a, blagorazumnye stremi͡atsi͡a kak mozhno skoree okonchitʹ krovoprolitie, a semʹ nemet͡skikh malʹchishek umirai͡ut v boi͡u s amerikanskoĭ mekhanizirovannoĭ chastʹi͡u vo imi͡a lzhivoĭ idei, v kotorui͡u uzhe nikto ne verit, vo imi͡a prestupnogo gosudarstva, kotorogo uzhe ne sushchestvuet.

The novel by the West German writer tells about the tragic fate of teenagers from the Volkssturm at the end of the 2nd World War. Germany. April 1945. Seven classmates, turned into soldiers, find themselves in a small town a few days before the end of the war, the only ones who, by order, defend the dying Reich to the end. Criminals in military uniforms are still continuing their senseless war, cowards are escaping, the prudent are trying to end the bloodshed as soon as possible, and seven German boys are dying in battle with an American mechanized unit in the name of a false idea that no one believes in anymore, in the name of a criminal state that no longer exists.