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V romane zapadnogermanskogo pysatelya rasskazyvaetsya o tragycheskoy sudbe podrostkov yz folksshturma v kontse 2-y myrovoy voyny. Germanyya. Aprel 1945 goda. Sem odnokashnykov, prevrashchennykh v soldat, za neskolko dney do kontsa voyny okazyvayutsya v malenkom gorodke edynstvennymy, kto do kontsa, po prykazu, zashchyshchaet pogybayushchyy reykh. Prestupnyky v voennykh mundyrakh eshche prodolzhayut bessmyslennuyu voynu, trusy spasayutsya, blagorazumnye stremyatsya kak mozhno skoree okonchyt krovoprolytye, a sem nemetskykh malchyshek umyrayut v boyu s amerykanskoy mekhanyzyrovannoy chastyu vo ymya lzhyvoy ydey, v kotoruyu uzhe nykto ne veryt, vo ymya 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.